Abstract:
A method of diagnosing B-CLL in a subject in need thereof is provided. The method comprising determining in a biological sample of the subject a level of CD84 isoform C (SEQ ID NO: 30), wherein an increase in the level of the CD84 isoform C (SEQ ID NO: 30) beyond a predetermined threshold with respect to a level of the CD84 in a biological sample from a healthy individual is indicative of the B-CLL.
Abstract:
A method is presented for use in fabrication of metal islands on an oxide substrate. The method comprises: depositing a selected metal on the oxide substrate by evaporation of said selected metal; and annealing a film of the selected metal on said substrate at temperatures including an annealing temperature being less than 50°C lower than a glass transition temperature, thereby forming the metal islands partially embedded in said substrate.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to means and methods for altering the level of at least one of the aromatic amino acids phenylalanine, tryptophan and tyrosine and secondary metabolites in plants. Particularly, the present invention discloses transgenic plants comprising polynucleotides encoding chorismate mutase and prephenate dehydratase enzymes, having elevated amounts of at least one of phenylalanine, tyrosine and modified amount of at least one secondary metabolite derived therefrom, and reduced amount of tryptophan and at least one secondary metabolite derived from tryptophan.
Abstract:
Fullerene-like (IF) nanostructures of the formula A1-x-Bx-chalcognide are described. A being a metal or transition metal or an alloy of metals and/or transition metals, B being a metal or transition metal B different from that of A and x being ? 0.3. A process for their manufacture and their use for modifying the electronic character of A-chalcognide are described.
Abstract:
The invention relates to colon and prostate tumor associated antigen peptides obtainable from prostate specific G protein-coupled receptor (PSGR), six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of prostate (STEAP) and proteins encoded by genes found overexpressed in colon carcinoma cells, such as human 1-8D interferon induced transmembrane protein 2. The invention further relates to a polynucleotide encoding the tumor associated antigen peptides and to pharmaceutical compositions, which are preferably anti-tumor vaccine compositions, containing a tumor associated antigen, at least one tumor associated antigen peptide thereof, or encoding polynucleotide thereof as an active ingredient. The pharmaceutical compositions can be administered to a patient in need thereof to treat or inhibit the development of colon or prostate cancer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to peptides capable of inhibiting cellular and immune stress responses in a eukaryotic cell. The invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment of human degenerative diseases and inflammation, utilizing peptides recognized by monoclonal anti-DNA antibodies, the peptides having anti-apoptotic and anti-inflammatory activity. The invention further provides antibody molecules and uses thereof for the isolation of such peptides.
Abstract:
A non-human chimeric animal useful as a model for human HV infection, comprising a mammal M5 having xenogeneic cells; mammal M5 being derived from a mammal M1 treated to substantially destroy its hematopoietic cells and then transplanted with hematopoietic cells derived from one or more mammals M2 and transplanted with liver tissue from a mammal M3, the one or more mammals M2 and mammal M3 being from the same or from a different species; the transplanted hematopoietic cells from the one or more mammals M2 being either one or both of a hematopoietic cell preparation from a T cell deficient mammal or of a T cell depleted mammalian stem cell or bone marrow preparation; the transplanted liver tissue from mammal M3 being either a human liver tissue preparation or a liver tissue preparation from a non-human mammal capable of being infected by HV; the liver tissue preparation in the M5 mammal being infected by HV.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to immunoregulatory molecules. More particularly, the present invention relates to antibodies or antibody fragments capable of specifically binding NF-κB-inducing kinase (NIK)/MAP3K14, or a specific portion thereof, and to use thereof, for example for regulating a biochemical activity of NIK, and/or enabling detection of NIK or a specific portion thereof.
Abstract:
Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for preventing or inhibiting neuronal degeneration, or for promoting nerve regeneration, in the central nervous system (CNS) or peripheral nervous system (PNS), in the treatment of an injury, disorder or disease of the CNS or PNS, comprise antigen-presenting cells, preferably dendritic cells, that have been pulsed with an agent selected from the group consisting of: (a) a nervous system (NS)-specific antigen or an analog thereof; (b) a peptide derived from an NS-specific antigen or from an analog thereof, or an analog or derivative of said peptide; (c) a copolymer selected from the group consisting of Copolymer 1, a Copolymer 1-related peptide or polypeptide, and poly-Glu Tyr ; and (d) a non-self antigen.
Abstract:
2,3-Dioxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane derivatives, carrying, at position 4, a sulfur-containing functionality selected from the group consisting of sulfonyl, sulfinyl and sulfenyl, adhered to C(4) via methylene group, represented by structural formula (A) wherein: X is hydrogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, optionally substituted by alkoxy or acyloxy, aralkoxy or acyloxy optionally substitued by alkoxy or aryloxy, and M is hydrogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, acyloxy, optionally substituted by acyl or acyloxy, aralkoxy, arylalkenyloxy, oxalyloxy substitued by alkoxy, di(alkyl)amino or alkyl(aryl)amino, di(aralalkyl)amino or carbonyloxy substituted by aryloxy, di(alkyl)amino, di(aralkyl)amino and alkyl(aryl)amino; or X and M together represent a carbon-carbon bond or an oxygen atom; L is hydrogen or L and M together represent a carbon-carbon bond; and either Z is a radical R-S(=O)n- and Y is hydrogen, or Y is R-S(=O)n- and Z is hydrogen, wherein R is alkyl optionally substituted by alkoxy or alkoxycarbonyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl or araklkyl optionally substituted by alkyl, halogen or CF3; and n is 0, 1 or 2, are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of malaria.