摘要:
The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to methods of aiding diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring and evaluation of a disease or other medical condition in a′ subject by detecting a biomarker in microvesicles isolated from a biological, sample from the subject. Moreover, disclosed subject matter is directed to methods of diagnosis, monitoring a disease by determining the concentration of microvesicles within a biological sample; methods of delivering a nucleic acid or protein to a target all by administering microvesicles that contain said nucleic acid or protein; methods for performing a body fluid transfusion by introducing a microvesicle-free or microvesicle enriched fluid fraction into a patient.
摘要:
The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to methods of aiding diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring and evaluation of a disease or other medical condition in a subject by detecting a biomarker in microvesicles isolated from a biological sample from the subject.
摘要:
The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to methods of aiding diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring and evaluation of a disease or other medical condition in a subject by detecting a biomarker in microvesicles isolated from a biological sample from the subject.
摘要:
Microvesicles are small membrane vesicles that either shed or bud off eukarotic cells. Analysis of the nucleic acid content of microvesicles may be useful in detecting the presence or absence of genetic aberrations. This invention discloses novel methods of diagnosing, prognosing, monitoring, or treating a disease, such as cancer, or other medical condition in a subject involving analyzing one or more nucleic acids contained within an isolated microvesicle for the presence or absence of one or more Kras genetic aberrations.
摘要:
The invention concerns gene signatures obtained from microvesicles and a method of applying these gene signatures in helping to determine a biological condition. The determination of a biological condition may aid, for example, the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy treatment selection for a disease in a subject.
摘要:
Methods are disclosed herein for assaying a biological sample or a bodily fluid obtained from a subject by isolating, obtaining or using a microvesicle fraction from the biological sample or bodily fluid and detecting in the microvesicle fraction the presence or absence of a genetic aberration in an IDH1, IDH2, TP53, PTEN, CDKN2A, NF1, EGFR, RB1, PIK3CA, or BRAF gene. The methods may be used for aiding the diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring, or therapy selection in relation to a disease or other medical condition (e.g., a glioma) in a subject.
摘要:
Disclosed herein are methods for assaying a biological sample from a subject by analyzing components of microvesicle fractions in aid of risk, diagnosis, prognosis or monitoring of or directing treatment of the subject for, a disease or other medical condition in the subject. Also disclosed are methods of treatment and identifying biomarkers using a microvesicle fraction of a subject. Kits, pharmaceutical compositions, and profiles related to the methods are also disclosed.
摘要:
One of the impediments to the treatment of some human brain tumors (e.g. gliomas) has been the degree to which they expand, migrate widely, and infiltrate normal tissue. We demonstrate that a clone of multipotent neural progenitor stem cells, when implanted into an experimental glioma, will migrate along with and distribute themselves throughout the tumor in juxtaposition to widely expanding and aggressively advancing tumor cells, while continuing to express a foreign reporter gene. Furthermore, drawn somewhat by the degenerative environment created just beyond the infiltrating tumor edge, the neural progenitor cells migrate slightly beyond and surround the invading tumor border. When implanted at a distant sight from the tumor bed (e.g., into normal tissue, into the contralateral hemisphere, into the lateral ventricles) the donor neural progenitor/stem cells will migrate through normal tissue and specifically target the tumor cells. These results suggest the adjunctive use of neural progenitor/stem cells as a novel, effective delivery vehicle for helping to target therapeutic genes and vectors to invasive brain tumors that have been refractory to treatment.
摘要:
Methods of killing neoplastic cells are provided. The invention relates to the use of folylpolyglutamyl synthetase (FPGS) gene transfer to enhance the sensitivity of several types of tumor cells to polyglutamylatable antifolate drugs, such as methotrexate (MTX) and edatrexate (EDX).
摘要:
The present invention relates to herpes simplex virus (HSV) amplicon vectors, and in particular, HSV-1 amplicon vectors, which have been genetically modified and used alone or with consequent genetically modified HSV virus, to target a selected cell type, such as neoplastic cells. The present invention also relates to methods of using such vectors to target a cell, in order to treat a pathologic condition, such as cancer.