Abstract: The present invention relates to an in vitro method for evaluating the prognosis of an autoimmune or chronic inflammatory disease in an individual, comprising the following steps: a) determining (i) the level of an anti-IL-17 autoanitibody and/or (ii) the level of an [IL-17/anti-IL-17 autoantibody] complex in a biological sample of the individual, and b) comparing the level of autoantibody and/or of complex determined in step a) with a reference value, the comparison being indicative of the prognosis of an autoimmune or chronic inflammatory disease in said individual.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an in vitro method for evaluating the prognosis of an autoimmune or chronic inflammatory disease in an individual, comprising the following steps: a) determining (i) the level of an anti-IL-17 autoantibody and/or (ii) the level of an [IL-17/anti-IL-17 autoantibody] complex in a biological sample of the individual, and b) comparing the level of autoantibody and/or of complex determined in step a) with a reference value, the comparison being indicative of the prognosis of an autoimmune or chronic inflammatory disease in said individual.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an in vitro method for evaluating the prognosis of an autoimmune or chronic inflammatory disease in an individual, comprising the following steps: a) determining (i) the level of an anti-IL-17 autoantibody and/or (ii) the level of an [IL-17/anti-IL-17 autoantibody] complex in a biological sample of the individual, and b) comparing the level of autoantibody and/or of complex determined in step a) with a reference value, the comparison being indicative of the prognosis of an autoimmune or chronic inflammatory disease in said individual.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody selectively recognizing a human platelet alloantigen, a method for detecting the presence or absence of at least one human platelet alloantigen using said antibody, a method for the production of said antibody, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said antibody, and a kit containing said antibody.

Abstract: The present invention relates to purified mammalian DC cell surface protein, designated Langerin, nucleic acids encoding Langerin, and antibodies which specifically bind Langerin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody selectively recognizing a human platelet alloantigen, a method for detecting the presence or absence of at least one human platelet alloantigen using said antibody, a method for the production of said antibody, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said antibody, and a kit containing said antibody.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for prognosis and diagnosis in human cancer patients comprising detecting in human tumor tissues the infiltration of certain immune cells associated with poor cancer prognosis. The methods are useful for making clinical decisions on cancer treatment, surveillance and surgical intervention.

Abstract: Purified mammalian DC cell surface protein, designated Langerin, nucleic acids encoding Langerin, and antibodies which specifically bind Langerin.

Abstract: Purified mammalian DC cell surface protein, designated Langerin, nucleic acids encoding Langerin, and antibodies which specifically bind Langerin.

Abstract: The invention provides immunological reagents (antibodies) capable of binding to plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC), to cell lines which express such antibodies and to a process for identifying and purifying plasmacytoid dendriticcells from tissues containing pDC using such antibodies.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for prognosis and diagnosis in human cancer patients comprising detecting in human tumor tissues the infiltration of certain immune cells associated with poor cancer prognosis. The methods are useful for making clinical decisions on cancer treatment, surveillance and surgical intervention.

Abstract: The invention provides immunological reagents (antibodies) capable of binding to plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC), to cell lines which express such antibodies and to a process for identifying and purifying plasmacytoid dendritic cells from tissues containing pDC using such antibodies.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of detecting infection of a blood sample by various strains of bovine diarrhoea virus (BVD) including a first test wherein anti-bovine diarrhoea virus antibodies are detected by means of a recombinant antigen comprising the BVD p80 protein expressed by a eukaryotic host and a second test wherein viral particles are detected by means of antibodies directed against the BVD p80 viral protein. The method is particularly useful in detecting pathogenic conditions such as persistent viremias and acute infections caused by BVD viruses, and is particularly advantageous because it is an extremely sensitive and efficient test and because it is capable of detecting infections caused by any one of a wide variety of BVD strains. The recombinant antigen employed in the method is preferably encoded by the nucleotide sequence listed as SEQ ID No: 1.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of detecting infection of a blood sample by various strains of bovine diarrhoea virus (BVD) including a first test wherein anti-bovine diarrhoea virus antibodies are detected by means of a recombinant antigen comprising the BVD p80 protein expressed by a eukaryotic host and a second test wherein viral particles are detected by means of antibodies directed against the BVD p80 viral protein. The method is particularly useful in detecting pathogenic conditions such as persistent viremias and acute infections caused by BVD viruses, and is particularly advantageous because it is an extremely sensitive and efficient test and because it is capable of detecting infections caused by any one of a wide variety of BVD strains. The recombinant antigen employed in the method is preferably encoded by the nucleotide sequence listed as SEQ ID No: 1.