The present invention provides antagonizing antibodies that bind to complement factor D (CFD), conjugates thereof, and methods of using same. The anti-CFD antibodies can be used therapeutically alone or in combination with other therapeutics to treat age related macular degeneration and other diseases.

The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating pancreatic beta cell function through modulation of adipsin activity and/or expression. Also provided are methods for preventing, treating, diagnosing, and prognosing metabolic disorders, such as diabetes, in a subject through modulation or detection of adipsin activity and/or expression.

The present invention provides antagonizing antibodies that bind to complement factor D (CFD), conjugates thereof, and methods of using same. The anti-CFD antibodies can be used therapeutically alone or in combination with other therapeutics to treat age related macular degeneration and other diseases.

The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating pancreatic beta cell function through modulation of adipsin activity and/or expression. Also provided are methods for preventing, treating, diagnosing, and prognosing metabolic disorders, such as diabetes, in a subject through modulation or detection of adipsin activity and/or expression.

Methods of measuring the activity of Factor D, the key driver in the activation of the alternative complement pathway, methods of determining the potency of Factor D inhibitors, and methods of screening for Factor D inhibitors are provided.

The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating pancreatic beta cell function through modulation of adipsin activity and/or expression. Also provided are methods for preventing, treating, diagnosing, and prognosing metabolic disorders, such as diabetes, in a subject through modulation or detection of adipsin activity and/or expression.

Disclosed herein are methods, compounds, such as bindaret, and compositions that are useful for the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of an ocular disorder, including the discovery of agents that are efficacious against these disorders. Also included is the use of a fluorescent compound in an amount effective to indicate the presence of said ocular disorder in order to determine the efficacity of said compounds used in the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of said ocular disorders.

The present invention provides antagonizing antibodies that bind to complement factor D (CFD), conjugates thereof, and methods of using same. The anti-CFD antibodies can be used therapeutically alone or in combination with other therapeutics to treat age related macular degeneration and other diseases.

The method for diagnosing sleep apnea includes measuring concentrations of biomarkers in a patient's bodily sample. To determine whether a patient suffers from sleep apnea, or has a predisposition for developing sleep apnea, a sample from the patient is analyzed. If one or more of the following biomarker concentrations are found in the patient's sample, then the patient may be diagnosed as suffering from sleep apnea or having a predisposition for developing sleep apnea: between approximately 992.8 pg/mL and approximately 1309.6 pg/mL of adipsin; between approximately 1,640 pg/mL and approximately 2,900 pg/mL of betatrophin; between approximately 8,090.82 pg/mL and approximately 11,829.07 pg/mL of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); between approximately 11.82 pg/mL and approximately 88.26 pg/mL of interleukin-13 (IL-13); between approximately 49.45 pg/mL and approximately 103.29 pg/mL of tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-); and between approximately 16.55 pg/mL and approximately 29.76 pg/mL of the protein encoded by Human DNAJC27.

The invention relates to methods of measuring the activity of Factor D, the key driver in the activation of the alternative complement pathway, methods of determining the potency of Factor D inhibitors, and methods of screening for Factor D inhibitors.