Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of the drug valproic acid and derivatives thereof as inhibitors of enzymes having histone deacetylase activity. The invention also relates to the use of those compounds for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of diseases which are associated with hypoacetylation of histones or in which induction of hyperacetylation has a beneficial effect for example by induction of differentiation and/or apoptosis in transformed cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of the drug valproic acid and derivatives thereof as inhibitors of enzymes having histone deacetylase activity. The invention also relates to the use of those compounds for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of diseases which are associated with hypoacetylation of histones or in which induction of hyperacetylation has a beneficial effect for example by induction of differentiation and/or apoptosis in transformed cells.

Abstract: A bifunctional protein comprising: 1) a single-chain antibody directed against a suitable antigen on a tumour cell, 2) a hinge region comprising from about 40 to about 200 amino acids joined to the VL domain of the single chain antibody, and 3) a functional zeta (?) chain from the T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) joined to the hinge region, wherein the hinge region is an immunoglobin-like hinge region which is joined to the C-terminus of the VL domain of the single-chain antibody. The functional zeta (?) chain comprises the transmembrane and the cytoplasmic domain. The bifunctional protein can be expressed using a cytotoxic lymphocyte (CTL) expressing DNA encoding it.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of the drug valproic acid and derivatives thereof as inhibitors of enzymes having histone deacetylase for the sensitizing treatment of human cancers in combination with established therapeutic principles. The invention also relates to the use of those compounds for the treatment of tumor metastasis and minimal residual disease. The invention includes the manufacture of a clinically used substance for the treatment of human cancers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of the drug valproic acid and derivatives thereof as inhibitors of enzymes having histone deacetylase activity. The invention also relates to the use of those compounds for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of diseases which are associated with hypoacetylation of histones or in which induction of hyperacetylation has a beneficial effect for example by induction of differentiation and/or apoptosis in transformed cells.

Abstract: The invention concerns recombinant antibodies directed to the extracellular domain of the human growth factor receptor c-erbB-2 comprising a light chain variable domain and a heavy chain variable domain of a monoclonal antibody, monoclonal antibodies directed to c-erbB-2 themselves, a method of manufacture of said recombinant antibodies and said monoclonal antibodies, hybridoma cells secreting said monoclonal antibodies, a method of manufacture of said hybridoma cells, DNA coding for the heavy chain variable domain, for the light chain variable domain and for the recombinant antibody, a method of manufacture of said DNA, hybrid vectors suitable for expression of said DNA, host cells transformed with said DNA, and the use of said recombinant antibodies and said monoclonal antibodies in the diagnosis and treatment of tumors.

Abstract: The invention concerns recombinant antibodies directed to the extracellular domain of the human growth factor receptor c-erbB-2 comprising a light chain variable domain and a heavy chain variable domain of a monoclonal antibody, monoclonal antibodies directed to c-erbB-2 themselves, a method of manufacturing those recombinant and monoclonal antibodies, hybridoma cells secreting those monoclonal antibodies, a method of manufacturing those hybridoma cells, DNAs encoding the heavy and light chain variable domains and the recombinant antibody, a method of manufacturing that DNA, hybrid vectors suitable for the expression of that DNA, host cells transformed with that DNA, and processes of using those recombinant and monoclonal antibodies in the diagnosis and treatment of tumors.

Abstract: The present invention discloses isolated nucleic acids encoding MGF and recombinant proteins encoded thereby. In addition to being useful for the production of recombinant MGF, these nucleic acids are also useful as probes. In a further aspect of the invention, transfected host cells, particularly eukaryotic cells, containing and expressing such nucleic acids are provided. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods for using such MGF proteins to identify and characterize compounds which affect the intracellular signal transduction of a lactogenic hormone.