The present disclosure is directed to binding proteins to the extracellular domain (ECD) of HER2/ErbB2. More particularly, the binding proteins bind to a conformational epitope which is exposed in cells in response to HER2 amplification or activation.

Disclosed herein are methods treating a subject suffering from peritoneal carcinomatosis with a PAI-1 inhibitor, wherein the method comprises determining the concentration of “plasminogen activator inhibitor 1” (PAI-1) and determining the level of phosphorylation of “signal transducer and activator of transcript 3” (STAT3) in a sample obtained from the subject. Also disclosed herein are methods of detecting or determining susceptibility of a subject suffering from peritoneal carcinomatosis to treatment with a PAI-1 inhibitor.

The disclosure relates to a method for treating cancer comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an EZH2 inhibitor to a subject in need thereof, wherein the cancer is characterized by at least one cancer cell originating from a stem cell, a progenitor cell, or an immature cell and wherein the at least one cancer cell comprises one or more genetic lesion(s) that confer(s) dependence of the cancer cell on an EZH2 function. In certain embodiments, the EZH2 inhibitor of the disclosure is tazemetostat or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

The application relates to methods of assessing whether a cancer patient is at high risk or low risk of mortality, as well as methods of predicting the treatment response to an anti-cancer therapy in a cancer patient. The methods of the invention find application in the selection of patients for clinical trials, the selection of patients for treatment with anti-cancer therapies, monitoring cancer patients during treatment with an anti-cancer therapy, and evaluating the results of clinical trials for anti-cancer therapies, for example.

Provided are methods involving the use of biomarkers, in relation to photoimmunotherapy, such as photoimmunotherapy induced by activation of a phthalocyanine dye conjugated to a targeting molecule that binds a protein on tumor cell, for example, an IR700-antibody conjugate, and combination therapies, for example, that include photoimmunotherapy and an additional therapeutic agent, such as an immune modulating agent. In some aspects, the provided embodiments can be used to identify or select subjects for photoimmunotherapy and/or the combination therapy, or to assess the likelihood of response to photoimmunotherapy and/or to the additional therapeutic agents. Features of the methods and uses provide various advantages, such as improved efficacy. In some aspects, the provided embodiments can be used to provide personalized medicine and tailored therapy regimens for subjects. Also provided are therapeutic methods involving the use of biomarkers in the treatment of diseases and conditions, including tumors or cancers.

The subject invention pertains to compositions and methods for preparing and using recombinant proteins based on the fungal Coprinus comatus Y3 protein to control plant and animal viruses and microbes, and diagnose, prevent and treat cancers. Methods are disclosed using compositions comprising recombinant Y3 proteins to diagnose, prevent and/or treat cancer diseases based on recombinant Y3 protein interaction with glycans expressed on cancer cells.

The disclosure provides peptides and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Such peptides can be useful, for example, in treating various human diseases such as immunological diseases. In some embodiments, the peptides are useful as immunotherapeutics for modulating regulatory and effector molecules of the mammalian immune system.

The present disclosure relates to methods of inhibiting vimentin activity, methods of screening for new vimentin inhibitors and uses of new vimentin inhibitors.

Provided herein are, inter alia, methods and systems for the in silico design of peptide inhibitors for proteins comprising disordered domains; Galectin-3 inhibitors; and methods for treating and detecting diseases that overexpress or inappropriately express Galectin-3.

The present invention relates to Lrig1 (leucine-rich and immunoglobulin-like domains 1) protein, a cell surface antigen specifically present on the surface of immune cells, and various uses thereof.