The present Inventors demonstrated that the RelB subunit of NFκB plays a crucial role in promoting cell migration. More precisely, they identified that this pro-migratory activity is mediated by the activation of the NFκB pathway through RelB phosphorylation at serine 472. In a first aspect, the present invention proposes to monitor the activation of the NFκB pathway by following the phosphorylation status of said serine. Also, the present invention discloses methods and kits for prognosing the evolution of a disease involving cell migration in a subject—treated or not—suffering thereof, based on the detection of said RelB-S472 phosphorylation.

The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or reducing metastatic dissemination (i.e. reducing motility of cancer cells). In particular, the present invention relates to a method for preventing or reducing metastatic dissemination (i.e. reducing motility of cancer cells) in a subject suffering from a cancer comprising the steps consisting of i) determining the expression level of at least one biomarker selected from the group consisting of soluble CD95L and EMT promoting factors in a sample obtained from the subject, ii) comparing the expression level determined at step i) with a predetermined reference value and iii) administering the subject with a therapeutically effective amount of C16-ceramide or derivatives such as C16-sphingomyelin and C16-glycosphingolipids when the expression level determined at step i) is higher than the predetermined reference value.

This document features methods of evaluating mammals by assessing expression of B7-H1 in a body fluid.

Provided herein are methods of treating a nonhematopoietic malignant tumor in a patient and methods of prognosing a nonhematopoietic malignant tumor in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that preferentially kills or inhibits proliferation or activity of leukocytes relative to nonhematopoietic cells.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a detection agent for specifically detecting a cancer stem cell; a tumor antigen peptide specifically presented by cancer stem cells; a medicinal composition useful in preventing and/or treating cancer, said medicinal composition comprising the aforementioned tumor antigen peptide as an active ingredient; a method for screening the tumor antigen peptide; etc. To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, provided are: peptides represented by Y.sub.O-X.sub.O-Z.sub.O; a polyepitope peptide consisting of a plurality of epitope peptides connected together, said polyepitope peptide containing at least one of the above-mentioned peptides as one of the epitope peptides; a polynucleotide encoding the aforementioned peptides and/or polyepitope peptide; a medicinal composition comprising the same as an active ingredient; a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for cancer characterized by inducing CTL; etc.

Methods for treating tumors by administering ionizing radiation and an immune modulator to a patient with cancer are disclosed. The methods provide the dual benefits of anti-tumor efficacy plus normal tissue protection when combining immune modulators with ionizing radiation to treat cancer patients. The methods described herein also allow for the classification of patients into groups for receiving optimized radiation treatment in combination with an immune modulator based on patient-specific biomarker signatures.

The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.

The present invention relates to novel therapeutic uses of niclosamide for the treatment of cancer. In particular, a combination of niclosamide or one of its derivatives with an alkylating agent is provided for the treatment of solid tumors. Moreover, niclosamide or one of its derivatives can be used for the treatment of solid tumors characterized by underexpression of NFKBIA. Finally, the invention relates to diagnostic methods for determining whether treatment with niclosamide alone or in combination with an alkylating agent is suitable for a cancer patient.

The invention relates to kinase inhibitors, in particular inhibitors of protein kinases including the SIK-family, CSF1R, HCK, TEK-family, BRK, ABL, KIT and/or their mutants. Although structurally similar to other bicyclic kinase inhibitors, the kinase inhibitors of the invention are distinctive; possessing a particular class of heterocyclic moiety. Such kinase inhibitors can display one or more certain properties distinct to their structurally similar kinase inhibitors. The kinase inhibitors of the invention or pharmaceutical compositions comprising them may be used in the treatment of a disorder or condition, such as a proliferative disorder, for example, a leukaemia or solid tumour. In particular, these and other structurally related kinase inhibitors may be used in the treatment of a proliferative disorder—such as a mixed phenotype acute leukaemia (MPAL)—characterised by (inter-alia) the presence of MEF2C protein, a human chromosomal translocation at 11q23, and/or a KMT2A fusion oncoprotein. The kinase inhibitors or pharmaceutical compositions of the invention may be used topically to modulate skin pigmentation in a subject, for example to impart UV protection and reduce skin cancer risk.

The present disclosure relates to the field of biotechnologies. Specifically disclosed are an interferon signaling pathway-related gene panel and an in vitro diagnostic product thereof, and the use of the same in assessing the recurrence risk of breast cancer and/or providing guidance for breast cancer treatment with interferon.