摘要:
Disclosed is a method for identifying substances that alter the interaction of a presenilin protein with a presenilin-binding protein, including contacting at least the interacting domain of a presenilin protein to a presenilin-binding protein in the presence of a test substance, and measuring the interaction of the presenilin protein and the presenilin-binding protein. Also disclosed is method for identifying substances that modulate the nuclear translocation of an armadillo protein, including providing a culture of cells that express the armadillo protein and a mutant presenilin protein, or a functional fragment thereof that binds an armadillo protein; contacting the culture with a test substance; inducing nuclear translocation of the armadillo protein in the cells; and measuring levels of nuclear armadillo protein as compared to a control as an indication of modulatory activity of the test substance. Further disclosed is method for screening individuals for presenilin alleles associated with Alzheimer's Disease or related disorders, including obtaining cells from an individual to be tested for Alzheimer's Disease or a related disorder; inducing nuclear translocation of an armadillo protein in the cells; and measuring levels of the nuclear armadillo protein as compared to a control as an indication of the presence or absence of presenilin alleles associated with Alzheimer's Disease or a related disorder.
摘要:
This invention concerns an immunoassay for quantitative determination of the amount of the complex (PSA-A2M) between prostate specific antigen (PSA) and &agr;2-macroglobulin (A2M) in a sample. The assay comprises the steps of removing immunoreactive PSA from the sample, treating the PSA-A2M complex in the remaining supernatant so as to make the PSA thereof immunoreactive, determining the immunoreactive PSA derived from the PSA-A2M complex by exposing it to an antibody which binds immunoreactive PSA, and detecting the PSA. The invention also concerns a method for differentiating patients with cancer of the prostate (PCa) from patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or healthy male subjects without PCa, wherein the individual's body fluid concentration of PSA has been determined as free PSA and as total PSA. The method is characterized in that PSA complexed with A2M (PSA-A2M) in the individual's serum sample has been determined, and that the ration between PSA-A2M and other forms of PSA is calculated, or that the diagnostic value is calculated by logistic regression, neural networks, fussy logic or similar mathematical and statistical methods using PSA-A2M and other forms of PSA, such as total PSA, free PSA and PSA-ACT as input variables.
摘要:
The invention relates to OCT-3 polypeptides, nucleic acid molecules encoding OCT-3, and uses thereof. OCT-3 is a protein that is expressed in the plasma membrane of biological cells, across which it regulates the transport of organic molecules.
摘要:
A novel gene (designated PHOR-1) that is highly over-expressed in prostate and other cancers and its encoded protein are described. PHOR-1 is a G protein-coupled receptor with homology to receptors involved in olfaction. PHOR-1 in normal human tissues is restricted to prostate, and this gene is highly over-expressed in prostate cancer as well as in cancers of the kidney, uterus, cervix, stomach and rectum. Consequently, PHOR-1 provides a diagnostic and/or therapeutic target for prostate cancer.
摘要:
This invention relates to the discovery of the association of certain nucleic acid sequences and proteins with breast cancer, the use of such sequences as a diagnostic indicator and treatments based on the association.
摘要:
The present invention pertains to a method for determination of the significance of a histologically detected premalignant lesion as a risk for intestinal type gastric cancer or carcinoma in situ, comprising detecting from a patient sample comprising gastric mucosa cells a) cyclooxygenase-2 Cox-2) mRNA expression, or b) Cox-2 protein; wherein overexpression of Cox-2 is indicative of an increased risk for intestinal type gastric cancer.