Provided herein is technology for esophageal disorder screening and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, compositions, and related uses for detecting the presence of esophageal disorders (e.g., Barrett's esophagus, Barrett's esophageal dysplasia, etc.). In addition, the technology provides methods, compositions and related uses for distinguishing between Barrett's esophagus and Barrett's esophageal dysplasia, and between Barrett's esophageal low-grade dysplasia, Barrett's esophageal high-grade dysplasia, and esophageal adenocarcinoma within samples obtained through endoscopic brushing or nonendoscopic whole esophageal brushing or swabbing using a tethered device (e.g. such as a capsule sponge, balloon, or other device).

The present invention relates to artificially synthesized modified mono-methylated lysines and modified mono-methylated lysine derivatized polypeptides. The present invention also relates to production of a completely new antibody by using this modified mono-methylated lysine and modified mono-methylated lysine derivatized polypeptide as an antigen, this antibody can be used in recognizing and enriching the modified polypeptide after the lysine mono-methylated polypeptide being derivatized in vitro. By using this antibody, it is capable of detecting whether a mono-methylation modification is present in amino acids on the polypeptide sequence, the present invention also relates to a preparation method of said antibody. Moreover, the present invention also relates to a method for identifying and quantifying the lysine mono-methylated modified substrate in cell or tissue; more specifically, it belongs to identifying and quantifying the lysine mono-methylated modified substrate in cell or tissue by using proteomics approach of affinity enrichment for specific antibody and mass spectrometry.

The present invention relates to the field of gastric cancer. More specifically, the present invention provides methods and compositions for diagnosing and treating gastric cancer. In a specific embodiment, a method for diagnosing gastric cancer or a likelihood thereof in a patient comprises the steps of (a) providing a sample from the patient; (b) measuring the methylation levels of one or more biomarkers in the sample collected from the patient; and (c) predicting gastric cancer in the patient if the biomarkers are hypermethylated. In a more specific embodiment, the one or more biomarkers comprises tight junction protein claudin-1 1 (CLD-N11), the transcription factor BarH-like homeobox (BARX1), basonuclin1 (BNC1), Coagulation factor C homolog (COCH), filamin C gamma (FLNC), cytoglobin B (CYGB), glutamine-fructose-6-phospahe-transaminase-2 (GFPT2), heat-shock-70 kDa protein-6 (HSPA6), snail homolog 1 (SNAL1), skin calmodulin-related factor (SCARF), and tumor protein p53 binding protein 2 (TP53BP2).

Methods of prognosing the outcome of cancer and/or cancer treatment are provided. The methods involve quantitating the level of methylation at a site that regulates expression of the mda-9/Syntenin gene, site cg17197774. High levels of methylation indicate a good prognosis whereas low levels of methylation indicate a poor prognosis and determination of these levels permits risk stratification of patients with cancer.

Provided are artificially synthesized modified mono-methylated lysines and modified mono-methylated lysine derivatized polypeptides. Also provided is an antibody produced by using this modified mono-methylated lysine and modified monomethylated lysine derivatized polypeptide as an antigen, the antibody can be used in recognizing and enriching the modified polypeptide after the lysine mono-methylated polypeptide being derivatized in vitro. Also provided are a preparation method of said antibody, a method for identifying and quantifying the lysine mono-methylated modified substrate in cell or tissue by using proteomics approach of affinity enrichment for specific antibody and mass spectrometry.

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of comparative proteomics, in particular to a detection and quantitation method for proteomics of post-translational modifications. With this method, the protein samples to be studied and internal standards are labeled with isobaric tandem mass tags, and tandem mass spectrometry analysis is carried out for the labeled peptide mixture, wherein the internal standard is a peptide mixture rich in post-translational modifications to be detected. Through this method, the signal of peptides containing the post-translational modifications to be detected can be amplified under the situation that mass spectrometer sensitivity is unchanged, and enrichment of the post-translational modification peptides is not needed. The probability of detecting the peptides containing the post-translational modifications to be detected by mass spectrometer and being selected for subsequent MS/MS analysis is increased.

The invention relates to methods and uses of a panel of biomarkers in a body fluid sample for diagnosing and/or monitoring lung cancer, in particular early stage lung cancer. The biomarkers include particular histone modifications present on cell free nucleosomes, in combination with Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA).

The present invention relates to artificially synthesized modified mono-methylated lysines and modified mono-methylated lysine derivatized polypeptides. The present invention also relates to production of a completely new antibody by using this modified mono-methylated lysine and modified mono-methylated lysine derivatized polypeptide as an antigen, this antibody can be used in recognizing and enriching the modified polypeptide after the lysine mono-methylated polypeptide being derivatized in vitro. By using this antibody, it is capable of detecting whether a mono-methylation modification is present in amino acids on the polypeptide sequence, the present invention also relates to a preparation method of said antibody. Moreover, the present invention also relates to a method for identifying and quantifying the lysine mono-methylated modified substrate in cell or tissue; more specifically, it belongs to identifying and quantifying the lysine mono-methylated modified substrate in cell or tissue by using proteomics approach of affinity enrichment for specific antibody and mass spectrometry.

Disclosed in the present application are: (i) a compound inhibiting the interaction between LSD1me2 and CHD1 for use in therapy, (ii) a compound inhibiting the interaction between LSD1me2 and CHD1 for use in treating cancer, in particular prostate cancer, and (iii) a method of screening for such a compound.

Provided herein is technology for esophageal disorder screening and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, compositions, and related uses for detecting the presence of esophageal disorders (e.g., Barrett's esophagus, Barrett's esophageal dysplasia, etc.). In addition, the technology provides methods, compositions and related uses for distinguishing between Barrett's esophagus and Barrett's esophageal dysplasia, and between Barrett's esophageal low-grade dysplasia, Barrett's esophageal high-grade dysplasia, and esophageal adenocarcinoma within samples obtained through endoscopic brushing or nonendoscopic whole esophageal brushing or swabbing using a tethered device (e.g. such as a capsule sponge, balloon, or other device).