A method of producing a diagnostic peptide array, a diagnostic peptide array produced therefrom and methods of using a diagnostic peptide array are disclosed. Also disclosed, is a method of detecting an antibody associated with a disease of condition, including: contacting a biological sample with a diagnostic peptide array; and detecting the binding of one or more antibodies to a peptide that is associated with a disease or condition of interest, thereby detecting the antibody associated with a disease of condition.

The present invention pertains to the field of cancer prediction. Specifically, it relates to a method for predicting the risk of recurrence of bladder cancer in a subject after treatment of bladder cancer comprising the steps of determining the amount of at least one biomarker selected from the biomarkers shown in Table, and comparing the amount of said at least one biomarker with a reference amount for said at least one biomarker, whereby the risk of recurrence of bladder cancer is to be predicted. The present invention also contemplates a method for identifying a subject being in need of a further bladder cancer therapy. Encompassed are, furthermore, diagnostic devices and kits for carrying out said methods.

Provided is a method of assessing the occurrence or the risk of occurrence of pulmonary hypertension (PH), in which an increased level of expression of the channel TMEM16A indicates a risk of occurrence of PH. Provided is also a method of treating PH, in which a compound effective in reducing activity of TMEM16A is being administered. Provided are also screening methods for a compound suitable for modulating activity ex vivo and in vitro and for PH treatment in vivo.

The invention features diagnostic and therapeutic methods and compositions featuring androgen receptor variant proteins and nucleic acid molecules whose expression is increased in androgen related diseases or disorders.

The disclosure relates to a method for screening a subject for the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD), comprising: receiving marker data indicative for a plurality of marker parameters for a subject, such plurality of marker parameters indicating, for the subject for a measurement period, an age value, a sample level of creatinine, and a sample level of albumin; and determining a risk factor indicative of the risk of suffering CKD for the subject from the plurality of marker parameters, wherein the determining comprises: weighting the age value higher than the sample level of albumin, and weighting the sample level of creatinine higher than the sample level of albumin. Further, a computer-implemented method for screening a subject and a method for screening a subject for the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are provided.

Described in exemplary embodiments herein are methods, compositions, and kits for diagnosing, prognosing, monitoring, treating and/or preventing a hemopoietic malignancy and/or relapse thereof in a subject. In some embodiments, the methods can include determining an average cellular mass of cells in a sample from the subject and/or detecting one or more molecular signatures in one or more of the cells. In some embodiments, treatment includes administering one or more BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors or a pharmaceutical formulation thereof, one or more pre-BCR signaling pathway inhibitors or a pharmaceutical formulation thereof, one or more p38 MAPK inhibitors or a pharmaceutical formulation thereof or any combination thereof.

Disclosed herein are compositions including reagents for detecting human autoantibodies against at least two proteins selected from the group consisting of A1AT, ANGPTL4, LRP10, GFRA1, LGALS3, CST2, DKK1, CAPC, GRP78, and GRN, wherein at least one of the antibody detection markers is selected from the group consisting of A1AT, LGALS3, and CAPC, and their use in monitoring efficacy of breast cancer therapy and breast cancer recurrence.

The present invention relates to a method for treating a subject suffering from melanoma resistant by administering to said subject an inhibitor of NAMPT. Using a global metabolic profiling, inventors have showed that in addition to glycolysis, the BRAF inhibitor, PLX4032, promoted a complex metabolic rewiring of melanoma cells, including protein catabolism and fatty acid synthesis. Importantly, they observed that PLX4032 reduced the levels of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+), an important redox co-factor in numerous metabolic processes, including glycolysis, tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) cycle, glutamate metabolism and fatty acid betaoxidation. Pharmacological or genetic inhibition of NAMPT impaired melanoma cell growth, whereas the overexpression of NAMPT dampened the antiproliferative effect of PLX4032. In vivo, the inhibition of NAMPT also prevented the xenograft development of PLX4032-sensitive and -resistant melanoma cells, identifying NAMPT as a potential target for BRAFi-resistant melanomas.

Disclosed is the in vitro use of at least one lectin for marking cancer stem cells of hormone-dependent cancer target organs, selected from the lectins Maackia amurensis lectin II (MAH-II), Euonymus europaeus lectin (EEL), Psophocarpus tetragonolobus lectin I (PTL-I) and Griffonia simplicifolia lectin II (GSL-II), in particular at least two lectins selected from MAH-II, EEL, PTL-I and GSL-II, in particular the two lectins MAH-II and EEL, in order to obtain cancer stem cells of labeled hormone-dependent cancer target organs in a biological sample.

Disclosed is the in vitro use of at least one lectin which recognises the fucose alpha(1-2) galactose unit for labelling cancer stem cells of organs involved in respiration, in order to obtain labelled cancer stem cells of organs involved in respiration, in a biological sample. In one particular embodiment, the at least one lectin is chosen from the lectins Ulex Europaeus agglutinin 1 (UEA-1) or the homologue thereof, Trichosanthes japonica agglutinin II (TJA-II), Agaricus Bisporus agglutinin (ABA), Amaranthus Caudatus agglutinin (ACA), jacalin, Griffonia Simplicifolia lectin I (GSL-I) and Griffonia Simplicifolia lectin II (GSL-II). In one particular embodiment, the organ involved in respiration is chosen from the lungs, the larynx, the pharynx, the mouth, the nose, the throat, the tongue, the sinuses, the trachea and the saliva glands including the tonsils and the parotid gland.