Abstract: The present invention relates to an ex vivo method for determining the susceptibility of a patient suffering from cancer to respond to a therapeutic treatment based on the administration of an antibody specific for the HER2 protein, this method comprising the quantification of HER2-HER2 dimers in a tissue sample from said patient using the FRET technique. The invention also relates to a kit of reagents for implementing this method.

Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a method for measuring the luminescence of a long-life fluorescent compound present in a measuring medium, said medium containing a biological sample, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: a) introduction of a long-life fluorescent compound into the measuring medium, b) introduction, into the measuring medium, of a fluorescent marking agent, the absorption spectrum of which allows the excitation thereof at the same wavelength as that used to excite the long-life fluorescent compound, wherein said emission spectrum allows the measurement of the luminescence thereof at the same wavelength as that used to measure the luminescence of the long-life fluorescent compound, c) excitation of the measuring medium with a wavelength corresponding to an absorption peak of the long-life fluorescent compound, d) measurement of the luminescence emitted by the measuring medium immediately after excitation of said medium, mainly corresponding to the luminescence of the

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I?): in which A, L2, M and B are as defined in the description. These compounds are substrates of O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase and mutants thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for quantifying a protein of interest expressed at the surface of a cell or else present in a tissue sample, said method comprising the use of two ligands capable of binding specifically to a domain of said protein.

Abstract: The invention relates to a quantitative non-microscopic method of detecting intracellular interactions between biomolecules in living cells, in response to a biological or pharmacological stimulation, by a time-resolved proximate energy transfer effect between two members of a fluorescence donor/acceptor pair.

Abstract: The present invention relates to inositol phosphate derivatives, in which the inositol phosphate is substituted with one or two reactive groups G or one or two conjugated substances or molecules M, said reactive group(s) G or said substance(s) or molecule(s) M being linked to IP1 via a linkage group L, M being chosen from the following group: a tracer, an immunogen, a member of a binding partner pair, a solid support. Application: tools allowing the study of the inositol phosphate cycle and therefore, indirectly, the study of seven transmembrane domain receptors coupled to phospholipase C, receptors having a tyrosine kinase activity, and in general enzymes involved in the variations of the intracellular concentration of IP1.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I?): in which A, L2, M and B are as defined in the description.

Abstract: A subject matter of the invention is cyanine derivatives of formula: in which the dotted lines represent the atoms necessary for the formation of one or two fused aromatic rings, each ring comprising 5 or 6 carbon atoms; R1, R2, R3 and R4 represent, independently of one another: H; substituted or unsubstituted C1-C15 alkyl; C1-C6 alkoxy; (C2-C12)dialkylamino; C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyl; di(C2-C12)alkylamido; a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, arylalkyl or aryloxy group; a halogen atom; a nitro; an L1-W, L2-M, L2-A or L2-G group; R5 and R6 represent, independently of one another: substituted or unsubstituted C1-C15 alkyl; a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or arylalkyl group; an L1-W, L2-M, L2-A or L2-G group; X is chosen from: O, S or CR7R8; Y is chosen from: O, S or CR9R10; R7, R8, R9 and R10 independently represent: substituted or unsubstituted C1-C15 alkyl; substituted or unsubstituted aryl, arylalkyl or aryloxy; an L1-W, L2-M, L2-A or L2-G group; R7 and R8 and/or R9 and R10 can also together form a ring

Abstract: The present invention relates to a LO-CD2a antibody and methods of using such antibodies or molecules that bind to the same epitope (or a portion thereof) to prevent and inhibit an immune response in human patients, preferably, where the immune response is mediated by the activation and proliferation of T cells or natural killer cells. The administration of an effective amount of the LO-CD2a antibody to a human patient will prevent or inhibit graft rejection, graft versus host disease or autoimmune disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a quantitative non-microscopic method of detecting intracellular interactions between biomolecules, on living cells, in response to a biological or pharmacological stimulation, by a time-resolved proximate energy transfer effect between two members of a fluorescence donor/acceptor pair.

Abstract: The present invention relates to inositol phosphate derivatives, in which the inositol phosphate is substituted with one or two reactive groups G or one or two conjugated substances or molecules M, said reactive group(s) G or said substance(s) or molecule(s) M being linked to IP1 via a linkage group L, M being chosen from the following group: a tracer, an immunogen, a member of a binding partner pair, a solid support. Application: tools allowing the study of the inositol phosphate cycle and therefore, indirectly, the study of seven transmembrane domain receptors coupled to phospholipase C, receptors having a tyrosine kinase activity, and in general enzymes involved in the variations of the intracellular concentration of IP1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for reducing the fluorescence quenching caused by the measuring medium, in a fluorescence assay for an analyte using at least one fluorescent label, characterized in that a fluorescent conjugate comprising an oligonucleotide bonded to a rare-earth metal cryptate is introduced into the measuring medium.

Abstract: A monoclonal antibody which binds to baboon and human CD2, and in particular LO-CD2b antibody. The antibody may be employed to prevent and inhibit an immune response in human patients, such as when the immune response is mediated by the activation and proliferation of T-cells or natural killer cells.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for reducing the fluorescence quenching caused by the measuring medium in a fluorescence assay, by introducing into said medium of rare earth metal cryptates which are not very sensitive to this fluorescence quenching, said rare earth metal cryptates comprising at least one pyridine radical which is substituted one or more times or unsubstituted. The invention also relates to novel rare earth metal cryptates which are not very sensitive to the fluorescence quenching caused by the measuring medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fluorescent entity comprising a fluorophore, with the exception of a rare earth metal cryptate, covalently attached to one or more oligonucleotide(s) or oligonucleotide analog(s) and comprising at least one functional group, introduced or generated on the fluorophore or one of the oligonucleotides or oligonucleotide analogs, allowing it to be coupled with a carrier molecule. The invention also relates to a fluorescent conjugate consisting of a fluorescent entity covalently attached to a carrier molecule.

Abstract: The invention relates to a homogeneous method for detecting and/or determining by fluorescence a chemical or physicochemical interaction in a measuring medium, in which a rare-earth metal cryptate comprising a substituent is used, characterized in that the variation of at least one fluorescence characteristic of the rare-earth metal cryptate, induced by the change in the physicochemical properties of the substituent resulting from said interaction, is measured.

Abstract: A method for preparing antibodies including a) transfecting a cell line with a nucleic acid construction including in the same reading frame a nucleic sequence coding for a membrane protein and a nucleic sequence of interest coding for a polypeptide of interest, and b) preparing antibodies directed against the polypeptide of interest with cells prepared in step (a) or with their membranes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a LO-CD2a antibody and methods of using such antibodies or molecules that bind to the same epitope (or a portion thereof) to prevent and inhibit an immune response in human patients, preferably, where the immune response is mediated by the activation and proliferation of T cells or natural killer cells. The administration of an effective amount of the LO-CD2a antibody to a human patient will prevent or inhibit graft rejection, graft versus host disease or autoimmune disease.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for reducing the fluorescence quenching caused by the measuring medium in a fluorescence assay, by introducing into said medium of rare earth metal cryptates which are not very sensitive to this fluorescence quenching, said rare earth metal cryptates comprising at least one pyridine radical which is substituted one or more times or unsubstituted.

Abstract: Although the mechanism of induction of apoptosis through antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) mediated by NK cells is well understood, little is known about the fate of the reactive NK cells. Nevertheless, it has been shown that NK cells previously activated by IL-2, but not naive NK cells, died by apoptosis after Fc&ggr;RIIIa crosslinking, or after engagement in cytolytic functions. It is demonstrated that apoptosis of naive NK cells is also observed after stimulation with a rat IgG2b anti CD2 mAb (LO-CD2a/BTI-322) or anti HLAI (LO-HLA-1)mAb. The NK apoptosis is rapid (within minutes), Fas-ligand and mRNA synthesis independent and does not require a cell contact. The intracellular mechanism of NK cell apoptosis is calcium, PKC and PLA2 dependent but calcineurin and P13 kinase independent. We suggest that NK cell apoptosis results from the crosslinking on the same cell surface of CD2 or HLA-I molecules and Fc&ggr;RIIIa that exhibits a high affinity for the rat IgG2b isotype.