Abstract:
Described herein are methods and kits for prognosis of prostate cancer in a subject. The methods comprises: (a) determining the ratio of PCA3 and PSA expression in a urine sample and (b) correlating the value of the PCA3/PSA ratio with the aggressiveness and mortality risk of prostate cancer in the subject. Kits for prognosing prostate cancer are also described. More particularly, the present invention features a method for prognosing prostate cancer in a biological sample of a patient comprising: assessing the amount of a prostate cancer specific PCA3 mRNA and the amount of PSA in the biological sample; determining a ratio value of this amount of prostate cancer specific PCA3 mRNA over the amount of PSA; 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.
Abstract:
The current invention relates to a method for identifying a subject at risk of developing an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy and/or diagnosing a subject suffering from an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy, preferably wherein said idiopathic inflammatory myopathy is Inclusion Body Myositis. The invention provides methods in diagnosis, use of specific antigens, and kits for use in studying the presence or absence of (auto)antibodies in samples derived from subjects.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns novel amides derived from pantothenic acid having antibiotic activity and novel analogues of pantetheine inhibiting the activity of pantetheinase. Combinations of such substances can suitably beused in therapeutic and or prophylactic treatment of bacterial infections, fungal and yeast infections in a human or animal subject. The present invention resides in the findingthat pantothenamidesaloneare not at antibiotically active in the presence of plasma due to the breakdown of pantothenamides by enzymes with pantetheinase activityandthat inhibition of these enzymes prevented breakdown of pantothenamides,thuspreserving their antibiotic activity under physiological conditions in mammals. The present invention thus, for the first time, makes available treatment relying on interference with microbial CoA dependent pathways and, simultaneously, inhibiting or reducing pantetheinase activity.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns novel pantothenone compounds having pantetheinase inhibitory activity as well as antiplasmodial activity. These compounds can suitably be used in therapeutic and or prophylactic treatment of malaria. Furthermore, the present invention provides combinations of pantothenone compounds and pantothenamides. Combining a pantothenone with a pantothenamide increases the antimalarial potency by an order of magnitude. It is hypothesized that inhibition of pantetheinase activity could protect pantothenamides against degradation by serum-derived pantetheinases, thereby revealing the hitherto unknown antimalaria activity of pantothenamides. The present invention thus, for the first time, makes available compounds and combinations of compounds for use in therapeutic and or prophylactic treatment of malaria infection in a human or animal subject in need thereof, relying on interference with host or pathogen-derived pantetheinase dependent pathways.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to protein constructs that comprise one or more peptides, proteins, factors, compounds or other components as further described herein that are linked to and/or are linked to each other via a helical polymeric backbone. The constructs of the invention are suitable for administration to a human or animal body and can be used for pharmaceutical purposes, for example for immunotherapy such as for treating cancer and for other immunological applications, as well as for other therapeutic, prophylactic and/or diagnostic purposes.