Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080199966 | Vitro Method For the Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Diseases - An in vitro method for the detection, determination of severity and monitoring and prognosis of neurodegenerative diseases is disclosed. The presence and/or concentration of the physiologically inactive proadrenomedullin (proADM) partial peptide, in particular, the midregional proADM partial peptide, is determined in a biological fluid of a patient who is suffering from a neurodegenerative disease or is suspected of having such a disease. Conclusions about the presence, course, severity or success of a treatment of the neurodegenerative disease are drawn on the basis of the presence and/or concentration of the specific partial peptide in the biological sample. | 08-21-2008 |
20080206797 | Csf Diagnostic in Vitro Method for Diagnosis of Dementias and Neuroinflammatory Diseases - CSF diagnostic in vitro method for the diagnosis of dementias and neuroinflammatory diseases, in which a determination of the procalcitonin immunoreactivity (PCT immunoreactivity) is carried out in a sample of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a patient who is suffering from a dementia or neuroinflammatory disease or is suspected of suffering from such a disease. Conclusions about the presence, the course, the severity or the success of a treatment of the dementia or neuroinflammatory disease are drawn from a measured PCT immunoreactivity which is above a threshold value typical for healthy individuals. | 08-28-2008 |
20080260640 | Use of Precursors Of Tachykinins and/or Their Fragments in Medical Diagnostic - The present invention relates to the use of protachykinin and/or fragments thereof that can be isolated from body fluids, tissues or other biological samples and therefore, serves as a marker peptide for medical diagnosis of diseases/disorders of the central nervous system, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, depression and/or conditions of pain, neurological, endocrinological, cerebral, muscular, local, systemic, chronic, inflammatory diseases, infectious diseases comprising bacterial and viral infections, meningitis, sepsis, Crohn's disease, colitis ulcerosa, sickle cell anemia, ischemia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, arthritis comprising rheumatoid arthritis, bronchitis, hyperalgesia, asthma, intoxication comprising bacterial intoxication, immunological disorders, poly/-trauma comprising cranio-cerebral trauma, tumors/cancer, stroke, stress, atopis dermatitis, HIV, Huntington's disease, burns, schizophrenia, Hirschsprung's disease, allergies, familial dysautononmia (Riley Day syndrome), hematopoietic disorders, gliomas comprising glioblastomas and astrocytomas, disorders of the blood brain barrier. The invention further provides antibodies for binding to certain proteins and their fragments, more specifically protachykinin and protachykinin peptides. In accordance with the invention, a kit useful for the above-mentioned diagnosis is also provided. | 10-23-2008 |
20080261232 | Use of Precursors of Enkephalins and/or Their Fragments in Medical Diagnostics - The invention relates to the diagnosis of disease based on the presence of biochemical components in human or animal body fluids, tissues and/or biomaterials. More specifically the invention relates to the use of precursors of enkephalins and/or its fragments isolated from body fluids, tissues or other biomaterials as a marker peptide for detection of a number of diseases/disorders including diseases/disorders of the central nervous system, neurodegenerative diseases, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, ischemia including myocardiac ishcemica, schizophrenia, disease/disorders of the immune system, diseases/conditions of pain, chronic pain, migraine, tension type headache, tumor diseases/cancer including lymphoblastic leukaemia, malignant brain tumors, adenomas, in particular human pituitary adenomas, disorders of the blood brain barrier, multiple sclerosis, inflammation, chronic arthritis, infectious diseases, bacterial and viral infections, in particular infections of Gram-positive bacteria, borna diseases virus infections, peritonitis, intoxication, AIDS, stress, trauma comprising head trauma, infarction, in particular cerebral infarction, heart and cardiovascular diseases including coronary heart disease, bone and skin disorders, malaria chronic/obstructive pulmonary disease and cerebral damage. The invention further provides antibodies that bind to proenkephalin and its fragments. In accordance with the invention, a kit useful for the above mentioned diagnosis is also provided. | 10-23-2008 |
20080280306 | Immunoassay For Determining The Release Of Neurotensin Into The Circulation - The invention relates to an immunodiagnostic method for determining the release of neurotensin into the circulation of mammals based on the selective determination of an immunoreactivity of the N-terminal portion of a mammal proneurotensin (PNT immunoreactivity) m a serum or plasma sample of a mammal; this immunoreactivity is not neurotensin or neuromedin immunoreactivity. | 11-13-2008 |
20090263822 | In Vitro Procedure for Diagnosis and Early Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Diseases - An in vitro process for the detection and early detection of neurodegenerative diseases, for determination of the severity, and to evaluate the progression of and render a prognoses of neurogenerative diseases, in a patient suffering from a subjectively or objectively detectable cognitive impairment, by determining the concentration of an analyte selected from natriuretic peptides, in particular ANP, and, if necessary, BNP and/or CNP in a biological fluid of the patient, whereby the determination of the analyte is performed directly and/or indirectly as the determination of a relevant co-peptide generated from a mutual propeptide, and is based upon the measured concentration of the determined analyte thus making it possible to form conclusions about a neurodegenerative disease or an early form typical of such a disease or the course of the disease and/or the success of the efforts to relieve or prevent the disease. | 10-22-2009 |
20090311719 | IN VITRO METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES - Disclosed is an in vitro method for the detection, for the determination of the severity and for the assessment of the progress and prediction of neurodegenerative diseases, in which the presence and/or concentration of carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 (CPS 1) is determined in a biological fluid of a patient who suffers from a neurodegenerative disease or is suspected of suffering from such a disease, and conclusions about the presence, progression, severity or success of a treatment of the neurodegenerative disease are drawn on the basis of the determined presence and/or concentration of CPS 1 or the non-detectability of a CPS 1 immune reactivity. | 12-17-2009 |
20100035286 | IN VITRO METHOD FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS - In vitro method for the detection and early detection of, for the determination of the degree of severity of, and for the assessment of the course of and prognosis of neurodegenerative disorders, in which an immunodiagnostic determination method is used to determine the apolipoprotein C-1 (Apo C-1) immunoreactivity in a serum or plasma sample from a patient suffering from subjective or objectively verifiable cognitive disorders. | 02-11-2010 |
20100062463 | IN VITRO MULTIPARAMETER DETERMINATION METHOD FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS - In vitro multiparameter method for the diagnosis and early diagnosis, for determination of the severity and for assessing the course and prognosis of neurodegenerative disorders, in which the concentrations of at least two different vasotropic peptides are determined in a biological fluid from a person suffering from subjective or objectively detectable cognitive impairments, the resulting person-specific measurements are combined computationally to give a person-specific complex reference value, and conclusions are drawn concerning the presence of a neurodegenerative disorder in the person on the basis of the person-specific complex reference value found. | 03-11-2010 |
20110275091 | USE OF PRECURSORS OF TACHYKININS AND/OR THEIR FRAGMENTS IN MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC - The present invention relates to the use of protachykinin and/or fragments thereof that can be isolated from body fluids, tissues or other bioiological samples and therefore, serves as a marker peptide for medical diagnosis of diseases/disorders of the central nervous system, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, depression and/or conditions of pain, neurological, endocrinological, cerebral, muscular, local, systemic, chronic, inflammatory diseases, infectious diseases comprising bacterial and viral infections, meningitis, sepsis, Crohn's disease, colitis ulcerosa, sickle cell anemia, ischemia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, arthritis comprising rheumatoid arthritis, bronchitis, hyperalgesia, asthma, intoxication comprising bacterial intoxication, immunological disorders, poly/-trauma comprising cranio-cerebral trauma, tumors/cancer, stroke, stress, atopis dermatitis, HIV, Huntington's disease, burns, schizophrenia, Hirschsprung's disease, allergies, familial dysautononmia (Riley Day syndrome), hematopoietic disorders, gliomas comprising glioblastomas and astrocytomas, disorders of the blood brain barrier. The invention further provides antibodies for binding to certain proteins and their fragments, more specifically protachykinin and protachykinin peptides. In accordance with the invention, a kit useful for the above-mentioned diagnosis is also provided. | 11-10-2011 |
20120231475 | IMMUNOASSAY FOR DETERMINING THE RELEASE OF NEUROTENSIN INTO THE CIRCULATION - The invention relates to an immunodiagnostic determination method for determining the release of neurotensin into the circulation of mammals during which an immunoreactivity of the N-terminal portion of a mammal proneurotensin (PNT immunoreactivity) is selectively determined in a serum sample or plasma sample of a test mammal, this immunoreactivity not being a neurotensin or neuromedin immunoreactivity. | 09-13-2012 |