Patent number: 10534004
Abstract: The present invention provides a method of identifying meningitis as either bacterial meningitis or aseptic meningitis in a subject, comprising: a) measuring the amount of complement C3, complement factor B, complement membrane attack complex (MAC) protein, complement C5b, complement C6, complement C7, complement C8, and/or complement C9 in a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample obtained from the subject; and b) comparing the amount of complement C3, complement factor B, complement MAC protein, complement C5b, complement C6, complement C7, complement C8, and/or complement C9 measured in (a) with the amount of complement C3, complement factor B, complement MAC protein, complement C5b, complement C6, complement C7, complement C8, and/or complement C9 measured in a control sample, wherein an amount of complement C3, complement factor B, complement MAC protein, complement C5b, complement C6, complement C7, complement C8, and/or complement C9 measured in (a) that is greater than the amount of complement C3, complement
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 1, 2015
Date of Patent:
January 14, 2020
Assignee:
UAB Research Foundation
Inventors:
Scott R. Barnum, Theresa N. Schein, James M. Johnston
Patent number: 10351532
Abstract: Provided is a compound of formula (I), in which Ar1, R1, U, V, W, X, and p are as described herein. Also provided are methods of using a compound of formula (I), including a method of treating cancer, a method of treating a patient with cancer cells resistant to an anti-cancer agent, and a method of inhibiting lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) and/or lactate dehydrogenase B (LDHB) activity in a cell.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 29, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 16, 2019
Assignees:
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Inventors:
David J. Maloney, Alex Gregory Waterson, Ganesh Rai Bantukallu, Kyle Ryan Brimacombe, Plamen Christov, Chi V. Dang, Victor Darley-Usmar, Xin Hu, Ajit Jadhav, Somnath Jana, Kwangho Kim, Jennifer L. Kouznetsova, William J. Moore, Bryan T. Mott, Leonard M. Neckers, Anton Simeonov, Gary Allen Sulikowski, Daniel Jason Urban, Shyh Ming Yang