摘要:
Uses and a composition including a peptidylarginine deiminase 2 (PADI2) as an active ingredient are disclosed. A peptidylarginine deiminase 2 (PADI2) is useful for preventing or alleviating cellular senescence.
摘要:
A method of calibrating a device for measuring the concentration of creatinine in a sample including one or more enzyme modulators, the device comprising an enzyme layer, the method comprising: determining sensitivities of the device for each of one or more calibration solutions; determining a degree of modulation for the sample to be measured, determining a degree of modulation for each calibration solution; wherein said determining of each of the degrees of modulation comprises estimating the concentration of an enzyme modulator in the enzyme layer of the device; and calculating the sensitivity of the device for the sample, wherein the said calculating comprises adjusting the sensitivity of the device for each calibration solution by a factor comprising the determined degrees of modulation of the sample and the calibration solution.
摘要:
The invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule encoding a novel selection marker. Said marker is a guanidinobutyrase from Kluyveromyces lactis, which, when expressed in Saccharomyces, allows the growth of the yeast in the presence of guanidinobutyrate as the sole nitrogen source. Said marker can be used in a method for producing a microorganism having an altered genome. The invention further relates to a set of constructs, comprising a first construct comprising a recognition site for an endonuclease, a first region of homology with a target gene of a microorganism, and a first part of a nucleotide sequence encoding the selection marker, and a second construct comprising a second part of the nucleotide sequence encoding the selection marker, a second region of homology with the target gene of the microorganism, and a copy of the endonuclease recognition site. The invention further relates to methods for altering a target gene in a microorganism, to methods for producing a microorganism, and to microorganisms that are produced by the methods of the invention.
摘要:
A system for the electrochemical detection of creatinine levels includes a test strip including an electrode and a counter electrode, the electrode and counter electrode located proximate to a sample reception area; and a coating on one of the electrode and counter electrode, the coating including a reagent coating for creatinine.
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Methods of determining relapse in subjects having relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and predicting their response to glatiramer acetate (GA) using the biomarkers SIRT1, RGC-32, FasL and IL-21 are presented.
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Novel phenyl-glyoxal based anti-citrulline probes and methods of synthesis are provided. Methods of use, such as, the development of methods for monitoring substrate citrullination over time; for identifying citrullinated proteins from cells are described.
摘要:
In one or more embodiments, the present invention provides a novel biomarker which provides a link between a distinct clinical phenotype and a biochemical effect of an autoantibody on an enzyme implicated in disease pathogenesis. In particular, the present invention provides an isolated or purified human autoantibody to PAD3 protein. Methods of diagnosis of subjects for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using these antibodies as well as diagnosis of the severity of RA in the subject, and methods for monitoring treatment of a subject with RA are also provided. The biomarkers provided herein are also useful in the diagnosis of connective tissue-interstitial lung disease (CT-ILD) in patients having or suspected of having RA.
摘要:
In one or more embodiments, the present invention provides a novel biomarker which provides a link between a distinct clinical phenotype and a biochemical effect of an autoantibody on an enzyme implicated in disease pathogenesis. In particular, the present invention provides an isolated or purified human autoantibody to PAD3 protein. Methods of diagnosis of subjects for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using these antibodies as well as diagnosis of the severity of RA in the subject, and methods for monitoring treatment of a subject with RA are also provided. The biomarkers provided herein are also useful in the diagnosis of connective tissue-interstitial lung disease (CT-ILD) in patients having or suspected of having RA.
摘要:
The invention relates to an in vitro method for determining the ability of a patient with cancer to respond to a monochemotherapy or to a polychemotherapy involving the administration of at least one chemotherapeutic agent the liver elimination of which involves cytidine deaminase (CDA), or to be treated by at least one such chemotherapeutic agent, which method comprises determining the CDA activity in a biological sample of the patient, wherein a CDA activity above 6 U/mg of serum sample total protein is indicative of the inability of the patient to respond to the chemotherapy, a CDA activity between 1.1 U/mg and 6 U/mg of serum sample total protein is indicative of the ability of the patient to be treated by the chemotherapeutic agent when said agent is administered in the context of a monochemotherapy, and a CDA activity between 1.4 U/mg and 6 U/mg of serum sample total protein is indicative of the ability of the patient to be treated by the chemotherapeutic agent when said agent is administered in the context of a polychemotherapy.
摘要:
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for preventing the occurance or progression of a cancer or pre-cancerous condition associated with expression, or over-expression of human cytidine deaminases of the APOBEC3 family. The invention also relates to drug screening assays designed to identify compounds that regulate the activity, or level of expression, of hA3A, hA3C and hA3H. The invention further relates to transgenic mice, as well as cells derived from said mice, that have been genetically engineered to express, or over-express hA3A, hA3C and/or hA3H. Such mice may be utilized to screen for, or identify, compounds that modulate the activity, or expression, of the human cytidine deaminases. The present invention also provides topical compositons such as cosmetic lotion, crème, or sunscreen for use on the skin, which comprise one or more inhibitors of human cytidine deaminase activity. The present invention relates to a double stranded DNA obtained following opening up of its duplex structure, said DNA being edited with cellular protein normally or abnormally expressed in the nucleus of an eukaryotic cell. The mono stranded DNA derived from the said double stranded DNA is a part of the present invention.