Provided are methods and compositions which are useful for separating, isolating, detecting, and quantifying compounds of interest which have been modified chemically, enzymatically or catalytically from other compounds which have not been so modified. The modifications may take the form of functional groups which are gained, lost or retained by the compounds of interest.

The present invention relates to the field of prevention and/or treatment of metabolic disorders such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, type-2 diabetes, dyslipidemia and insulin resistance,

A pharmaceutical composition containing (1) a therapeutically effective amount of hepatocyte-derived exosomes; and (2) a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier is provided. Also provided herein is a method of inducing liver regeneration in a patient in need thereof, the method including administering to the patient a therapeutic amount of hepatocyte-derived exosomes, wherein liver regeneration is induced. Methods for up-regulating synthesis of synthesis of sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) in a hepatocyte by contacting the hepatocyte with at least one vesicle containing sphingosine kinase 2, and, optionally, ceramide and neutral ceramidase, are also disclosed.

The present disclosure relates generally to the use of sphingolipid-metabolizing proteins to mitigate or minimize tissue damage resulting from injury or from disease, for example, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) when the sphingolipid-metabolizing protein is delivered via expression from an Anc80 vector.

Provided are methods and compositions which are useful for separating, isolating, detecting, and quantifying compounds of interest which have been modified chemically, enzymatically or catalytically from other compounds which have not been so modified. The modifications may take the form of functional groups which are gained, lost or retained by the compounds of interest.

A method for producing an objective substance such as sphingoid bases and sphingolipids using yeast is provided. An objective substance is produced by cultivating yeast having an ability to produce the objective substance in a culture medium containing an additive that is able to associate with, bind to, solubilize, and/or capture the objective substance, and collecting the objective substance from cells of the yeast and/or the culture medium.

A method for producing an objective substance such as phytosphingosine and sphinganine using yeast is provided. An objective substance is produced by cultivating yeast having an ability to produce the objective substance and modified so that the expression and/or activities of proteins encoded by LCB4 and CKA2 genes are reduced in a culture medium, and collecting the objective substance from cells of the yeast and/or the culture medium.

Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension. Compositions comprising an inhibitor of sphingosine kinase 2 can be used to reduce pulmonary artery vascular remodeling in a patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

The invention relates to genetically modified Pichia ciferrii cells, to the use thereof and to a method of producing sphingoid bases and sphingolipids.

A biomarker for predicting drug resistance of a BTK inhibitor and an application thereof are provided in the present disclosure, relating to the technical field of biomedicine. The biomarker is SMPD1 or SPHK1; the drug resistance of BTK inhibitor refers to the drug resistance of diffuse large B cell lymphom cells to the BTK inhibitor. This biomarker is used to predict sensitivity of diffuse large B cell lymphom cells to the BTK inhibitors.