Abstract: Method for monitoring the evolution of heart failure in a patient comprising determining in vitro a physiological human parameter in a patient, comprising the steps consisting of: i) measuring values of two or more human parameters (P1, P2, . . . , PN) at time t1 wherein one or more of the human parameters (P1t1, P2t2, . . . PNt1) is obtained from a human physiological fluid sample, ii) measuring values of the same two or more parameters (P1t2, P2t2, . . . PNt2) at time t2 different from time t1, and iii) determining the physiological human parameter wherein the physiological human parameter is a plasma volume variation ?V between time t2 and time t1 from the values (P1t1, P2t1, PNt1, P1t2, P2t2, . . . PNt2) obtained at times t1 and t2, and devices for implementing said method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to biological and medical applications of an anti-CD160 monoclonal antibody (CL1-R2 CNCM I-3204) and of the conservative equivalents thereof. It more particularly relates to the applications of these anti-CD160 compounds in the fields of EC angiogenesis, and NK and T cytokine production.

Abstract: The invention relates to using persistent luminescence nanoparticles, functionalised if necessary, in the form of an diagnosis agent for an in vivo optical imaging. Said nanoparticles are preferably consist of a compound selected from a group comprising (1) silicates, aluminates, aluminosilicates, germanates, titanates, oxysulphides, phosphates and vanadates, wherein said compounds contain at least one type of metal oxide, (2) the sulphides comprise at least one metal ion selected from zinc, strontium and calcium, and (3) metal oxides, wherein said compounds is doped with at least one rare earth ion, and possibly with at least one transition metal ion. In a preferred embodiment, the diagnosis agent is used for an organism vascularization imaging. A method and kit for detecting or quantifying in vitro a substance of biological or chemical interest in a sample by using said pre-functionalised nanoparticles are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to direct protein delivery with engineered micro vesicles.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where R1 is a (C1-C6)alkyl or (C3-C6)cycloalkyl group; R2 is a (C1-C6)alkyl, (C3-C6)cycloalkyl, (C1-C6)alkenyl, (C1-C6)fluoroalkyl, (C1-C3)fluoroalkoxy, or (C1-C6)alkoxy(C1-C6)alkyl group, substituted: (i) with one to three hydroxyl groups, or (ii) with an NRaRb group, where Ra and Rb are independently a hydrogen atom or a (C1-C3)alkyl group; or a pyrrolidinylmethyl group substituted with one to three hydroxyl groups; R9 is the same as R2 or hydrogen; the R2 and R9 groups independently being substitutable with an —OCOR3 group, where R3 is a natural or unnatural amino acid derivative or a piperidyl group; alternatively, R2 and R9 together form a heterocyclic compound; X and Y are independently a substitutable phenyl or heteroaryl group, the heteroaryl group being a thienyl, pyridyl, pyrimidinyl, thiazolyl, pyrrolyl, or furanyl group; and R6 is a hydrogen or a (C1-C3)alkyl group.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ex vivo method for expanding monocytes, macrophages or dendritic cells, which method comprises inhibiting the expression or the activity of MafB and c-Maf in monocytes, macrophages or dendritic cells; and expanding the cells in the presence of at least one cytokine or an agonist of cytokine receptor signaling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for identifying novel anti-inflammatory molecules with reduced direct transrepression of genes induced by glucocorticoids. The inventors have discovered that GCs-mediated transrepression can be mediated not only via the tethering indirect pathway, but also through direct binding of GR to “simple” negative GREs (nGRE), which belongs to a novel family of evolutionary-conserved cis-acting negative response elements (IR nGREs), and are found in numerous GC-repressed genes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the compound of formula (I): in which R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally labelled halogen, a radionuclide or a Sn[(C1-C4)alkyl]3 group, Ar represents an aryl group or a heteroaryl group, R9 represents a hydrogen atom, a (C1-C4)alkyl group or forms together with the group R1—Ar a ring fused with the Ar group, A represents a group of formula (?) or (?): R3 and R4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a (C1-C6)alkyl group, a (C1-C6)alkenyl group or a group of formula (?): —Y—Z—W—R11??(?) wherein R11 represents an optionally labelled halogen, a radionuclide, an aryl or heteroaryl group optionally substituted by an optionally labelled halogen, a radionuclide, a —NO2 group, a —NR5R6 group, a —N+R5R6R7X? group, or a —OSO2R12 group, and their addition salts with pharmaceutically acceptable acids.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of specific compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutically-acceptable salts: (Formula 1) (I) as a new family of protein kinase CK2 inhibitors; the invention also relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention and/or treatment of disorders and/or diseases chosen amongst cancers; autoimmune and inflammatory diseases; infectious diseases; diabetes angiogenesis related disorders; retinopathies and cardiac hypertrophy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the treatment, the prognosis and the diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer.

Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies directed against ICOS or a derivative thereof which neutralize ICOS engagement on Treg by inhibiting the fixation between ICOS and ICOS-L and abrogate proliferation of Treg induced by plasmacytoid dendritic cells. The present invention further provides antibodies directed against ICOS or a derivative thereof which induce IL-10 and IFN? production, induce CD4+ T cells proliferation, reduce Tconv proliferation, and increase the immunosuppressive function of Treg.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, especially rheumatoid arthritis. More particularly, the present invention relates to an a-enolase polypeptide for use in the prophylactic treatment of an autoimmune disease in a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, in particular an in vitro method, for predicting a risk of onset of abdominal obesity in a subject, which method comprises the steps of: a1) measuring the concentration of bacterial 16S rDNA in a biological sample of said subject; and b) based on the result of the measurement in step a1), determining a risk of onset of abdominal obesity in the subject.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel melanoma antigen peptides and specific T lymphocytes directed to said peptides and the use thereof for treating melanoma.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of the bacterial flora for vaccine development, identification of therapeutic targets and prediction and/or diagnosis of metabolic diseases, such as diabetes, overweight and obesity, and their cardiovascular complications. In particular, the present invention provides immunogenic or vaccinal composition for preventing metabolic diseases and cardiovascular complications using attenuated or inactivated bacterial flora, or antigens derived thereof. The present invention also provides methods for identifying prognostic markers for metabolic diseases onset and cardiovascular complications and methods for in vitro prognosis of metabolic diseases and cardiovascular complications using bacterial flora.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions containing antibodies for treating CD5+ HLA-DR+ B OR T cell related diseases such as B or T cell malignances (leukaemia and lymphoma), autoimmune diseases and T cell related diseases as transplantation and graft rejection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having the following Formula (I) for use in the prevention and/or the treatment of diseases involving formation of amyloid plaques and/or where a dysfunction of the APP metabolism occurs.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining whether a subject is at risk of having or developing a chronic kidney disease (CKD) comprising determining the expression level of the periostin gene in a biological sample obtained from said subject. The invention also relates to a method for staging a CKD in a patient comprising determining the expression level of the periostin gene in a biological sample obtained from said patient. The invention further relates to a method for determining the responsiveness of a patient suffering from a CKD to a treatment comprising determining the expression level of the periostin gene in a biological sample obtained from said patient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the combination of a DNA vaccination strategy that makes use of a nucleic acid encoding an immunogenic polypeptide, with a non-immunosuppressive inducer of tumor cell differentiation and/or apoptosis or a tumor cell modifier, useful for cancer therapy. Vaccine compositions and kits are provided, as well as specific nucleic acid constructs that are particularly suitable for the preparation of such compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of treating rheumatoid arthritis in a patient comprising the steps of: a) providing a biological sample from a patient, b) measuring the level of soluble VE-cadherin in the biological sample obtained at step a); c) comparing said level of soluble VE-cadherin with a predetermined reference value, and if the level of soluble VE-cadherin measured at step b) is higher that the predetermined reference value, treating the patient until a basal level of soluble VE-cadherin is reached.