摘要:
This invention provides a method of testing for periodontal disease in a subject which comprises detecting an elevated concentration of &bgr;-glucuronidase in saliva from the subject relative to the concentration of &bgr;-glucuronidase present in saliva from a healthy subject. The concentration of &bgr;-glucuronidase in the subject's saliva is determined by adding to a sample of the saliva a substrate for &bgr;-glucuronidase and measuring the amount of a product produced by the action of &bgr;-glucuronidase in the substrate. Also, the concentration of &bgr;-glucuronidase in the subject's saliva is determined by adding to a sample of saliva a labeled antibody specific for &bgr;-glucuronidase and measuring the amount of labeled antibody which forms a complex with &bgr;-glucuronidase present in the saliva.
摘要:
The present invention is an enzymatic method and diagnostic kits for detecting and quantifying the presence of one or more lysophospholids in a sample of bodily fluid taken from a test subject. The method uses enzymes in a two step assay and may be used to detect disease conditions associated with altered levels of lysophospholipids and to correlate such conditions with altered levels of lysophospholipids.
摘要:
A method for inhibiting proliferation of a PPAR &ggr;-responsive hyperproliferative cell which comprises the step of contacting the cell with (I) an inhibitory amount of a PPAR&ggr; agonist and (II) a MAP kinase inhibitor is disclosed. A method for treating or prophylactically preventing in an animal subject a disorder characterized by unwanted proliferation of PPAR&ggr;-responsive hyperproliferative cells which comprises administering to the subject (I) an inhibitory amount of a PPAR&ggr; agonist and (II) a MAP kinase inhibitor is also disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a PPAR&ggr; agonist and a MAP kinase inhibitor are disclosed for use in the methods.
摘要:
Provided, among other things, is a method of preventing or ameliorating transplantation rejection reactions comprising treating the donor tissue with a rejection reaction preventing or ameliorating effective amount of a hydrolase that is effective reduce the amount of one or more cell surface adhesion molecules.
摘要:
A sensor for detecting an analyte in an environment includes a first reaction system including a first enzyme and a substrate for the first enzyme. The analyte inhibits the reaction of the substrate catalyzed by the first enzyme (in other words, the analyte inhibits the first enzyme). The sensor further includes at least a second reaction system that reacts to produce a first detectable state when the first enzyme is inhibited. In some embodiments, the reaction of the first reaction system can produce a second detectible state, different from the first detectible state. Another sensor for detecting an analyte in an environment includes a first reaction system including a first enzyme or a first substrate for the first enzyme. In this embodiment, the analyte is either a substrate for the first enzyme if the first reaction system includes the first enzyme or the first enzyme if the first reaction system includes the first substrate. The sensor also includes at least a second reaction system that reacts to produce a first detectable state when the analyte is below a certain concentration. The sensor thus provides a positive or detectible response when the analyte is absent or deficient. Once again, the first reaction can produce a second detectible state, different from the first detectible state.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method and a kit for detecting or quantitatively determining homocysteine rapidly and simply and with high sensitivity by oxidizing the residual homocysteine cosubstrate, the produced homocysteine-converting enzyme product or an enzyme reaction product thereof in the presence of an SH reagent to produce hydrogen peroxide and determining the produced hydrogen peroxide by color development using an oxidative color-developing agent. By using the method and kit of the present invention, homocysteine in biological samples, in particular, in body fluids such as blood and urine can be detected and quantitatively determined rapidly and simply and with high sensitivity.
摘要:
The invention provides a novel calcium-independent cytosolic phospholipase A2/B enzyme, polynucleotides encoding such enzyme and methods for screening unknown compounds for anti-inflammatory activity mediated by the arachidonic acid cascade.
摘要:
The present invention provides high throughput screening systems for identifying compounds useful in the treatment of cellular proliferation disorders. The method can be performed in plurality simultaneously with fluorescence or absorbance readouts.
摘要:
Compounds of the invention have the structure D—L—A*, where L is a linking moiety that maintains D and A in a configuration compatible with FRET, D is a fluorescent donor moiety capable of causing an acceptor moiety to fluoresce by FRET, and A* is a fluorescent acceptor moiety capable of accepting energy from the donor moiety by FRET and fluorescing only after cleavage of one or more labile groups to provide acceptor A. These compounds are useful as fluorescent substrates for detection of enzymes in vivo.
摘要:
The present invention provides high throughput screening systems for identifying compounds useful in the treatment of cellular proliferation disorders. The method can be performed in plurality simultaneously with fluorescence or absorbance readouts.