Patents by Inventor Christian Rohlff

Christian Rohlff has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20100285017
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for treatment, screening, diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of breast cancer, colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, prostate cancer and uterine cancer, for monitoring the effectiveness of breast cancer, colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, prostate cancer and uterine cancer treatment, and for drug development.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Christian Rohlff, Jonathan Alexander Terrett
  • Publication number: 20100223678
    Abstract: A method for screening for or diagnosis or prognosis of a neurological disorder associated with de-regulated glutamate signalling in a subject, for determining the stage or severity of such a neurological disorder in a subject, for identifying a subject at risk of developing such a neurological disorder, or for monitoring the effect of therapy administered to a subject having such a neurological disorder, said method comprising: (a) analyzing a test sample of body fluid or tissue from the subject said sample comprising at least one Protein Isoform selected from the following Protein Isoform Families: PIF-1, PIF-2, and PIF-3 in a detectable amount; and (b) comparing the abundance of said Protein Isoform(s) in the test sample or the abundance of said Protein Isoform(s) relative to another Protein Isoform with the abundance or relative abundance of said Protein Isoform(s) in a test sample from one or more persons free from neurological disorder, or with a previously determined reference range for that Protein
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventor: Christian Rohlff
  • Publication number: 20100098628
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification of membrane proteins associated with B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, gastric cancer, glioblastoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, lung cancer, lymphoid leukaemia (particularly acute T-cell leukaemia and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia), melanoma, neuroblastoma, osteosarcoma, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, renal cell cancer and retinoblastoma which have utility as markers and for treatment of said cancers and which also form biological targets against which antibodies such as therapeutic antibodies (or other affinity reagents) or other pharmaceutical agents can be made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Christian Rohlff, Alasdair Stamps
  • Publication number: 20100098626
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for screening, diagnosis and prognosis of colorectal cancer, kidney cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, lymphoid leukaemia (particularly chronic lymphocytic leukaemia), ovarian cancer or pancreatic cancer, for monitoring the effectiveness of colorectal cancer, kidney cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, lymphoid leukaemia (particularly chronic lymphocytic leukaemia), ovarian cancer or pancreatic cancer treatment, and for drug development.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Christian Rohlff, Alasdair Stamps
  • Publication number: 20100098627
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for treatment, prevention, diagnosis and monitoring of colorectal cancer, kidney cancer, lung cancer and/or pancreatic cancer in particular relating to a polypeptide OGTA066.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Christian Rohlff, Alasdair Stamps
  • Publication number: 20090311180
    Abstract: A method for screening for or diagnosis or prognosis of a neurological disorder in a subject, for determining the stage or severity of such a neurological disorder in a subject, for identifying a subject at risk of developing such a neurological disorder, or for monitoring the effect of therapy administered to a subject having such a neurological disorder, said method comprising: (a) analyzing a test sample of body fluid or tissue from the subject said sample comprising at least one Protein Isoform selected from the Protein Isoform Nos 1-6 listed in Table 1; and (b) comparing the abundance of said Protein Isoform(s) in the test sample with the abundance of said Protein Isoform(s) in a test sample from one or more persons free from neurological disorder, or with a previously determined reference range for that Protein Isoform in subjects free from neurological disorder, wherein a diagnosis of or a positive result in screening for or a prognosis of a more advanced condition of said neurological disorder is indi
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventor: Christian Rohlff
  • Publication number: 20090258376
    Abstract: There is provided a method for screening for or, diagnosis or prognosis of a neurological disorder in a subject, for determining the stage or severity of such a neurological disorder in a subject, for identifying a subject at risk of developing such a neurological disorder, or for monitoring the effect of therapy administered to a subject having such a neurological disorder, said method comprising: (a) analyzing a test sample of body fluid or tissue from the subject said sample comprising at least one Protein Isoform selected from one of the following Protein Isoform Families: PIF-1 and PIF-2; and (b) comparing the abundance of said Protein Isoform(s) in the test sample with the abundance of said Protein Isoform(s) in a test sample from one or more persons free from neurological disorder, or with a previously determined reference range for that Protein Isoform in subjects free from neurological disorder, wherein a diagnosis of or a positive result in screening for or a prognosis of a more advanced conditio
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventor: Christian Rohlff
  • Publication number: 20090238833
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for screening, diagnosis and prognosis of colorectal cancer or lung cancer, for monitoring the effectiveness of colorectal cancer or lung cancer treatment, and for drug development.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventor: Christian Rohlff
  • Publication number: 20090238830
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for screening, diagnosis and prognosis of colorectal cancer, for monitoring the effectiveness of colorectal cancer treatment, and for drug development.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventor: Christian Rohlff
  • Publication number: 20090238834
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for screening, diagnosis and prognosis of HCC, glioblastoma and lung cancer, for monitoring the effectiveness of HCC, glioblastoma and lung cancer treatment, and for drug development.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventor: Christian Rohlff
  • Publication number: 20090208507
    Abstract: There is provided, inter alia, a method of diagnosing MCI in a subject, differentiating MCI from AD in a subject, guiding therapy in a subject suffering from MCI, or assigning a prognostic risk of one or more future clinical outcomes to a subject suffering from MCI, the method comprising: (a) performing assays configured to detect a polypeptide derived from a protein selected from the list consisting of proteins defined by SEQ ID Nos 1-18 as a marker in one or more samples obtained from said subject; and (b) correlating the results of said assay(s) to the presence or absence of MCI and AD in the subject, to a therapeutic regimen to be used in the subject, or to the prognostic risk of one or more clinical outcomes for the subject suffering from MCI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventor: Christian Rohlff
  • Publication number: 20090169575
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for screening, diagnosis and prognosis of colorectal cancer, for monitoring the effectiveness of colorectal cancer treatment, and for drug development.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventor: Christian Rohlff
  • Publication number: 20070166765
    Abstract: There is provided a method for screening for or, diagnosis or prognosis of a neurological disorder in a subject, for determining the stage or severity of such a neurological disorder in a subject, for identifying a subject at risk of developing such a neurological disorder, or for monitoring the effect of therapy administered to a subject having such a neurological disorder, said method comprising: (a) analyzing a test sample of body fluid or tissue from the subject said sample comprising at least one Protein Isoform selected from one of the following Protein Isoform Families: PIF-1 and PIF-2; and (b) comparing the abundance of said Protein Isoform(s) in the test sample with the abundance of said Protein Isoform(s) in a test sample from one or more persons free from neurological disorder, or with a previously determined reference range for that Protein Isoform in subjects free from neurological disorder, wherein a diagnosis of or a positive result in screening for or a prognosis of a more advanced condition o
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventor: Christian Rohlff
  • Publication number: 20070015217
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for screening, diagnosis and prognosis of Alzheimer's disease, for monitoring the effectiveness of Alzheimer's disease treatment, and for drug development. Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Features (AFs), detectable by two-dimensional electrophoresis of cerebrospinal fluid, serum or plasma are described. The invention further provides Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Protein Isoforms (APIs) detectable in cerebrospinal fluid, serum or plasma, preparations comprising isolated APIs, antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions, diagnostic and therapeutic methods, and kits comprising or based on the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: L. Durham, David Friedman, Herath Mudiyanselage Chandrasiri Herath, Lida Kimmel, Rajesh Parekh, David Potter, Christian Rohlff, B. Silber, Thomas Stiger, P. Sunderland, Robert Townsend, W. White, Stephen Williams
  • Publication number: 20050163789
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for screening, diagnosis and prognosis of Alzheimer's disease, for monitoring the effectiveness of Alzheimer's disease treatment, and for drug development. Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Features (AFs), detectable by two-dimensional electrophoresis of cerebrospinal fluid, serum or plasma are described. The invention further provides Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Protein Isoforms (APIs) detectable in cerebrospinal fluid, serum or plasma, preparations comprising isolated APIs, antibodies immunospecific for APIs, pharmaceutical compositions, diagnostic and therapeutic methods, and kits comprising or based on the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: L. Durham, David Friedman, Herath Mudiyanselage Herath, Lida Kimmel, Rajesh Parekh, David Potter, Christian Rohlff, B. Silber, Peter Snyder, Holly Soares, Thomas Stiger, P. Sunderland, Robert Townsend, W. White, Stephen Williams
  • Publication number: 20050113302
    Abstract: Proteins are identified that exhibit an altered expression in mammalian cardiac tissue in response to A3 agonist infusion. These proteins are termed A3 receptor-mediated cardioprotective proteins (A3Ps) and protein isoforms (A3PIs) and are useful as pharmaceuticals and as targets in screening methods for identifying an agent capable of modulating the expression of one or more A3P and/or A3PI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: John Thompson, David Potter, Delvin Knight, Antonio Gualberto, Katherine Landschulz, Herath Mudiyenselage Chandrasiri Herath, Christian Rohlff
  • Publication number: 20040110938
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for screening, diagnosis and prognosis of Schizophrenia, for monitoring the effectiveness of Schizophrenia treatment, identifying patients most likely to respond to a particular therapeutic treatment and for drug development. Schizophrenia-Associated Features (SFs), detectable by two-dimensional electrophoresis of cerebrospinal fluid, serum or plasma are described. The invention further provides Schizophrenia-Associated Protein Isoforms (SPIs) detectable in cerebrospinal fluid, serum or plasma, preparations comprising isolated SPIs, antibodies immunospecific for SPIs, and kits comprising the aforesaid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Rajesh Bhikhu Parekh, Herath Mudiyanselage Athula Chandrasiri Herath, Christian Rohlff, Jonathan Alexander Terrett, Kerry Louise Tyson
  • Publication number: 20040022794
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for screening, diagnosis and prognosis of Alzheimer's disease, for monitoring the effectiveness of Alzheimer's disease treatment, and for drug development. Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Features (AFs), detectable by two-dimensional electrophoresis of cerebrospinal fluid, serum or plasma are described. The invention further provides Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Protein Isoforms (APIs) detectable in cerebrospinal fluid, serum or plasma, preparations comprising isolated APIs, antibodies immunospecific for APIs, pharmaceutical compositions, diagnostic and therapeutic methods, and kits comprising or based on the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: L. Kathryn Durham, David L. Friedman, Herath Mudiyanselage Athula Chandrasiri Herath, Lida H. Kimmel, Rajesh Bhikhu Parekh, David M. Potter, Christian Rohlff, B. Michael Silber, Peter Jeffrey Snyder, Holly Daria Soares, Thomas R. Stiger, P. Trey Sunderland, Robert Reid Townsend, W. Frost White, Stephen A. Williams
  • Publication number: 20030190615
    Abstract: The present invention provides a protein (DPI-6) identified in CSF, compositions comprising the protein, including vaccines and antibodies which are immunospecific for the protein. The use of the protein in the diagnosis, screening, treatment and prophylaxis of a neurological or neuropsychiatric condition is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Herath Mudiyanselage Athula Chandrasiri Herath, Rajesh Bhikhu Parekh, Christian Rohlff, Thakorhlai Parshotambhai Patel
  • Publication number: 20030092614
    Abstract: The present invention provides a protein (ADPI-41) identified in brain tissue, compositions comprising the protein, including vaccines and antibodies, which are immunospecific for the protein. The use of the protein in the diagnosis, screening, treatment and prophylaxis of Alzheimer's disease is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Herath Mudiyanselage Athula Chandrasiri Herath, Rajesh Bhikhu Parekh, Christian Rohlff, Jonathan Alexander Terrett, Kerry Louise Tyson