Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical combination which comprises (a) a compound inhibiting BRAFV600E and (b) a compound which inhibits MerTK activation; for simultaneous, separate or sequential use; a commercial package or product comprising such a combination as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use; and to a method of treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially a human.

Abstract: The present application relates to methods for metastasis in a subject by modulating the phosphorylation of the Serine 42 of Twist1 by administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of a modulator of said phosphorylation of the Serine 42 of Twist1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for modulating miRNA, said method being characterized in that a modulator of XRN1 is used. Also provided are uses of said method for therapeutical purposes, reagents therefore, as well as screening methods.

Abstract: The present application relates to methods for treating cancer in a subject by modulating the phosphorylation of the Serine 42 of Twist1 by administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of a modulator of said phosphorylation of the Serine 42 of Twist1. Antibodies, uses methods and biomarkers based on the phosphorylation of the Serine 42 of Twist1 are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating cancer in a subject using a mTOR inhibitor in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of a modulator of a MNK.

Abstract: The invention provides a new reproducible genetically-modified mouse model for the study of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. In particular, the invention concerns the study of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in an THEM5 knockout mouse model and its use in drug discovery and research.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the phosphorylated form of nuclear serine/threonine protein kinase, designated nuclear, Dbf2-related kinase (Ndr), and provides assays and materials for identifying modulators thereof. The invention relates to the fields of molecular biology, chemistry, pharmacology, and screening technology.

Abstract: Disclosed are crystallisable mutants of protein kinase B/Akt, crystals of these mutants, and X-ray coordinate data for the crystals. Methods of use of the coordinate data for identification of modulators of protein kinase activity and for structural analysis of other protein kinases are provided. Also provided are methods of activating protein kinases, in particular AGC kinases, using peptide or non-peptide mimetics of sequences from protein kinase B/Akt, or other AGC protein kinases such as PRK2.

Abstract: Disclosed are mutants of protein kinase B/Akt which can be crystallised in an enzymatically active conformation, crystals of these mutants and X-ray coordinate data for the crystals. Also disclosed are methods of using the coordinate data provided for identification of modulators of protein kinase activity and for structural analysis of other protein kinases, in particular AGC kinases.

Abstract: A human protein (designated Carboxy-terminal Modulating protein, CTMP) is described and is identified as having tumour suppressor properties. CTMP has been shown to interact with protein kinase B and inhibit protein kinase B activity, establishing its importance in the protein kinase B signalling pathway.

Abstract: The invention concerns RAC-PK protein kinase and fragments thereof, as well as activators and inhibitors of RAC-PK protein kinase for use as medicaments, particularly in the treatment of diseases concerned with abnormalities in processes modulated by insulin, such as cellular proliferation, insulin deficiency and/or excess blood sugar levels. Moreover, the invention provides RAC-PK protein kinase for use in screening potential mimics or modulators thereof. The invention further provides a screening kit comprising the RAC-PK as an active principle, and a method for screening compounds which are candidate mimics or modulators of RAC-PK activity comprising detecting specific interactions between the candidate compounds and RAC-PK.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method of modulating the activity of a polypeptide comprising the activating domain of an Ndr family kinase, by influencing the binding of an EF hand-containing calcium binding.

Abstract: The interaction between PP2Ac and eRF1 is described. The invention provides a method for identifying modulators of protein expression comprising screening for agents which affect the interaction between PP2A and eRF1, screening systems incorporating methods according to the invention and modulators of protein synthesis which target the eRF1-PP2A interaction.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for screening a compound which is a candidate modulator of signal response comprising the steps of; (a) incubating the compound with the PH domain of a signaling molecule which is capable of fluorescing; (b) determining the phospholipid-induced modulation in florescence of the PH domain, an alteration of the florescence in the presence of the compound being indicative of a functional interaction between the compound and the PH domain.

Abstract: The current invention describes the identification of a novel widely-expressed human and D. melanogaster serine/threonine protein kinase (designated nuclear, Dbf2-related kinase, or Ndr; previously referred to as Ndr) and the use of this kinase for the identification of agonists and antagonists. The kinase is a nuclear protein and contains a short basic peptide, KRKAETWKRNRR, responsible for the nuclear accumulation.

Abstract: The current invention describes the identification of a novel widely-expressed human and D. melanogaster serine/threonine protein kinase (designated nuclear, Dbf2-related kinase, or Ndr; previously referred to as Ndr) and the use of this kinase for the identification of agonists and antagonists. The kinase is a nuclear protein and contains a short basic peptide, KRKAETWKRNRR, responsible for the nuclear accumulation.