This invention relates generally to a method of detecting, determining, and treating heat stress in avian species based on expression of GRP75. More particularly, the invention relates to a non-invasive and accurate process to evaluate heat stress in avian and poultry species, such as broiler chickens, layers, turkeys, breeders, and/or quail. The method uses GRP75 expression as a non-invasive marker for heat stress in avian species, and also provides for a method to rapidly evaluate and continuously treat and monitor dynamic change and time-course stress induced by heat stress load in the same individual poultry.

The present invention relates to a panel of inflammasone biomarkers for detecting exposure to ionizing radiation and/or for determining absorbed dose of ionizing radiation in a subject exposed thereto.

The present invention relates to an in vitro method for assessing the risk of developing side effects after ionizing radiation treatment in a prostate cancer subject, comprising the steps of a)determining the presence or absence of urinary toxicity in the patient prior to application of ionizing radiation, b)determining the stage of the tumor, c)optionally determining of at least one other clinical parameter, disease parameter or ionizing radiation treatment parameter from the patient, and d)combining a value associated with the presence of urinary toxicity determined in a), a value associated with the stage of the tumor in b), and a value association with the at least one other clinical parameter, disease parameter or ionizing radiation treatment parameter determined in c) in a mathematical function to obtain an end-value

The present disclosure is directed to methods (e.g., in vitro methods) for use of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) as a biomarker in radiation-induced lung injury (RILI). Provided herein is an in vitro method for the diagnosis, prognosis, and/or monitoring of RILI in a human subject by providing a tissue or plasma sample from the subject and detecting the level of NAMPT therein, wherein a higher level of NAMPT in the tissue or plasma sample from the subject compared to a healthy control or a reference value is indicative for the presence of RILI in the subject. Further provided herein is a method of detecting NAMPT in a human subject by obtaining a biological sample from the subject, detecting the presence of NAMPT in the sample by contacting the sample with a capture agent that specifically binds NAMPT, and detecting binding between NAMPT and the capture agent.

The invention relates to methods and kits for assessing brain injury, e.g., traumatic brain injury resulting from blast exposure. The invention provides methods of quantifying the amount of phosphorylated tau or total tau in a biological sample. The invention further provides a method of determining the number of blast exposures experienced by a subject. Also provided herein are kits for detecting phosphorylated tau or total tau in a biological sample.

The present invention relates to an in vitro method for assessing the risk of developing side effects after ionizing radiation treatment in a prostate cancer subject, comprising the steps of a) measuring radiation induced T-lymphocytes apoptosis in a sample of the subject; b) determining the presence of urinary toxicity in the patient prior to application of ionizing radiation, and optionally of at least one other clinical parameter, disease parameter or ionizing radiation treatment parameter from the patient, and c) combining the value of the at least one biochemical marker measured in step (a) and a value associated with the at least one clinical parameter, disease parameter or ionizing radiation treatment parameter determined in step (b) in a mathematical function to obtain an end-value.

The present invention addresses the problem of providing an ultraviolet light-induced inflammation suppressing agent. The present invention is based on the finding that an alternative autophagy (Atg5/Atg7-independent autophagy) participates in the suppression of ultraviolet light-induced inflammation. Thus, the above problem is solved by providing an alternative autophagy inducing agent.

The present disclosure provides methods of identifying patients who have partial or total resistance to HIF-2 inhibitors or who develop partial or total resistance to HIF-2 inhibitors after treatment and providing suitable treatment to these patients.

Disclosed herein are methods and systems of determining whether a subject’s levels of GFAP, UCH-L1, or GFAP and UCH-L1 are elevated in a sample collected from the subject. The methods comprise determining whether the levels of GFAP, UCH-L1, or GFAP and UCH-L1 are elevated in the sample, and communicating the determination on or from an instrument. The methods may be used to aid in the diagnosis and evaluation of a subject (e.g., a human subject) that has sustained or may have sustained an injury to the head, such as to determine whether the subject is suffering from a mild, moderate, severe, or moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).

The present invention relates to a method for mimicking the effects of ionizing radiations on cells, wherein cells are contacted with bleomycin.