Immunovia Ab

Alligator Bioscience Ab

Bioinvent International Ab

Paindrainer Ab

Carl Arne Krister Borrebaeck

Ulf Hans Eskil Soderlind

Lars Bertil Christer Wingren

Christina Furebring

Christer Lars Bertil Wingren

Rebecka Ingrid Camilla Ottosson

Roland Carlsson

Ann-Christin Malmborg Hager

Peter Bo Joakim Ellmark

Sara Ek

Ann-Christin Malmborg-Hager

Sissela Rachel Linn Broos

Malin Marie Lindstedt

Donal John Brennan

Sara Charlotte Andersson Ek

Hager Ann-Christin Malmborg

Ulf Hans Eskil Söderlind

Mats Göran Barkfors

Maria Linnea Elisabeth Rosén Klement

Sandström Anna Gerdtsson

The present invention provides a method for determining the presence of pancreatic adenocarcinoma in an individual and/or for determining the survival time of an individual afflicted with pancreatic adenocarcinoma comprising the steps of: (a) providing a serum or plasma sample to be tested; and (b) determining a protein signature of the test sample by measuring the presence and/or amount in the test sample of one or more selected proteins; wherein the presence and/or amount in the test sample of one or more proteins selected from the group defined in Table 1 is indicative of the presence of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The invention also provides an array and a kit suitable for use in the methods of the invention.

Protein signature/markers for the detection of adenocarcinoma

The invention provides a method for determining a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-associated disease state in a subject comprising the steps of (a) providing a sample to be tested; and (b) measuring the presence and/or amount in the test sample of one or more biomarker(s) selected from the group defined in Table 1, wherein the presence and/or amount in the test sample of the one or more biomarker(s) selected from the group defined in Table 1 is indicative of a Systemic Lupus. The invention also provides an array and a kit suitable for use in the methods of the invention.

Biomarker signatures and uses thereof

The present invention provides methods and arrays for the prognosis and treatment of breast cancer in a subject. In a particular embodiment, the methods comprise the steps of: (a) providing a first proteome sample from the subject; (b) measuring in the first proteome sample the amount of two or more biomarkers selected from the group of biomarkers listed in Table 1; (c) providing an additional proteome sample from the subject; (d) measuring in the additional proteome sample the amount of the two or more biomarkers selected from the group of biomarkers listed in Table 1 measured in step (b); (e) determining the difference between the amount of the one or more biomarkers in the first and additional proteome samples; (f) calculating biomarker velocities; (g) determining a risk of recurrence of breast cancer; and (h) treating the subject.

Method, array and use thereof

The invention provides a method for determining prostate cancer-associated disease state in an individual comprising or consisting of the steps of: (a) providing a sample to be tested from the individual; and (b) determining a biomarker signature of the test sample by measuring the expression in the test sample of one or more biomarkers selected from the group defined in Table 1; wherein the expression in the test sample of the one or more biomarkers selected from the group defined in Table 1 is indicative of one or more prostate cancer-associated disease state in the individual. The invention also provides arrays and kits for use in the same.

Methods and arrays for use in the same

The present invention relates to a method for determining the presence of pancreatic cancer in an individual comprising or consisting of the steps of: (a) providing a sample to be tested from the individual, and (b) determining a biomarker signature of the test sample by measuring the expression in the test sample of one or more biomarkers selected from the group defined in Table III, wherein the expression in the test sample of one or more biomarkers selected from the group defined in Table III is indicative of the individual having pancreatic cancer. The invention also comprises arrays and kits of parts for use in the method of the invention.

Method, array and use for determining the presence of pancreatic cancer

The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising an immunostimulatory polypeptide and polyglutamic acid (PGA) nanoparticles, formulated in a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent, carrier or excipient. Such compositions have utility in stimulating the immune system in subjects, with the components capable of interacting synergistically. The invention further provides uses of the compositions of the invention, for example in the treatment of cancer, and kit and components for use in the same.

Compositions comprising polyglutamic acid nanoparticles and CD40 agonists

The present invention provides a binding moiety which selectively binds to Sox11 protein and/or mRNA for imaging, diagnosis or prognosis of lymphomas, such as mantle cell lymphomas (MCL) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Optionally, the moiety is an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof. Advantageously, moiety comprises a further, readily detectable moiety. The invention also provides methods of imaging lymphomas cells as well as methods of diagnosing or prognosing lymphomas in an individual. A further aspect of the present invention provides a method of identifying cells associated with lymphomas, the method comprising analyzing the pattern of gene expression in a sample of cells to be tested and comparing it to the pattern of gene expression in a sample of known lymphomas cells. Preferably, the cells to be tested are identified as lymphoma cells if the expression of Sox11 is upregulated compared to normal B-cells.

Sox11 expression in malignant lymphomas

The present invention relates to a method for in vitro creation of molecular libraries evolution of protein function. Particularly, it relates to variability and modification of protein function by shuffling polynucleotide sequence segments. A protein of desired characteristics can be obtained by incorporating variant peptide regions (variant motifs) into defined peptide regions (scaffold sequence). The variant motifs can be obtained from parent DNA which has been subjected to mutagenesis to create a plurality of differently mutated derivatives thereof or they can be obtained from in vivo sequences. These variant motifs can then be incorporated into a scaffold sequence and the resulting coded protein screened for desired characteristics. This method is ideally used for obtaining antibodies with desired characteristics by isolating individual CDR DNA sequences and incorporating them into a scaffold which may, for example, be from a totally different antibody.

Method for in vitro molecular evolution of protein function

A method for in vitro molecular evolution of protein function The invention provides a method for generating a polynucleotide sequence or population of sequences from parent single-stranded polynucleotide sequences encoding one or more protein motifs, comprising the steps of (a) providing a first population of single-stranded polynucleotide molecules and a second population of single-stranded polynucleotide molecules, the first and second populations together constituting plus and minus strands of parent polynucleotide sequences, (b) carrying out a reaction for digesting the first and second populations of single-stranded polynucleotide molecules with an exonuclease to generate corresponding populations of single-stranded polynucleotide fragments, (c) contacting said fragments generated from the plus strands with fragments generated from the minus strands and optionally, adding primer sequences that anneal to the 3' and 5&#x2032;ends of at least one of the parent polynucleotides under annealing conditions, and (d) amplifying the fragments that anneal to each other to generate at least one polynucleotide sequence encoding one or more protein motifs having altered characteristics as compared to the one or more protein motifs encoded by said parent polynucleotides, wherein, in step (b), at least one parameter of the reaction used for digestion of the first population of single-stranded polynucleotide molecules is different from the equivalent parameter(s) used in the reaction for digestion of the second population of single-stranded polynucleotide molecules. Preferably, the reaction parameter is selected from exonuclease type, exonuclease concentration, reaction volume, duration of the digestion reaction, temperature of the reaction mixture, pH of the reaction mixture, length of parent single-stranded polynucleotide sequences, amount of single-stranded polynucleotide molecules and buffer composition of the reaction mixture.

Method for in vitro molecular evolution of protein function using varied exonuclease digestion in two polynucleotide populations

The present invention relates to a method for in vitro evolution of protein function. In particular, the method relates to the shuffling of nucleotide segments obtained from exonuclease digestion. The present inventors have shown that polynucleotide fragments derived from a parent polynucleotide sequence digested with an exonuclease can be combined to generate a polynucleotide sequence which encodes for a polypeptide having desired characteristics. This method may be usefully applied to the generation of new proteins (e.g., antibodies and enzymes) or parts thereof having modified characteristics as compared to the parent protein.

Method for in vitro molecular evolution of protein function involving the use of exonuclease enzyme and two populations of parent polynucleotide sequence

The present invention relates to a method for in vitro evolution of protein function. In particular, the method relates to the shuffling of nucleotide segments obtained from exonuclease digestion. The present inventors have shown that polynucleotide fragments derived from a parent polynucleotide sequence digested with an exonuclease can be combined to generate a polynucleofide sequence which encodes for a polypeptide having desired characteristics. This method may be usefully applied to the generation of new antibodies or parts thereof having modified characteristics as compared to the parent antibody.

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Carl Arne Krister Borrebaeck