Abstract:
The present invention relates to immobilization compounds, immobilization products and preparations thereof as well as methods and uses for the identification of histone demethylase interacting compounds or for the purification or identification of histone demethylase proteins.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods for the identification of proteins capable of interacting with a given histone tail as well as of compounds interacting with said proteins.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to immobilization compounds, immobilization products and preparations thereof as well as methods and uses for the identification of methyltransferase interacting compounds or for the purification or identification of methyltransferase proteins.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for evaluation of a compound-target interaction in vivo, comprising the steps of administering the compound to an animal, taking a body fluid sample of the animal, determining the concentration of the compound in the body fluid sample, taking a cellular sample of the animal containing the target, preparing a protein preparation of said cellular sample, providing an immobilised ligand capable of binding to the target, contacting the protein preparation with the immobilised ligand under conditions allowing the formation of a complex between the immobilised ligand and the target, determining the amount of complexes formed in step, and correlating the amount of complexes with the concentration of the compound in the body fluid sample.
Abstract:
Provided are cell based methods to identify memory modulating compounds based on the assessment of KIBRA expression. These methods are also suitable to uncover memory related pathways. The methods comprise the contacting of test compounds with cultured cells and the subsequent assessment of modulation of the KIBRA expression within the cells.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods for quantifying neurogenesis in vivo. These method combine the isolation of purified nuclei from the brain tissue, the specific labelling of the nuclei of newly generated neurons thereof, and the counting of these nuclei. Density sedimentation is suitable for the separation of the nuclei of the cells from the complex debris of the brain tissue. As a matter of course the markers which are used for that identification have to be presented on the surface of the nuclei or within the nuclei. FACS analysis is the preferred method for counting the differentially labelled nuclei of proliferating neurons and the ones of other neural cells.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an anti-HSV antibody as defined in the claims, a pharmaceutical composition comprising of an effective amount of the said antibody, an expression vector comprising of a nucleotide sequence which encodes the said antibody, a host cell comprising of the said nucleotide sequence, a hybridoma cell capable of producing the said antibody and the use of the said antibody as a drug, in particular to use for the manufacture of a drug for the prophylactical or therapeutical treatment of HSV-associated diseases in a subject; as defined in the claims.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a molecular composition(s) of a novel tissue protective erythropoietin (EPO) binding receptor protein complex, termed NEPOR. Presence of NEPOR components on a tumour allows EPO to impinge on the survival of associated cells thereby enhancing tumour progression and negatively effecting patient survival. Presence of NEPOR represents a prognostic bio marker for poorer patient outcome. Thus, methods are provided for stratifying patients having a tumour as suitable (i.e. NEPOR not present) or non-suitable (i.e., NEPOR present) for EPO treatment, comprising: (a) isolating a tissue sample from an individual who is receiving or is a candidate for receiving erythropoietin, (b) determining the level of expression of the NEPOR gene(s) (mRNA) and/or the presence of the NEPOR gene product (protein) from the isolated tissue, and (c) correlating the presence of an NEPOR gene expression product or the presence of NEPOR protein to a physiological response to the treatment with erythropoietin. Furthermore, by disclosing the molecular compositions of NEPOR species, there are disclosed methods for rationally identifying/designing NEPOR modulating therapeutics. Methods also are provided for treating neurological insults such as stroke (via enhancement of NEPOR activity) and cancer (via down-regulation of cyto- protective signaling from NEPOR).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the use of thiabendazole and derivatives thereof for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing a neuronal condition where there is a need of neuroprotection and/or neurcregeneration. Tiie invention furthermore relates to the use of thiabendazole and derivatives thereof for the in vitro differentiation of neuronal stem cells and the use of such pre-treated cells for stem cell therapy of neurological conditions.
Abstract:
The present invention features methods, kits, and devices for predicting the sensitivity of a patient to a compound or medical treatment. The invention also features methods for identifying gene biomarkers whose expression correlates to treatment sensitivity or resistance within a patient population or subpopulation.