Abstract:
The invention provides methods to identify various types of brain cancer tissue by comparing gene expression transcriptomes in tissue samples. A sequential method to discriminate among six different types of brain cancer is described.
Abstract:
Concentrations of certain miRNA, mRNA and/or protein markers in the biological fluids and/or tissues of a subject are used to determine the probability that the subject does or does not have Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The concentrations of these markers in fluids and/or tissues are different in subjects with PTSD as compared to subjects who do not suffer from this disorder.
Abstract:
Signatures indicative of cancer grades are based on over- and under-expression of 214 genes that characterize expression patterns in CD133+ cells.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to the identification of a biomarker specifically located in the plasma membrane of pancreatic beta cells. It was selected by a Systems Biology approach on Massively Parallel Signal Sequencing datasets obtained in human islets and Affymetrix microarray datasets on human islets, purified rat primary beta and non beta cells and insulinoma cells. Based on a set of specific features the biomarker is a unique candidate for imaging and targeting strategies to study the pancreatic beta cell mass in health and disease (T1 D, T2D, pancreatic cancers, obesity, islet transplantation, beta cell regeneration). The five specific features of the selected biomarkers are: 1 ) Preferentially expressed in pancreatic islets as compared to surrounding tissues; 2) Higher expression in pancreatic beta cells than in pancreatic alpha cells or than in other islet non-beta cells; 3) Expression levels in pancreatic beta cells are higher or comparable to glucokinase which is an enzyme specifically expressed in the pancreatic beta cell; 4) Located in the membrane and as such targetable with antibodies, peptides or small molecules which allows imaging, targeting and immunohistochemistry; and 5) Expression is not induced during the process of inflammation of the beta cell mass and the protein is not enriched in T-cells and dendritic cells or in other cells participating in the inflammation process.
Abstract:
The invention described is directed to a method to treat PTSD in a subject which method includes identifying the subject as suffering from PTSD or likely to suffer from PTSD by virtue of assessing one or more of the markers set forth herein, and treating the subject thus identified.
Abstract:
A signature of proteins occurring in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) tissue comprised of 33 cell surface proteins (GBMSig) that distinguish subjects with GBM from healthy controls with more than 98% accuracy is described. In addition, four of the members of this signature are particularly useful as blood-borne markers of GBM. Certain other members of the signature are indicators of the possible efficacy of the use of TGF-βΙ inhibitors in the treatment of this condition. Methods to treat and to stratify GBM based on GBMSig proteins are also disclosed.
Abstract:
The invention provides an efficient multiplex method for identifying binding partners of small molecules and proteins. The small molecules and proteins are tagged with a nucleic acid barcode that can be used to identify the protein or small molecule, and thereby its partner.
Abstract:
The present invention relates generally to methods for identifying and using organ-specific proteins and transcripts. The present invention further provides compositions comprising organ-specific proteins and transcripts encoding the same, detection reagents for detecting such proteins and transcripts, and diagnostic panels, kits and arrays for measuring organ-specific proteins/transcripts in blood, biological tissue or other biological fluid.