The present invention encompasses filamin A (FLNA) binding proteins. Specifically, the invention relates to antibodies to FLNA. An antibody of the invention can be a full-length antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof. Methods of making and methods of using the antibodies of the invention in methods of diagnosis, monitoring and prognosis or prostate cancer are also provided.

A method for predicting the degree of weight loss in a female subject attainable by applying one or more dietary interventions to a subject, said method comprising; determining the level of one or more biomarkers in one or more samples obtained from the subject, wherein the biomarkers are selected from gelsolin, apolipoprotein B-100, plasma kallikrein, protein Z-dependent protease inhibitor and plasma serine protease inhibitor.

The present invention concerns methods for treating a proliferation disorder, such as prostate cancer, basal cell carcinoma, lung cancer, and other cancers, using an inhibitor of the Hedgehog pathway (HhP); and methods for monitoring subjects undergoing such treatments based on biomarkers and other criteria predictive of efficacy.

The present invention concerns methods for treating a proliferation disorder, such as prostate cancer, basal cell carcinoma, lung cancer, and other cancers, using an inhibitor of the Hedgehog pathway (HhP); and methods for monitoring subjects undergoing such treatments based on biomarkers and other criteria predictive of efficacy.

Methods for detecting a prostate cancer in a subject comprise detecting a marker selected from an endosomal associated marker and/or a lysosomal associated marker from the subject.

Described herein are method, compositions and kits for prognosis of prostate cancer. The methods include determining the ratio of PCA3 and of a prostate-specific marker expression in a urine sample and correlating the value of the PCA3/prostate-specific marker ratio with the aggressiveness and mortality risk of prostate cancer in the subject. The method for prognosing prostate cancer in a sample of a patient includes assessing the amount of a prostate cancer specific PCA3 mRNA and the amount of prostate-specific marker in the sample; determining a ratio value of this amount of prostate cancer specific PCA3 mRNA over the amount of prostate-specific marker; comparing the ratio value to at least one predetermined cut-off value, wherein a ratio value above the predetermined cut-off value is indicative of a higher risk of mortality of prostate cancer as compared to a ratio value below the predetermined cut-off value.

The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing whether a subject may be at risk for or may suffer from cancer wherein (significantly) lower or (significantly) higher binding of a binding agent to a particular glycan structure of a biomarker glycoprotein compared to a control sample is indicative for said subject to be at risk for or to suffer from cancer. The present invention further relates to a kit for performing said for method of diagnosing whether a subject may be at risk for or may suffer from cancer, comprising a binding agent capable to bind to a glycan structure of a biomarker protein.

The present invention encompasses filamin A (FLNA) binding proteins. Specifically, the invention relates to antibodies to FLNA. An antibody of the invention can be a full-length antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof. Methods of making and methods of using the antibodies of the invention in methods of diagnosis, monitoring and prognosis or prostate cancer are also provided.

Fluidic systems and methods for analyses are provided. In some embodiments, systems and methods for improved measurement of absorbance/transmission through fluidic systems are described. Specifically, in one set of embodiments, optical elements are fabricated on one side of a transparent fluidic device opposite a series of fluidic channels. The optical elements may guide incident light passing through the device such that most of the light is dispersed away from specific areas of the device, such as intervening portions between the fluidic channels. By decreasing the amount of light incident upon these intervening portions, the amount of noise in the detection signal can be decreased when using certain optical detection systems.

Monoclonal antibodies of molecular markers (KRT7, KLK10 and LAMC2) for specifically marking very-early-stage cells of gastric cancer are prepared, and are used in the preparation of a kit for determining the very-early-stage onset risk of gastric cancer or other digestive tract tumors on the basis of gastric tissue or blood. The results show that: 1) the overall accuracy rate of predicting the progression risk of low-grade dysplasia reaches 86%, and the AUC value reaches 0.87; 2) the accuracy rate is closely related to the progression time of low-grade dysplasia, wherein the accuracy rate is increased to 95% 6 months before the onset of gastric cancer, and the window for the early diagnosis of gastric cancer can be moved forward by an average of 10 months; and 3) the accuracy rate of the marker in diagnosing gastric cancer is over 97%.