Abstract: A system for transporting persons with reduced mobility includes a chassis having two lateral cross members, a device for connecting to an IV pole including a rod and a wheeled support attached to an end of the rod, the connection device including an attachment support fixed to the chassis, a coupling element designed to be solidly fixed to the rod, a member for connecting the coupling element to the attachment support, a lateral stop attached to at least one of the cross members, the lateral stop being built and arranged to brace the wheeled support in relation to the chassis and to position the IV pole laterally in relation to the transportation system.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a novel in vitro assay for determining the invasive ability of brain tumour cells, in particular brain tumour stem cells. This new assay, called 3D invasion assay, is based on the analysis and comparison of the area of neurospheres grown in vitro into a Matrigel extracellular-like matrix. The invention also concerns the use of said assay for diagnosing metastatic brain tumour in subjects, for determining its prognosis, as well as for the monitoring, for the stratification, for identifying subjects at risk of metastasis, and/or predicting the metastasis-associated risk in subjects diagnosed with brain tumour.

Abstract: The inventors herein show that purinergic receptors regulate the conversion of macrophage pro-inflammatory reprogramming into anti-inflammatory phenotype in patients suffering from COVID-19 disease. Moreover, they show that P2Y receptor agonists repress NLRP3 inflammasome-dependent IL-1b secretion, but also impair the replication and the cytopathogenic effects of SARS-CoV-2. These results therefore suggest that some purinergic receptors agonists can treat acute lung injury and respiratory disease that are associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. In addition, their results show that antagonists of the purinergic receptors P2X impair the replication of said virus. The present invention therefore proposes to use purinergic receptors modulators and NLR3-P2Y2R immune checkpoint modulators to treat patients suffering from a virus-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical liquid suspension comprising: temozolomide or a salt thereof; at least one agent controlling the solid state of temozolomide in suspension; a pharmaceutically acceptable liquid vehicle; and optionally at least one acid in a quantity so that the pH of the composition is below 5; or a powder blend for reconstituting said suspension, is provided.

Abstract: The present inventors identified for the first time a germline genomic alteration that accounts for familial myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) and myeloid malignancies. More precisely, they identified a 700 kb germline duplication that proposes patients to essential thrombocythemia (ET) with a high frequency of evolution to myelofibrosis (MF), secondary myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Two out of the 6 duplicated genes (namely ATG2B and GSKIP) have been shown to be overexpressed in hematopoietic progenitors, and this overexpression cooperates with classical mutations in JAK2, MPL, and CALR to generate the MPN phenotype. The presence of the 700 kb germline duplication is thus of poor prognosis for a MPN patient. The present invention discloses a method for detecting a predisposition of developing a MPN, as well as a prognostic method for assessing the probability that an ET-suffering patient will develop a myelofibrosis, a secondary MDS or an AML.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the Compound of following formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing such a compound and a method for preparing such a compound.

Abstract: The invention relates to gut microbiota profiles associated with response or resistance to treatments with ICB, in particular with anti-PD1 or anti PD-L1 or anti-PD-L2 antibodies. In particular, the invention pertains to a theranostic method for identifying good responders, to whom an anti-PD1 or anti PD-L1 or anti-PD-L2 can be administered, while a pre-treatment based on FMT and/or immunogenic probiotics is recommended to bad responders exhibiting a dysbiosis. In particular, the present invention pertains to Akkermansia muciniphila as the main commensal species distinguishing responders from progressors and its use alone or with E. hirae for the treatment of antibiotics or gut repertoire insufficiency-associated dysbiosis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the Compound of following formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing such a compound and a method for preparing such a compound.

Abstract: Although tumor-associated macrophages have been extensively studied in the control of response to radiotherapy, the molecular mechanisms involved in the ionizing radiation-mediated activation of macrophages remain elusive. Here the present inventors show that ionizing radiation induces the expression of interferon-regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) promoting thus macrophage activation toward a pro-inflammatory phenotype. They reveal that the activation of the Ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) kinase is required for ionizing radiation-elicited macrophage activation, but also for macrophage reprogramming after treatments with ?-interferon, lipopolysaccharide or chemotherapeutic agent (such as cis-platin), underscoring the fact that the kinase ATM plays a central role during macrophage phenotypic switching toward a proinflammatory phenotype. They further demonstrate that NADPH oxidase 2 (NOX2)-dependent ROS production is upstream to ATM activation and is essential during this process.

Abstract: A freeze-dried powder for preparing a thermogel including: from 1% to 35% of 2-[(3-aminopropyl)amino]ethanethiol or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salt; from 40% to 85% of one or more poloxamer; and from 0.1% to 20% of one or more carbohydrate compound.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to the use of Minaprine dihydrochloride and analogs thereof, for reducing tumor growth when administered to a patient suffering from cancer.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to the use of the compounds highlighted in Tables 1 & 2 and analogs thereof, for enhancing IR-mediated cellular cannibalism in cancer cells. Said compounds are herein called “enhancers of IR-mediated cellular cannibalism”. They can be used to enhance tumor immunogenicity and/or to induce a significant protective anticancer immune response in subjects that will receive or that have received a radiotherapy treatment. In other words, said compounds can be used to potentiate a radiotherapy treatment in a subject in need thereof. Said compounds are preferably chosen in the group consisting of: Mebhydroline 1,5-napthalene disulfonate salt, Flurbiprofen, Minaprine dihydrochloride, Myricetin, Digoxin, Digitoxin, Lanatoside, LOPA87, VP331, RN-1-026, SG6163F, VP450, and VP43.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of the value of the expression of at least one gene selected from the group comprising: GBP 1 gene, HLF gene, CXCL13 gene and SULT1E1 gene, for the estimation of prognosis of distant relapse-free survival or overall survival of a patient with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) having received a neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT).

Abstract: Identification of effective targets alleviating the programmed cell removal (PrCR) of tumor cells by macrophages is of very high interest. The present inventors have identified that the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 protein is a strong regulator of the macrophage-mediated PrCR. Also, they showed that the adoptive transfer of p21 overexpressing monocytes induces macrophage PrCR and transition from an anti-inflammatory to a pro-inflammatory phenotype in vivo, delays cancer progression and increases significantly the overall survival of mice engrafted with cancer cells. The present invention therefore concerns therapeutic compositions comprising monocytes that over-express the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 protein, and their use for treating mammals suffering from cancer, especially leukemia.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating a cancer or an infection in a subject by administrating an amount of an interleukin 15 (IL-15) derivative conjugate so as to induce a proliferation of natural killer cells (NK cells) which is the same or higher than the one obtained with high dose of interleukin-2 (HDIL-2); eventually associated with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for determining if a patient is likely to benefit from a cancer treatment, by determining if said patient has a gut dysbiosis with an over representation of certain bacterial species. The present invention also provides probiotic strains to improve the efficacy of a cancer treatment, especially chemotherapy, in patients in need thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assessing the response to PD-1/PDL-1 targeting drugs based on the differential expression levels of BINP3 and GBE1.

Abstract: The present invention concerns the V617F variant of the protein-tyrosine kinase JAK2, said variant being responsible for Vaquez Polyglobulia. The invention also relates to a first intention diagnostic method for erythrocytosis and thrombocytosis allowing their association with myeloproliferative disorders, or to the detection of the JAK2 V617F variant in myeloproliferative disorders allowing their reclassification in a new nosological group.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an in vitro method for diagnosing a myeloid tumour or a lymphoid tumour in a subject, which comprises the step of analyzing a biological sample from said subject by (i) detecting the presence of a mutation in the Ten Eleven Translocation protein family member 2 gene (TET2) coding for the polypeptide having the sequence SEQ ID NO: 2, and/or (ii) analyzing the expression of the TET2 gene; wherein the detection of such a TET2 mutation, of the absence of expression of TET2 or of the expression of a truncated TET2 is indicative of a subject developing or predisposed to develop a myeloid tumour or a lymphoid tumour.

Abstract: The invention relates to combinations of peptides carrying T-cell epitopes of the antigen preprocalcitonin, presented by the MHC. These peptides can be used in anti-tumour immunotherapy.