摘要:
Various embodiments of the present invention describe a method of treating inflammation, an inflammatory disease, an inflammatory disease condition and/or an autoimmune disease in a subject in need thereof. The method can comprise providing a composition comprising a mitochondrial apoptosis inhibitor or an oxidative nucleotide and administering the composition to the subject to treat the inflammation, the inflammatory disease, the inflammatory disease condition and/or the autoimmune disease. Various embodiments of the present invention is based on the mitochondria acting as a unifying point that integrates diverse NLRP3 stimuli and that mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis of macrophages are critical steps in various danger signal-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation.
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The present invention demonstrates the important role of C/EBP ε in innate immune response against pathogens. Specifically, the inventors showed that in the absence of functional C/EBP ε , mice are severely impaired in their ability to clear S. aureus infection. Neutrophils are particularly affected, and susceptibility to S. aureus can be rectified by treatment with interferon-gamma (IFN-γ). Importantly, increased activity of C/EBP ε , either by induced overexpression of C/EBPE or by application of nicotinamide or an analog, derivative or salt thereof, dramatically enhances immune killing of S. aureus and leads to amelioration of infection.
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The present invention relates to methods of determining abnormal metabolic clearance rate of insulin (MCRI) and/or associated conditions in a patient. In one embodiment, the methods determine abnormal MCRI and/or associated conditions in a patient by determining the presence or absence of one or more MCRI genetic risk variants at the genetic locus of ADAMTSL3 and/or CMIP.
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The invention relates to methods and kits for the treatment of, prevention of, and lowering the chances of developing Cushing's Disease and/or hypercortisolism by the administration of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, such as gefitinib.
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The present invention relates to prognosing, diagnosing and treating of Crohn's disease. The invention also provides prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment that are based upon the presence of one or more genetic risk factors at the ZNF365 genetic locus
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A method of quantifying plaques imaged by cardiac computed tomography angiography ("CCTA") scan data. Calcified and non-calcified component thresholds are determined based at least in part on attenuation values of a pool of blood in the CCTA scan data. An epicardial fat threshold is determined and used to classify epicardial fat in the CCTA scan data. A portion of CCTA scan data positioned between a detected outer boundary of the coronary artery and a portion classified as lumen is classified as arterial wall. NCP and CP seeds are identified in the arterial wall portion. Portions of the CCTA scan data continuous with a NCP seed and having attenuation values greater than an artery wall value and less than the NCP threshold are classified as NCP, and portions of the CCTA scan data continuous with the CP seed and having attenuation values greater than the CP threshold are classified as CP.
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The present invention relates to biomarkers useful for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer. In an embodiment, the invention relates to the biomarker, TOX3. The inventive compositions and methods are also drawn to the use of anti-TOX3 antibodies and TOX3 nucleic acids and peptides for both detection and modulation of TOX3.
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Presented herein, generally, are methods for generating reprogrammed mammalian cells, e.g., induced pluripotent stem cells, from differentiated mammalian cells without the use of viral or plasmid vectors. In one aspect, the methods involve contacting a differentiated cell with transducible polypeptides comprising a reprogramming factor polypeptide linked to a cell penetration peptide so that a reprogrammed mammalian cell that exhibits at least one characteristic of pluripotency is generated. Also presented herein are methods for cardiac differentiation of a mammalian cell without the use of viral or plasmid vectors. In one aspect, such methods involve contacting a mammalian cell exhibiting at least one characteristic of pluripotency with a transducible polypeptide, so that cardiac differentiation of the cell occurs.
摘要:
The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing and diagnosing susceptibility to Crohn's Disease by determining the presence or absence of risk variants at the JAK3 locus. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of diagnosing susceptibility to Crohn's Disease by determining the presence of a risk variant at the JAK3 locus, where the risk variant is associated with positive expression of ASCA and/or anti-I2.
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The present invention is based on a novel, alternatively spliced human isoform of MD-2 (MD-2s). In various embodiments, the invention relates to methods and kits for preventing, reducing the likelihood of developing and/or treating various conditions using MD-2s. The invention also describes methods of determining the risk of a subject to various conditions.