GLYCAN STRUCTURES OF HAPTOGLOBIN AS A BIOMARKER OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

    公开(公告)号:US20250138017A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-01

    申请号:US18930774

    申请日:2024-10-29

    Abstract: The present invention relates to in vitro methods for aiding in the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in a subject. The method may comprise determining the amount of one or more N-glycan structure attached to haptoglobin (i.e. of the β-chain of haptoglobin having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 1) in a sample obtained from said subject and comparing the amount of said one or more glycan structure to a reference amount of said one or more glycan structure, wherein an altered amount of said one or more glycan structure in said patient sample relative to the reference amount of said one or more glycan structure is indicative for HCC. Further, the present invention relates to the use of one or more glycan structure attached to haptoglobinor of a glycopeptide derived from haptoglobin in combination with AFP and/or PIVKA-II in the detection of HCC.

    ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR ALPHA-1,6-CORE-FUCOSYLATED PSA AND FUCOSYLATED FRAGMENTS THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20230340147A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-26

    申请号:US18187502

    申请日:2023-03-21

    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody or an antigen binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to α-1,6-core-fucosylated prostate specific antigen (PSA) and partial sequences thereof comprising the α-1,6-core-fucose residue. The antibodies and antigen binding fragments significantly discriminate between core-fucosylated PSA or core-fucosylated PSA partial sequences and other glycosylated PSA species and partial sequences thereof lacking the core-fucose residue, including aglycosylated PSA, as well as core-fucosylated glycan in other contexts. The present invention further relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding the light chain variable region or the heavy chain variable region of the antibody of the invention, as well as vectors comprising said nucleic acid molecules. The invention also relates to a host cell comprising the vector(s) of the invention, as well as to methods for the production of an antibody or antigen binding fragment of the invention comprising culturing the host cell of the invention under suitable conditions and isolating the antibody produced. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an antibody obtainable by the method of the invention, to a composition comprising at least one of the antibody or antigen binding fragment of the invention, the nucleic acid molecule of the invention, the vector of the invention, the host cell of the invention or the antibody produced by the method of the invention. The present invention also relates to the use of an antibody or antigen binding fragment of the invention for detecting and discriminating core-fucosylated PSA or core-fucosylated partial sequences thereof in biological samples.

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