Abstract:
The current disclosure relates to pharmaceutical combinations and compositions useful in the treatment of certain types of cancer. The disclosure also relates to methods for treatment of these types of cancer. In particular, the disclosure relates to the combined use of an inhibitor of a protein of the MAPK/ERK pathway and an inhibitor of specific kinases in the treatment of a cancer, in particular melanoma, in a patient. In an important embodiment, the cancer is characterized by the absence or reduced expression of MITF.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for determining or predicting the response of a patient diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer to targeted pharmacotherapy. The present invention also aims to provide methods and devices for predicting the response of patients diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer to specific medicaments. More specifically, the present invention provides methods which measure kinase activity by studying phosphorylation levels and profiles and inhibitions thereof by drugs in samples of said patients.
Abstract:
BRCA-deficiency signatures comprising differentially regulated proteins present in BRCA1-deficient tumors, and BRCA-deficiency signatures comprising nucleic acids isolated from BRCA1-deficient tumors, as well as methods of using the same, are disclosed.
Abstract:
Methods for optimizing the therapeutic efficacy of anti-cancer therapy by detecting phenotypic genetic traits using comparative genomic hybridization are disclosed.
Abstract:
Array comparative genomic hybridization classifiers, arrays comprising the classifiers and methods of using the same for differentiating between BRCA2-associated tumors and sporadic tumors by detecting phenotypic genetic traits using comparative genomic hybridization are disclosed.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns new thiolysine and selenolysine compounds that can be used as building blocks for peptides and proteins, providing ligation handles for site-and chemoselective modification of said peptides and proteins. In particular, the invention provides. In particular, the invention provides (the use of) the compounds 5-thiolysine (also referred to as d-thiolysine); 4-thiolysine (also referred to as ?-thiolysine); 5-selenolysine (also referred to as d-selenolysine) and 4- selenolysine (also referred to as ?-selenolysine). The positioning of the thiol or selenol group at the respective carbon atom allows for a very efficient intramolecular transfer reaction to take place after conjugation with a selected ligand, and the thiol or selenol group may subsequently be removed using reported procedures, thereby restoring the native lysine structure, or be used as an additional conjugation handle. The methodology is fast and gives well-defined material.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods for detecting antigen responsive cells in a sample using multidimensional labeled antigen presenting compounds, such as antigen-major histocompatibility complexes (NHC). Further, the present invention relates to the use of the present multidimensional labeled antigen presenting compounds, such as antigen-major histocompatibility complexes (MHC), for detecting antigen responsive cells in a sample, preferably a single sample, such as a blood sample. The present method allows high-throughput analysis of specific antigen responsive cells, such as T- and B-cells, thereby providing, for example, high-throughput methods for monitoring of diseases or conditions and the development of immunotherapeutics, vaccines, or the identification epitopes or immunogenic amino acid sequences.
Abstract:
Una molécula del complejo de histocompatibilidad mayor (MHC), que comprende un antígeno peptídico en elsurco de unión a péptidos de la molécula de MHC, por lo cual un grupo condicionalmente reactivo está presente enel antígeno peptídico que, cuando se activa por una señal física o química, rompe un enlace covalente dentro dedicho antígeno peptídico, que garantiza la liberación del antígeno peptídico de la molécula de MHC, y en la quedicho grupo condicionalmente reactivo comprende un grupo sensible a la luz o sensible al peryodato.