Abstract: Methods for identifying HERV-derived T cell epitopes associated with cancer, and peptides that are or that include epitopes identified by the methods, expression vectors encoding the peptides, cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) of a subject treated with the peptides or vectors and engineered T cells expressing T-cell receptors recognizing the peptides. Also, the peptides, expression vectors, CTLs or engineered T cells as a vaccine or a medicament, and in particular the use of the peptides, expression vectors, CTLs or engineered T cells for use in preventing or treating cancer in a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for predicting the survival time of a patient suffering from a solid cancer comprising i) determining in a tumor sample obtained from the patient the gene expression level of at least 7 genes selected from the group consisting of CCR2, CD3D, CD3E, CD3G, CD8A, CXCL10, CXCL11, GZMA, GZMB, GZMK, GZMM, IL15, IRF1, PRF1, STAT1, CD69, ICOS, CXCR3, STAT4, CCL2, and TBX21, ii) comparing every expression level determined at step i) with their predetermined reference value and iii) providing a good prognosis when all expression levels determined at step i) are higher than their predetermined reference values, or providing a bad prognosis when all expression levels determined at step i) are lower than their predetermined reference values or providing an intermediate prognosis when at least one expression level determined value is higher than its predetermined value. The method is also particularly suitable for predicting the responsiveness of the patient to a treatment.

Abstract: Compositions containing micropeptides capable of modulating the accumulation of miRs involved in certain pathologies, and the use of these micropeptides for treating the certain pathologies. Also, methods of identifying these micropeptides modulating the accumulation of miRs involved in pathologies. Further, nuclei acids encoding those micropeptides that modulate the accumulation of miRs involved in pathologies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to diltiazem for use as an agent for activating the expression of at least one gene encoding a type III interferon, in the prevention and/or treatment of infections by at least one pathogenic microorganism of the epithelia of the respiratory and/or intestinal tracts.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for treating infectious disorders. In particular, the disclosure provides BTN3A activating antibodies, and their use in treating infectious disorders in a human subject in need thereof, such as disorders caused by SARS-Cov2 or Coxiella burnetii infection.

Abstract: A process for preparing a modified heat-treated platelet pellet lysate, said process comprising the steps of: a) Providing a platelet pellet lysate, b) Heat-treating the platelet pellet lysate at a temperature of 55° C. to 65° C. during 20 to 40 minutes, c) Purifying the heat-treated platelet pellet lysate of step b) so as to obtain a modified heat treated platelet pellet lysate having a total protein content of less than 70% of the total protein content of the platelet pellet lysate of step a).

Abstract: The disclosure is directed at providing molecular tools and methods for transgenes integration in the genome of host cells, in particular tools and method enabling a transposition-dependent expression of the transgene, thereby facilitating identification and selection of effectively transformed hosts.

Abstract: Isolated anti-human CD45RC antibodies or binding fragments thereof, nucleic acids and expression vector encoding the same, compositions including the same, and uses thereof as medicaments, including for the prevention and/or treatment of CD45RChigh-related diseases (including autoimmune diseases, undesired immune responses, monogenic diseases, and lymphoma or cancer), in particular for use in preventing and/or treating graft-versus-host disease (GVHD).

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): for use as peripheral NMDA receptor antagonists.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for predicting the risk of developing pulmonary colonization/infection by P. aeruginosa. The inventors analyzed the respiratory tract microbiota from 65 patients sputum samples and compared microbiota data. The inventors found that patients that will remain uninfected from P. aeruginosa exhibited 3-fold higher abundance of Porphyromonas catoniae compared to the other groups. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for predicting the risk of developing pulmonary colonization/infection by P. aeruginosa in a subject suffering from cystic fibrosis (CF) comprising measuring the abundance of Porphyromonas catoniae in a biological sample obtained from said subject.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for analyzing the platelets present in a blood sample, said method comprises the steps of (a) adding to said sample a ligand which binds to the MCH I coupled to a fluorochrome, (b) measuring the mean fluorescence intensity of the platelets (MFIplatelets) with a flow cytometer and c) measuring the mean “Forward Scatter” parameter (FSC) with said flow cytometer and determining the MFIplatelets/FSC ratio. The invention also relates to an in vitro method for diagnosing a peripheral or central thrombocytopenia in a subject.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device including a detector producing a signal depending on variations of the pupil diameter of an eye of a subject, a display for presenting, to the subject, a light pattern subdivided into a plurality of regions, and an analyzer receiving the signal of the detector and analyzing the frequential content thereof. The display is controlled such that each region has a light intensity modulated at a respective modulation frequency, the modulation frequencies being different from one region to the next.

Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies having specificity for BTN2A and uses thereof, in particular for the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: FGFR3-related chondrodysplasias represent a group of rare diseases. Among them, achondroplasia, a nonlethal form of chondrodysplasia, is the most common type of dwarfism. The mutation, which produce an increase of FGFR3 function, affects many tissues, most strikingly the cartilaginous growth plate and bone in the growing skeleton, leading to a variety of manifestations and complications. In attempt to find a new therapeutic approach for FGFR3-related chondrodysplasia, the inventors purified (?)-epicatechin from T. cacao and showed that (?)-epicatechin treatment significantly increases the length of the Fgfr3Y367C/+ femurs comparing to Fgfr3+/+ femurs and improves the whole growth plate cartilage. The present invention thus relates to the use of (?)-epicatechin for the treatment of FGFR3-related chondrodysplasias.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the allergy field. Several independent groups have recently investigated the implication of PCSK9 on inflammation and sepsis but none of them have determined its impact on allergies and/or asthma which is a global health burden. Inventors have obtained preliminary data on wild-type (PCSK9+/+) or PCSK9-deficient mice (PCSK9?/?) and shown that, under basal condition and in the absence of a particular stimulus, PCSK9 deficiency significantly increases the percentage of regulatory T cells in the spleen, the mesenteric lymph nodes and Peyer's patches. Moreover, inventors have shown the effect of allergic challenge on primary human bronchial epithelial cells on PCSK9 expression and secretion. Very interestingly, their first results obtained by Q-PCR showed that HDM and LPS increase PCSK9 mRNA levels. Accordingly, the present invention relates to inhibitors of PCSK9 for use in the treatment of asthma and/or allergic disease, such as food allergy.

Abstract: A method for diagnosing or prognosing, multiple sclerosis including the steps of (a) measuring the amount of at least one first protein as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, the at least first protein belonging to the group of proteins: a first protein, a second protein, a third protein, a fourth protein and a fifth protein, as set forth in SEQ ID NO 1 to 5, (b) comparing the amount of the at least first protein with the amount of the same protein in a control sample, and (c) determining the status of the biological sample.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for characterising an object, comprising: emission of ultrasonic waves that enter an object by passing through an external interface, then reflect off an internal interface, then exit the object by passing through the external interface again, the ultrasonic waves comprising first waves having a mode that varies according to a first variation during their propagation in the object, and second waves having a mode that varies according to a second variation during their propagation in the object; reception of echo signals comprising first signals representing echoes of the first waves, and second signals representing echoes of the second waves, construction of a plurality of images showing the object, the plurality of images being constructed from the echo signals, under the assumption that two characteristics of the object are equal to two candidate values, and comprising a first image constructed from the first signals, and a second constructed from the second signals; construction of a

Abstract: RNA interferent (RNAi) molecules that inhibit a PMP22 protein expression and/or activity by targeting exon 5 of a nucleic acid sequence encoding the PMP22 protein, and the prevention and treatment of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A or 1E diseases in which an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector including an RNAi molecule is administered.

Abstract: It is disclosed anti-BTN3A activating antibody fragments that specifically bind to BTN3A and activate the cytolytic function of V?9/V?2 T cells. The disclosure more specifically relates to specific anti-BTN3A binding proteins comprising such activating antibody fragments and their use in the manufacturing of novel drugs for use in treating cancer disorders, in particular cancers susceptible to be treated with activated ?? T cells.

Abstract: A method of diagnosing a stroke, a method of determining whether a subject suffering from a stroke will achieve a response with a therapy, a method of determining whether a subject is at risk of having a stroke, and a method for treating a stroke in a subject, by determining a signature in a sample obtained from the subject by measuring the expression levels of at least two biomarkers selected from the group consisting of PTGS2, HMOX1, LDLR, HSPA1B, G0S2, BAG3, TM4SF1, DUSP1 and ADM are provided.