Patent classifications
G01N2333/521
Biomarkers for seizures
The application relates to markers for seizures and epilepsy. Polypeptide expression panels or arrays are provided, comprising one or more probes capable of binding specific polypeptides in blood plasma or blood serum of a mammalian subject. Also provided are methods for detecting seizure, methods for predicting seizure, use of sICAM-5 in the treatment of seizure, methods for assessing the effectiveness of a treatment of seizure, and diagnostic kits.
Neutralizing anti-CCL20 antibodies
The present invention relates to novel humanized, chimeric and murine antibodies that have binding specificity for the human CC chemokine ligand 20 (CCL20). The present invention further relates to heavy chains and light chains of said antibodies. The invention also relates to isolated nucleic acids, recombinant vectors and host cells that comprise a sequence which encodes a heavy chain and/or a light chain of said antibodies, and to a method of preparing said antibodies. The anti-CCL20 antibodies of the invention can be used in therapeutic applications to treat, for example, inflammatory and autoimmune disorders and cancer.
METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF RENAL INJURY AND RENAL FAILURE
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, and determination of treatment regimens in subjects suffering from or suspected of having a renal injury. In particular, the invention relates to using a one or more assays configured to detect a kidney injury marker selected from the group consisting of Cancer antigen CA 15-3, C-C Motif chemokine 18, C-C Motif chemokine 24, Cathepsin D, C-X-C Motif chemokine 13, C-C motif chemokine 8, Interleukin-2 receptor alpha chain, Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 3, Interleukin-11, Matrix Metalloproteinase-8, Transforming growth factor alpha, IgG1, and IgG2 as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in renal injuries.
METHODS FOR EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF RENAL INJURY BASED ON C-C MOTIF CHEMOKINE LIGAND 14 MEASUREMENT
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, and determination of treatment regimens in subjects suffering from or suspected of having a renal injury. In particular, disclosed herein are methods, compositions, and kits for detecting C-C motif chemokine 14 in combination with creatinine, urine output, and/or cystatin C for predicting the likelihood of persistent acute kidney injury as well as methods for appropriately treating a subject based on his or her assigned likelihood.
Compositions and Methods for Discriminating Infectious from Non-Infectious CNS Disorders
The present invention provides compositions and methods for discriminating infectious from non-infectious CNS disorders, and providing appropriate treatment thereof.
Methods of Assigning a COVID Pathological Type and Compositions for Practicing the Same, and Methods of Treating a Subject for Chronic COVID-19
Methods of assigning a COVID pathological type for a subject suffering from COVID-19 are provided. Aspects of the methods include assigning a COVID pathological type for the subject based on a determined quantitative, multiplex cytokine/chemokine panel in a test sample from the subject. Also provided are methods of treating a subject (e.g., a long hauler subject) for chronic COVID-19. Aspects of such methods include administering to the long hauler subject a CCR5/CCL5 interaction inhibitor to treat the long hauler subject. Also provided are compositions for use in practicing the methods. The methods and compositions find use in a variety of applications, including patient stratification, treatment and therapy determination and therapy response assessment.
TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASE
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions that find use in identifying presence of an advanced stage autoimmune liver disease (ALD) is a subject diagnosed as having ALD. Also provided here are methods and compositions that find use in monitoring effectiveness of treatment of an ALD patient receiving a treatment for the ALD. Also provided here are methods and compositions that find use in identifying subjects suffering from a relapse of ALD. The methods and compositions of the present disclosure also find use in facilitating treatment decisions for a subject having ALD. Also provided herein are methods for treating ALD.
Platelet biomarkers and diagnostic methods for vascular diseases
The present invention relates to biomarkers and diagnostic and prognostic methods for vascular diseases. In particular, proteins of platelet-derived exosomes have been identified as biomarkers that can be used to detect platelet activation associated with pathogenesis of vascular diseases, including cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The invention also provides compositions for detecting biomarkers as well as compositions and methods useful for treating vascular diseases.
BIOMARKERS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF SEIZURES AND EPILEPSY
Epileptic seizures are difficult to diagnose and are often difficult to distinguish from several conditions with similar presentations, and therefore, diagnosis of seizures is often a long, expensive, and unreliable process. This invention provides biomarkers for identifying seizures and epilepsy, assays for measuring and assessing biomarker concentration, predictive models based on biomarkers and computational systems for detecting, assessing and diagnosing phasic and tonic changes associated with seizures and epilepsy in all clinical and healthcare settings. Diagnostic and treatment methods, systems, kits, and predictive models provided herein, provide quantitative and/or qualitative assessment in order to allow patients to proceed immediately to diagnostic and/or treatment protocols, and assess therapeutic treatment effectiveness.
Methods and compositions for evaluation and treatment of renal injury and renal failure based on C—C motif chemokine ligand 14 measurement
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, and determination of treatment regimens in subjects suffering from or suspected of having a renal injury. In particular, the invention relates to using assays that detect C-C motif chemokine 14 as diagnostic and prognostic biomarker assays in renal injuries.