Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid food composition which is generally gluten and lactose free, and its use for treating and preventing metabolic diseases.

Abstract: The present inventor has found that glioblastoma cells respond in unique ways to prolactin (Prl) receptor antagonists. The reaction of glioblastoma cells to treatment with Prl receptor antagonists is based on the presence and function of Prl receptors in glioblastomas and the activity can be used for treatment of glioblastomas and other neoplasms of the CNS.

Abstract: The present invention concerns methods and tools for determining a specific treatment of a prolactin associated disorder. The treatment is selected based on the expression pattern of growth hormonereceptor (GHR), prolactin receptor (PrlR) and the suppressors SOCS2 and TCS2.

Abstract: A method for selecting a compound or a composition of matter for treatment of hyperproliferative disorders of the prostate in a mammal by administering the compound or the composition to a mammal (in vivo) or to a prostate cell culture (in vitro) and assessing the effect of the compound or the composition on the content of the transcription and/or translation product of a gene under the influence of at least one regulatory region of Vitamin D upregulated protein 1 (VDUP-1) gene and optionally assessing the effect of the compound or the composition on the content of apoptosis signalling kinase (ASK-1) and/or thioredoxin, in the prostate cells of said mammal or in the cells of the prostate cell culture. A substance for use in the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders of the prostate selected by the above method, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said substance, a method of treatment by of a hyperproliferative disorder of the prostate.

Abstract: A modified extracellular domain of a cytokine receptor is capable of being crystallized without being complexed to a ligand molecule. The receptor preferably is a homo- or heterodemeric receptor having at least one molecule segment which contributes to a disorder structure deleted. A preferred receptor is human growth hormone receptor (hGHR).

Abstract: A modified extracellular domain of a cytokine receptor protein is capable of being crystallized without being complexed to a ligand molecule. The receptor preferably is a homo- or heterodimeric receptor having at least one molecule segment which contributes to a disordered structure deleted. A preferred receptor is human growth hormone receptor (hGHR).

Abstract: A method of enhancing the transcription of a gene in a DNA construct incorporated into the genome of a eucaryotic host cell, wherein the DNA construct comprises a structural gene for a desired protein or polypeptide in a gene promoter upstream of the structural gene, comprises providing at least one enhancer element comprising the nucleotide sequence TTC TGA GAA upstream of the promoter, and exposing the DNA construct to lactogenic stimuli. An expression vector, a host cell and a transgenic mammal containing the vector are of interest.

Abstract: A method of enhancing the transcription of a gene in a DNA construct incorporated into the genome of a eucaryotic host cell, wherein the DNA construct comprises a structural gene for a desired protein or polypeptide in a gene promoter upstream of the structural gene, comprises providing at least one enhancer element comprising the nucleotide sequence TTC TGA GAA upstream of the promoter, and exposing the DNA construct to lactogenic stimuli. An expression vector, a host cell and a transgenic mammal containing the vector are of interest.

Abstract: Disclosed as a modified extracellular domain of a cytokine receptor protein, capable of being crystallized without being complexed to a ligand molecule. The receptor preferably is a homo- or heterodimeric cytokine receptor, having at least one molecule segment which contributes to a disordered structure deleted. The most preferred receptor is human growth hormone receptor (hGHR). Also disclosed are crystals of unliganded modified receptor suitable for binding studies with ligand candidates a method of obtaining the crystals, as well as a method of designing drugs with cytokine receptor activity by employing such crystals according in binding studies with selected ligand candidates.

Abstract: A method for the screening and identification of low molecular weight compounds which interact with lactogenic/somatogenic receptors is claimed. The method is characterized by the use of isolated tissues for in vitro cultivation as organ culture, primary cells, immortalized or transformed cells from transgenic animal that over-express hormones/receptors belonging to the somatic or lactogenic family. Also a transgenic non-human animal that over-express prolactin which cause phenotypic alterations notably in the prostate and/or mammary gland and use thereof is claimed.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions which release the active ingredient slowly are based upon a growth factor or hormone as active ingredient and a means for effecting slow release of the active ingredient. Means for effecting slow release of the active ingredient comprise a conjugate or mixture of a first component and a second component. The first component is a protein other than the active ingredient for binding growth factors and hormones, and the second component is a biodegradable carrier.