Abstract: The invention relates to the use of cystamine, cysteamine, or a salt thereof, or of calcineurin inhibitors for treating a MeCP2-associated disorder such as Rett syndrome.

Abstract: The invention related to chimeric peptides including a penetrating peptide and a binding domain of PP2A catalytic subunit to caspase-9 which have pro-apoptotic activity. These chimeric peptides may be used for the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compound (I) for use as an agent for preventing, inhibiting or treating AIDS, wherein X is CR0 or N; R0, R1, R2, R3, R4, R7 and R8 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a group chosen among a (C1-C5)alkyl group, a (C3-C6)cycloalkyl group, a (C1-C5)fluoroalkyl group, a (C1-C5)alkoxy group, a (C1-C5)fluoroalkoxy group, a —CN group, a —COORa group, a —NO2 group, a —NRaRb group, a —NRa—SO2—NRaRb group, a —NRa—SO2—Ra group, a —NRa—C(?O)—Ra group, a —NRa—C(?O)—NRaRb group, a —SO2—NRaRb group, a —SO3H group, a —OH group, a —O—SO2—ORc group, a —O—P(?O)—(ORc)(ORd) group, a —O—CH2—COORc group and can further be a group chosen among: R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a (C1-C5)alkyl group or a (C3-C6)cycloalkyl group; R10 is a hydrogen atom or a chlorine atom, and R11 is a hydrogen atom or a (C1-C4)alkyl group or anyone of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts.

Abstract: The invention pertains to methods for using chimeric polypeptides of the formula: B-X wherein B represents the B fragment of Shiga toxin or a functional equivalent thereof, and X represents one or more polypeptides of therapeutic significance. Compositions for therapeutic use comprising the polypeptide B-X are also included.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) for use in the prevention and/or treatment of viral infections: Wherein X, Y, Z, T, R1a and R1b are as defined in claim 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating at least a surface of a substrate containing labile hydrogen atoms to confer to it cytotoxic properties or cell-adhesion properties, characterized in that it comprises at least a step consisting of exposing, within a liquid medium, said substrate or a surface thereof with at least a copolymer, said copolymer containing at least a monomer unit of type A including at least a reactive site able to attach to said substrate or said surface by covalent bonds and at least a monomer unit of type B including at least one molecule able to confer antimicrobial, antiviricidal and/or antifungicidal or cell-adhesion properties to said substrate or said surface, said step being carried out in efficient conditions to promote the covalent grafting of said copolymer to said substrate or a surface thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a prognostic marker in human cancer, Asf1b, a high expression thereof being associated with a poor prognosis. The present invention also provides a method for selecting a subject affected with a cancer for an adjuvant therapy. Finally, the present invention provides a new therapeutic target for treating cancer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optimized in vivo delivery system with endosomolytic agents for nucleic acid of therapeutic interest conjugated to molecules facilitating endocytosis, in particular for use in the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: A method for the in vitro diagnosis of colorectal cancer by determining the presence of the I-Plastin tumor marker in a biological sample taken from a patient suspected of having colorectal cancer. Said method can be used for early diagnosis, screening, therapeutic follow-up and prognosis, and also for relapse diagnosis in relation to colorectal cancer.

Abstract: A method for the in vitro diagnosis of colorectal cancer by determining the presence of the Ezrin tumor marker in a biological sample taken from a patient suspected of having colorectal cancer using at least one anti-Ezrin monoclonal antibody directed against an Ezrin epitope chosen from the epitopes of sequence SEQ ID No.1, SEQ ID No.2, SEQ ID No.3, SEQ ID No.4+SEQ ID No.5, SEQ ID No.6+SEQ ID No.7 and SEQ ID No.8. Said method can be used for early diagnosis, screening, therapeutic follow-up and prognosis, and also for relapse diagnosis in relation to colorectal cancer.

Abstract: Nanovectors are disclosed that make it possible to simultaneously target, image, and treat cancerous cells using photodynamic therapy. Also disclosed are novel molecules (I) derived from porphyrins, silica-based nanoparticles comprising the same, and their use in photodynamic therapy.

Abstract: The use of isoquinolones for preparing drugs, including novel isoquinolones as well as their synthesis method. In particular, isoquinolone derivatives used in the treatment of pathological angiogenesis, and more particularly of cancer.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and compositions that can be used for diagnosis and treatment of soft tissue sarcoma cancer phenotypes and soft tissue sarcoma cancer-associated diseases. Also described herein are methods that can be used to identify modulators of soft tissue sarcoma cancer.

Abstract: The present invention concerns various compositions comprising the essential oil of Origanum compactum or of Aniba rosaeodora or one of their constituents, preferably a major constituent, for use in the targeted treatment and prevention of keratoses in the transformation phase and of carcinomas originating from these keratoses, and more particularly of keratoses induced by solar radiation on the skin of a subject. More particularly, the present invention concerns compositions based on the essential oil of oregano or of rosewood, or on linalool, thymol or carvacrol.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for diagnosing a melanoma in a mammal comprising the detection of the overexpression of RACK-1 protein in a melanocyte cell of said mammal, and the deduction of the presence of a melanoma from the overexpression of RACK-1 protein. The invention is also directed to a method for determining the tumoral status of a melanocyte cell of a mammal, comprising the detection of overexpression of RACK-1 protein in the melanocyte cell, and the deduction of the tumoral state of said cell from the overexpression of RACK-1 protein.

Abstract: A method for the in vitro diagnosis of colorectal cancer by determining the presence of the Ezrin tumor marker in a biological sample taken from a patient suspected of having colorectal cancer using at least one anti-Ezrin monoclonal antibody directed against an Ezrin epitope chosen from the epitopes of sequence SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4+SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID No. 6+SEQ ID No. 7 and SEQ ID No. 8. Said method can be used for early diagnosis, screening, therapeutic follow-up and prognosis, and also for relapse diagnosis in relation to colorectal cancer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compound (I) wherein: means a pyridazine, a pyrimidine or a pyrazine group, R independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a group chosen among a —CN group, a hydroxyl group, a —COOR1 group, a (C1-C3)fluoroalkyl group, a (C1-C3)fluoroalkoxy group, a —NO2 group, a —NRiR2 group, a (C1-C4)alkoxy group, a phenoxy group and a (C1-C3)alkyl group, said alkyl being optionally mono-substituted by a hydroxyl group, n is 1, 2 or 3, n? is 1 or 2, R? is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a group chosen among a (Ci-C3)alkyl group, a hydroxyl group, a —COOR1 group, a —NO2 group, a —NR1R2 group, a morpholinyl or a morpholino group, a N-methylpiperazinyl group, a (Ci-C3)fluoroalkyl group, a (C1-C4)alkoxy group and a —CN group, Z is N or C, Y is N or C, X is N or C, W is N or C, T is N or C, U is N or C, for use as an agent for preventing, inhibiting or treating pathological or nonpathological conditions linked with premature aging.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds of general formula (I): (I) for the preparation of medicaments that act against mitochondrial pathologies involving a deficiency in ATP production via the oxidative phosphorylation pathway, such as mitochondrial diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions comprising at least one inhibitor of a sub-unit of AP-1 adaptor complex, of a kinesin interacting with AP-1, in particular Kif13A, or of the interaction between a sub-unit of AP-1 adaptor complex and said kinesin, as well as the use of same to manufacture a drug intended for the treatment of pigmentary disorders and as a depigmentation agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to new compounds for cancer therapy or diagnosis and more specifically to the use of a non-toxic B subunit of Shiga toxin mutant as a vector for diagnostic products or drugs in over-expressing Gb3 receptor cells, such compounds having the following formula: STxB-Z(n)-Cys-Y(m)-T wherein STxB is the Shiga Toxin B subunit or a functional equivalent thereof, Z(n) wherein n is 0 or 1 and when n is 1, Z is an amino-acid residue devoid of sulfydryl group, or is a polypeptide, Cys is the amino-acid residue for Cysteine, T is a molecule linked by a covalent bound to the S part of Cys, selected in a group comprising: agents for in vivo diagnosis, cytotoxic agents, prodrugs, or enzymes for the conversion of a prodrug to a drug, Y(m) wherein m is 0 or 1 and when m is 1, Y is a linker between T and Cys, said linker being either cleavable or not cleavable for the release of T after the internalization of the hybrid compound into said cells.