The present invention relates to a sandwich immunoassay and kits for detecting in a biological sample cross-linked CTX-III, and its use in evaluating the efficacy of drugs targeting lysyl oxidases (LOXs). Cross-linked CTX-III can be used as a biomarker in diseases associated with fibrosis, including liver fibrosis, chronic intestinal disease, eosinophilic esophagitis and cancer.

A method for implementing an adapted patient care for an individual suffering from liver fibrosis after assessing liver fibrosis progression in the individual, and thus determining whether the individual is a slow, medium or fast fibroser. Also, a method for treating an individual suffering from liver fibrosis and identified as a fast fibroser, which includes the steps of identifying the individual as a fast fibroser by assessing fibrosis progression and treating the individual by administering without delay at least one therapeutic agent for treating liver fibrosis, or for treating the underlying cause responsible for liver fibrosis, or both.

Described herein are monoclonal antibodies, assay kits and immumoassay methods for quantifying elastin fragments having a C-terminus amino acid sequence LPGGYGLPYT (SEQ ID NO: 1) in a patient biofluid sample, and uses thereof for detecting or quantifying fibrotic diseases such as chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD).

The present disclosure provides methods of treating fibrosis or a fibrotic disease or condition in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of cenicriviroc or a salt or solvent thereof. The fibrosis or fibrotic disease may be liver fibrosis, renal fibrosis, non-cirrhotic hepatic fibrosis, associated with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), or emerging cirrhosis.

A method of modulating oxygen saturation levels can include measuring oxygen saturation levels in a patient, administering inhaled nitric oxide, adjusting the dose of oxygen in real time to a second dose based on the inhaled nitric oxide.

Cenicriviroc (CVC) is an orally active antagonist of ligand binding to C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5) and C-C chemokine receptor type 2 (CCR2). CVC blocks the binding of RANTES, MIP-1, and MIP-1 to CCR5, and of MCP-1/CCL2 to CCR2. Methods of treating fibrosis and related conditions comprising co-administration of CVC with chemokine antagonists, FXR agonists, high dose vitamin E (>400 iU/d), a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR-) agonist, PPAR- agonist, and/or PPAR- agonist are provided herein.

This disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions and purified or isolated naturally occurring exosome products that have therapeutic use for treating an unmet medical need. The exosome compositions contain an effective amount of exosomes isolated from a body fluid of a non-diseased subject. The compositions are useful in the treatment of a variety of fibrotic diseases.

This disclosure relates to devices, assays, and methods related to airway inflammation caused by polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs). In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to a model device that emulates the changes in airway cell physiology due to transmigration of PMNs from blood to the cells at the air-liquid interface. In certain embodiments, the airway cells are supported on a collagen layer wherein the collagen layer is further supported by a porous polymer from which PMNs can migrate. In certain embodiments, the disclosure contemplates adding bacteria, fungi and/or viruses to the device to emulate disease states. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to the use of the model system to test compounds to identify drug candidates and diagnose subjects with airway-related diseases and conditions.

A liver fibrosis assessment model includes following establishing steps. A reference database is obtained, wherein the reference database includes a plurality of reference blood test data. A preprocessing step of the blood test data is performed. A feature extracting step is performed, wherein the feature extracting step is for extracting at least one eigenvalue according to the reference database. A normalizing step of the blood test data is performed. A classifying step is performed, wherein the classifying step is for achieving a convergence of the normalized reference blood test data by using a gradient boosting algorithm so as to obtain the liver fibrosis assessment model. The liver fibrosis assessment model is used to assess whether a subject suffers from liver fibrosis and predict a degree of liver fibrosis of the subject.

Provided are methods of diagnosing a viral disease such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Castleman's disease, a lymphoma, a thymoma or a sarcoma in a patient by identifying one or more virus-specific elements such as a nucleic acid or a viral protein or a patient antibody to a virus-specific element, as well as to kits for diagnosing the viral disease in a patient. Further provided are methods of monitoring disease progression and/or the efficacy of therapy by measuring the levels of a virus-specific element in a sample from a patient, and methods of identifying therapeutic agents that show efficacy in reducing levels of virus-specific agents in vitro. Still further provided are methods of treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lymphoproliferative disease and cancer, as well as to methods of preventing viral infection, including Herpesvirus saimiri infection.