Abstract:
The method for determining risk of metastatic relapse in a patient diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC) can include detecting a level of at least one indicator of metastatic potential in a biological sample from the patient, comparing the level of the indicator of metastatic potential with a control, and identifying the patient as one who is at risk of metastatic relapse and a candidate for chemotherapy if an aberrant level of the indicator of metastatic potential in the biological sample compared to the control is detected. The at least one indicator of metastatic potential can include at least one metastasis-inducing gene and/or at least one metastasis suppressor gene. An aberrant level of the at least one indicator of metastatic potential can include a copy number gain of the metastasis-inducing gene and/or a copy number loss of the metastasis-suppressor gene.
Abstract:
The method of treating delayed healing of a wound associated with diabetes includes administering to the wound a composition comprising an anti-senescence compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The anti-senescence compound may be 18α-Glycyrrhetinic acid, a Caveolin-1 (Cav-1) inhibitory compound, or a Polymerase I Transcript Release Factor (PTRF-1) inhibitory compound. The anti-senescence compound may be effective in preventing and/or reversing premature cellular senescence. The anti-senescence compound may be effective in promoting healing of a wound, e.g., delayed or incompletely healed wound. The anti-senescence compound may be effective in promoting healing of a delayed healing wound or chronic wound of a diabetic patient, such as a diabetic ulcer or venous ulcer.
Abstract:
The method of treating delayed healing of a wound associated with diabetes includes administering to the wound a composition comprising an anti-senescence compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The anti-senescence compound may be 18α-Glycyrrhetinic acid, a Caveolin-1 (Cav-1) inhibitory compound, or a Polymerase I Transcript Release Factor (PTRF-1) inhibitory compound. The anti-senescence compound may be effective in preventing and/or reversing premature cellular senescence. The anti-senescence compound may be effective in promoting healing of a wound, e.g., delayed or incompletely healed wound. The anti-senescence compound may be effective in promoting healing of a delayed healing wound or chronic wound of a diabetic patient, such as a diabetic ulcer or venous ulcer.
Abstract:
The method of sub-classifying breast cancer tumors profiles the expression of the Raf kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP) from a tissue sample from a cancerous primary breast tumor. The RKIP expression is profiled using its mRNA or by immunohistochemical protein quantifying methods in order to detect the level of RKIP in the breast cancer tissue sample. Based upon the RKIP expression profile, a sub-classification of cancer type may then be assigned. An RKIP expression of approximately 10.31 indicates basal carcinoma, an RKIP expression of approximately 10.04 indicates Claudin-low carcinoma, an RKIP expression of approximately 10.47 indicates Luminal-A carcinoma, an RKIP expression of approximately 10.44 indicates Luminal-B carcinoma, an RKIP expression of approximately 10.25 indicates HER2+ carcinoma, an RKIP expression of approximately 10.43 indicates ER+ carcinoma, and an RKIP expression of approximately 10.30 indicates ER− carcinoma.