Abstract:
Provided is a method of assaying for an analyte, including combining a test sample having the analyte, with a calibration sample having at least two different aliquots of the analyte, each aliquot having a different known quantity of the analyte. The test sample and each aliquot are differentially labeled with one or more isobaric mass labels each with a mass spectrometrically distinct mass marker group, such that the test sample and each aliquot of the calibration sample can be distinguished by mass spectrometry. The method further includes determining by mass spectrometry the quantity of analyte in the test sample and in each aliquot, and calibrating the quantity of analyte in the test sample against known and determined quantities of analytes in the aliquots.
Abstract:
In some aspects, the invention relates to Heat Shock Protein-1 (HSF1) gene and HSF1 gene products. In some aspects, the invention provides methods of tumor diagnosis, prognosis, treatment-specific prediction, or treatment selection, the methods comprising assessing the level of HSF1 expression or HSF1 activation in a sample obtained from the tumor. In some aspects, the invention relates to the discovery that increased HSF1 expression and increased HSF1 activation correlate with poor outcome in cancer, e.g., breast cancer. In some aspects, the invention relates to the HSF1 cancer program genes, HSF1 cancer signature set genes, subsets thereof, and uses in tumor diagnosis, prognosis, treatment-specific prediction, treatment selection, or drug discovery, among others.
Abstract:
To provide a method for determining the sensitivity of a patient to irinotecan, SN-38, and/or a salt thereof, which method can determine the therapeutic response of the patient and to provide a novel cancer therapeutic means employing the method.The method for determining the sensitivity of a subject to irinotecan, SN-38, and/or a salt thereof includes measuring the expression levels of AMD1 gene, CTSC gene, EIF1AX gene, C12orf30 gene, DDX54 gene, PTPN2 gene, and TBX3 gene in a specimen, and calculating the best tumor response rate (%), overall survival (days), or progression-free survival (days) from formulas (1) to (3).
Abstract:
Provided herein are methods of treating, preventing and/or managing locally advanced breast cancer, including inflammatory breast cancer, which comprise administering to a patient one or more immunomodulatory compounds or enantiomers or mixtures of enantiomers thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, co-crystals, clathrates, or polymorphs thereof.
Abstract:
Methods are provided for identifying agents capable of modulating cap-dependent RNA translation by comparing translation efficiency in the presence and absence of the agent in an in-vitro or in-vivo translation system that comprises eIF4A and an mRNA having one or more eIF4A-dependent translation-controlling motifs. The modulation of translation in the presence of the agent indicates the agent as capable of modulating cap-dependent mRNA translation. The method can be used to identify anti-cancer agents and oncogenes that may be responsible for tumorigenesis.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to methods and kits that allow for identifying, classifying, and monitoring cancer patients for Bcl-2 family inhibitor therapies. The methods and compositions of the invention are directed to determining amplification of Bcl-xL and in cancer or tumor cells, or elevated Bcl-xL polypeptide expression.
Abstract:
Novel compositions, methods, assays and kits directed to a diagnostic panel for Alzheimer's disease are provided. In one embodiment, the diagnostic panel includes one or more proteins associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for determining blood brain barrier (BBB) damage and treating patients who may have suffered from BBB damage due to an ischemic event are provided. The methods and apparatus involve detecting the presence of cleaved occludin fragments in a sample of blood. According to some embodiments, the method further provides determining the degree of BBB damage based on the concentration of occludin fragments in the sample. In further embodiments the present disclosure provides kits for detecting the presence of occludin fragments in a blood sample.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to biomarkers for chemoradioresistant subtypes of cervical cancer. In particular the present invention relates to a method for predicting a predisposition to a chemoradioresistant cervical cancer in a subject, a method for diagnosing a chemoradioresistant cervical cancer in a subject, a method for predicting the likelihood of recurrence of cervical cancer in a cervical cancer patient under treatment, and a method for predicting the prognosis for a patient with a chemoradioresistant cervical cancer.
Abstract:
Compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of retinal degenerative diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa, Leber's congenital Amaurosis, Syndromic retinal degenerations, age-related macular degeneration and Usher Syndrome, and hearing loss associated with Usher Syndrome are described herein.