Abstract: Methods of treating, ameliorating, preventing, or reducing the risk of developing an auto-immune disease and/or an inflammatory condition, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, in a patient, such as a human being, using a therapeutically effective amount of an agent(s) that inhibits the activity of one or more of histone deacetylase (HDAC), IKB kinase (IKK-2), nuclear factor kB (NF-kB), ubiquitin/proteasome and Janus kinase (JAK) are disclosed. Compounds useful in such methods are also presented.

Abstract: Disclosed is the use of a therapeutic filter for simultaneous screening against multiple targets coupled with subsequent in silico drug discovery utilizing biologically active compounds for the identification and selection of gene sets having characteristic expression profiles for formation of an active compound database with subsequent identification of therapeutically effective agents by scanning and matching in said active compound database.

Abstract: Methods for identifying antineoplastic agents by using their ability to modify expression of specific genes or the biological activity of polypeptides encoded by such genes, wherein said genes are located in specific chromosomal regions, called amplicons, or regions of interest, and the presence of such amplified regions within a cancerous cell, are disclosed. Also described are methods for diagnosing cancerous, or potentially cancerous, conditions using these methods. Also encompassed are methods involving determining the modulated expression of the genes in these regions of interest (ROIs), or amplicons, as pharmacodynamic/pharmacogenetic/surrogate markers and/or for patient profiling prior to accrual for clinical trials/treatments based on the identification of these genes as validated gene/drug targets in various cancer tissue types.

Abstract: Cancer-linked gene sequences, and derived amino acid sequences, are disclosed along with processes for assaying potential antitumor agents based on their modulation of the expression of these cancer-linked genes. Also disclosed are antibodies that react with the disclosed polypeptides and methods of diagnosing and treating cancer using the gene sequences. A novel gene and polypeptide are also disclosed.

Abstract: Cancer-linked gene sequences, and derived amino acid sequences, are disclosed along with processes for assaying potential antitumor agents based on their modulation of the expression of these cancer-linked genes. Also disclosed are antibodies that react with the disclosed polypeptides and methods of using the antibodies to treat cancerous conditions, such as by using the antibody to target cancerous cells in vivo for purposes of delivering therapeutic agents thereto. Also described are methods of diagnosis using the gene sequences.