The invention provides a method of diagnosing Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and/or the hepatic fibrosis status of a subject, especially a subject afflicted with Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or NASH, based on the level of only three or more particular biomarkers. The invention further provides a kit suitable for performing said method and the use of said method and methods of treating patients diagnosed in accordance with the disclosed methods.

Methods for predicting the development of sepsis in a subject at risk for developing sepsis are provided. In one method, features in a biomarker profile of the subject are evaluated. The subject is likely to develop sepsis if these features satisfy a particular value set. Methods for predicting the development of a stage of sepsis in a subject at risk for developing a stage of sepsis are provided. In one method, a plurality of features in a biomarker profile of the subject is evaluated. The subject is likely to have the stage of sepsis if these feature values satisfy a particular value set. Methods of diagnosing sepsis in a subject are provided. In one such method, a plurality of features in a biomarker profile of the subject is evaluated. The subject is likely to develop sepsis when the plurality of features satisfies a particular value set.

The present invention provides therapeutic and diagnostic methods and compositions for cancer (e.g., bladder cancer (e.g., UC) or kidney cancer (e.g., RCC)). The invention provides methods of identifying an individual having a cancer who is likely to respond to treatment with an anti-cancer therapy comprising a PD-L1 axis binding antagonist, methods for selecting a therapy for an individual having a cancer, methods of identifying an individual having a cancer who is less likely to respond to treatment with an anti-cancer therapy comprising a PD-L1 axis binding antagonist monotherapy, methods of monitoring the response of an individual having a cancer to treatment with an anti-cancer therapy comprising a PD-L1 axis binding antagonist, and methods of treating an individual having cancer, based on expression levels of a biomarker of the invention (e.g., one or more genes set forth in any one of Tables 1-7, e.g., IL8).

The present invention relates to a method for identifying inhibitors of breast cancer metastasis based on a screening with proteins that are specific for the secretome of a chondrocyte, preferably cytokines and/or chemokines. The ligands as identified lead to a decrease of the migration and/or a re-differentiation of a breast cancer cell and/or a reduction of the number and/or size of breast cancer metastases. The present invention further relates to a method for detecting breast cancer metastasis, comprising the step of detecting at least one protein that is specific for the secretome of a chondrocyte, and for methods for treating and/or preventing breast cancer metastasis in a patient in need thereof, comprising the step of administering an effective amount of at least one ligand for one protein that is specific for the secretome of a chondrocyte to said patient in need thereof.

A method for determining whether a subject has an impaired blood-brain barrier (BBB) or is at risk of developing an impaired blood-brain barrier (BBB) comprising determining the level of one or more biomarkers in one or more samples obtained from the subject, wherein the one or more biomarkers comprise serum amyloid A (SAA).

Method for detecting a urinary tract infection (UTI) in a subject comprising determining levels of one or more biomarkers selected from MMP8, HNE, Cystatin C, MMP9, HSA, IL-8, interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1b), fibrinogen, RBP4, active MMP9 and MMP2, NGAL, Desmosine, MPO and CRP in a urine sample obtained from the subject. The determined levels may then be compared with a threshold level, wherein increased levels of at least one of the biomarkers in the urine sample relative to the threshold level is indicative of the presence of a urinary tract infection. Methods for monitoring a UTI and monitoring treatment of a UTI are also provided as are companion systems or test kits.

Methods and kits for measuring a panel of biomarkers in a subject suspected of being at risk for peri-implant osteolysis are provided. The method includes obtaining a biological sample from the subject; and measuring a level of at least two biomarkers in a biomarker panel in the sample, wherein the biomarker panel comprises -crosslaps (-CTX), -crosslaps (-CTX), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Interleukin-8 (IL-8), osteoprotegrin (OPG), deoxypyridinoline (DPD), and cross-linked N-telopeptides (NTX).

A system and method for detecting a biomarker in exhaled breath condensate nanodroplets comprises noninvasively collecting exhaled breath condensate nanodroplets of a subject, and analyzing said nanodroplets utilizing immuno-quantitative polymerase chain reaction to detect one or more target biomarkers.

The disclosure provides methods of using biomarkers to improve diagnosis of forms of prostate. The method includes testing a biological sample from an individual for a interleukin-8 (IL-8), Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-) and soluble tumor necrosis factor- receptor 1 (sTNFR1), and may further include testing for prostate serum antigen (PSA). Use of these markers in combination provides tests that are more sensitive and specific than PSA in differentiating benign versus malignant prostate disease and/or localized CaP versus metastatic CaP and show that the specificity and sensitivity of a PSA-based CaP diagnosis can be significantly enhanced by measuring IL-8, TNF- and sTNFR1.

A biomarker for predicting and/or monitoring the efficacy of a c-Met inhibitor; a composition for predicting and/or monitoring the efficacy of a c-Met inhibitor, comprising a material detecting the biomarker; a composition for selecting a subject suitable for the application of a c-Met inhibitor, comprising a material detecting the biomarker; a method for predicting and/or monitoring the efficacy of a c-Met inhibitor using the biomarker; a method for selecting a subject suitable for the application of a c-Met inhibitor using the biomarker; and a method for preventing and/or treating cancer comprising administering a c-Met inhibitor to the selected subject.