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 cell for treating neurodegenerative disease treated with angelica extract is provided. The pharmaceutical composition comprises the cell for treating neurodegenerative disease and can significantly increase and recover the number of dopaminergic neurons to achieve the goal for treating neurodegenerative disease.

The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing a disease comprising the step detecting in a sample comprising antibodies from a patient and also antibody binding to RGS8, a method for diagnosing a disease comprising the step detecting in a sample from a patient the level or activity of RGS8, a polypeptide comprising RGS8 or a variant thereof, a use of set polypeptide for the diagnosis of a disease, an antibody binding to RGS8, a use of the antibody for the diagnosis of the disease, a method for isolating an autoantibody binding to RGS8, a pharmaceutical composition or medical device comprising the polypeptide according to the present invention, a kit for the diagnosis of a disease comprising the polypeptide or the medical device according to the present invention and a use of the polypeptide, the antibody or the antibody for the manufacture of a kit or medical device.

Described herein are improved diagnostic tools for veterinary and human use which can be used for serodiagnosing A. platys in mammals, particularly in members of the Canidae family and in humans. The diagnostic tools are a group of outer membrane proteins of A. platys and variants thereof, referred to hereinafter as the OMP proteins, a group of outer membrane proteins of A. platys and variants thereof referred to hereinafter as the P44 proteins, and antibodies to the OMP proteins and the P44 proteins.

The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis of a disease comprising contacting a donor tissue section with a liquid capable of extracting an antibody from said donor tissue section and contacting said liquid with an acceptor material comprising an antigen, followed by detection of a complex comprising the antibody and the antigen, and a diagnostically useful carrier comprising a donor tissue section and an acceptor material comprising an antigen.

The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis of a disease comprising contacting a donor tissue section with a liquid capable of extracting an antibody from said donor tissue section and contacting said liquid with an acceptor material comprising an antigen, followed by detection of a complex comprising the antibody and the antigen, and a diagnostically useful carrier comprising a donor tissue section and an acceptor material comprising an antigen.

There is provided a single variable domain T-cell receptor (svd-TCR) comprising a first TCR variable domain, the first TCR variable domain specifically binding to an epitope, that is not a superantigen, in the absence of a second TCR variable domain. Also provided are compositions and cells comprising the svd-TCR as well as methods of identifying the svd-TCR.

There is provided a single variable domain T-cell receptor (svd-TCR) comprising a first TCR variable domain, the first TCR variable domain specifically binding to an epitope, that is not a superantigen, in the absence of a second TCR variable domain. Also provided are compositions and cells comprising the svd-TCR as well as methods of identifying the svd-TCR.

The disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising any one or combination of PIF peptides or analogs or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Methods of treating cellular neurodamage or neurotrauma to the peripheral or central nervous system using the one or a combination of PIF peptide or analogs thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof is also disclosed.

Disclosed herein are methods for reducing or arresting an increase in a Neuropathy Impairment Score (NIS) or a modified NIS (mNIS+7) in a human subject by administering an effective amount of a transthyretin (TTR)-inhibiting composition.