Abstract:
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental disorders whose diagnosis relies on deficient social interaction and communication together with repetitive behavior. To date, no pharmacological treatment has been approved that ameliorates social behavior in patients with ASD. Based on the excitation/inhibition imbalance theory of autism, the Inventors hypothesized that bromide ions, long used as an antiepileptic medication, could relieve core symptoms of ASD. They evaluated the effects of chronic sodium bromide (NaBr) administration on autistic-like symptoms in three genetic mouse models of autism: Oprm1−/−, Fmr1−/− and Shank3Δex13-16−/− mice. They showed that chronic NaBr treatment relieved autistic-like behaviors in these three models. In Oprm1−/− mice, these beneficial effects were superior to those of chronic bumetanide administration. At transcriptional level, chronic NaBr in Oprm1 null mice was associated with increased expression of genes coding for chloride ions transporters, GABAA receptor subunits, oxytocin and mGlu4 receptor. Lastly, they uncovered synergistic alleviating effects of chronic NaBr and a positive allosteric modulator (PAM) of mGlu4 receptor on autistic-like behavior in Oprm1−/− mice. They evidenced in heterologous cells that bromide ions behave as PAMs of mGlu4, providing a molecular mechanism for such synergy. Their data reveal the therapeutic potential of bromide ions, alone or in combination 0 with a PAM of mGlu4 receptor, for the treatment of ASDs.
Abstract:
A method for predicting the risk of prostate cancer recurrence in a subject affected with prostate cancer, including: (a) providing a sample from the subject, (b) determining the TMPRSS/ERG fusion status of the sample, (c) if the sample is positive for TMPRSS/ERG fusion (Fus+), determining a molecular signature of the sample by measuring the expression level of at least 6 prostate cancer markers selected from the ANPEP, AZGP1, CHRNA2, COMP, KHDRBS3 and SFRP4, (d) comparing the molecular signature to a reference signature, and (e) assigning the subject to a risk group based on the correlation of the molecular signature with the reference signature, thereby predicting the risk of cancer recurrence in the subject.
Abstract:
A pharmaceutical composition for its use in the prophylactic treatment of a patient against an intracellular pathogen, said composition comprising a solid nanoparticle comprising a porous cationic-polysaccharide solid core, loaded with at least an anionic phospholipid, without said cationic-polysaccharide core being surrounded by any phospholipidic layer, and at least an antigen obtained from said pathogen.
Abstract:
A pharmaceutical composition for its use in the prophylactic treatment in a patient against an intracellular pathogen, said composition comprising a solid nanoparticle comprising a porous cationic-polysaccharide solid core, loaded with at least an anionic phospholipid without being surrounded by any phospholipidic layer and at least an antigen obtained from said pathogen.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the radiolabelled compound of enantiomer (R,R) of 5-fluoro-3-4(-phenylpiperidin-1-yl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ol, and to this compound for use thereof in an in vivo diagnosis method, in particular of a cholinergic neurodegenerative disease selected for example from the group formed by Alzheimer's disease, dysmnesia, learning disability, schizophrenia, cognitive dysfunction, hyperactivity disorder, anxiety neurosis, depression, analgesia and Parkinson's disease.
Abstract:
A combination of agents capable of binding an infectious agent, such as an antibody, an antibody derivative, or an antibody mimetic, and immunomodulatory agents, such as probiotic strains, for the treatment or prevention of respiratory infections, in particular bacterial respiratory infections. The agents capable of binding an infectious agent are administered by inhalation.
Abstract:
New glycolipids derivatives of Formula (I)
and their use in the treatment of diseases related with a deregulation of the expression and/or activity of SK3 ion channels. Also, pharmaceutical compositions including compounds of Formula (I) for use in the treatment of diseases related with a deregulation of the expression and/or activity of SK3 ion channels.
Abstract:
A method for determining the risk of developing a blood disorder, which includes the steps of: exposing a biological sample from an individual to radiation to obtain a spectrum characteristic of the sample, the spectrum being processed in order to obtain a spectral signature; comparing the spectral signature obtained with one or more reference spectral signatures; and concluding, if the spectral signature of the individual is significantly different from control spectral signatures, that the individual is likely to develop a blood disorder, and, if not, that the individual is not likely to develop a blood disorder.
Abstract:
A strain of an Apicomplexa of the family Sarcocystidae, wherein the strain is replicative and expresses one or more heterologous protein(s) selected from the group including therapeutic proteins, antigens, recombinant surface receptor or combinations thereof, and wherein the strain is selected from the group including Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninium. Also, the use of the strain for preventing or treating cancers or infectious diseases in a subject in need thereof.