Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating or preventing metabolic disease with an HDAC6 inhibitor. Also provided herein are methods of treating or preventing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction with an HDAC6 inhibitor. A variety of HDAC6 inhibitors are described herein for use in treating or preventing metabolic disease or heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. In one aspect, described herein are methods of treating a human patient by orally administering an HDAC6 inhibitor, such as an inhibitor of Formula (I) or Formula (II).

Abstract: Methods of inhibiting melanoma tumor growth, methods of treating melanoma and metastatic melanoma, and methods of reducing the frequency of tumor initiating cells (or cancer stem cells) in melanoma tumors are described. The methods described comprise administering a DLL4 antagonist (e.g., an antibody that specifically binds the extracellular domain of human DLL4) to a subject. Related polypeptides and polynucleotides, compositions comprising the DLL4 antagonists, and methods of making the DLL4 antagonists are also described.

Abstract: The present invention provides the identification and characterization of NOTCH mutations associated with enhanced receptor signaling. The present invention provides methods and kits for using the same. The present invention further provides methods of treating cancer in a patient having a solid tumor, wherein the solid tumor cells comprise an elevated level of NOTCH ICD.

Abstract: NOTCH1-binding antibodies and methods of using the antibodies for treating hematologic cancers are disclosed. Methods of using antibodies that bind to a non-ligand binding membrane proximal region of the extracellular domain of human NOTCH1 and methods of treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), hairy cell leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), nonHodgkin lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), or cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) in a subject, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a NOTCH1-binding antibody to the subject are also disclosed. Methods of identifying subjects suitable for such treatment methods are further disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods comprising combination therapy for treating cancer. In particular, the present invention provides Wnt pathway inhibitors in combination with MAPK pathway inhibitors for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. In some embodiments, the MAPK pathway signaling activation is due to a mutation in a MAPK pathway component. In some embodiments, the MAPK pathway signaling component is Ras, Raf, MEK, or ERK.

Abstract: Methods of inhibiting melanoma tumor growth, methods of treating melanoma and metastatic melanoma, and methods of reducing the frequency of tumor initiating cells (or cancer stem cells) in melanoma tumors are described. The methods described comprise administering a DLL4 antagonist (e.g., an antibody that specifically binds the extracellular domain of human DLL4) to a subject. Related polypeptides and polynucleotides, compositions comprising the DLL4 antagonists, and methods of making the DLL4 antagonists are also described.

Abstract: Methods of inhibiting melanoma tumor growth, methods of treating melanoma and metastatic melanoma, and methods of reducing the frequency of tumor initiating cells (or cancer stem cells) in melanoma tumors are described. The methods described comprise administering a DLL4 antagonist (e.g., an antibody that specifically binds the extracellular domain of human DLL4) to a subject. Related polypeptides and polynucleotides, compositions comprising the DLL4 antagonists, and methods of making the DLL4 antagonists are also described.

Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies that immunospecifically bind to a galanin peptide and compositions comprising said antibodies. The present invention also provides methods for preventing, treating, managing, and/or ameliorating hyperproliferative disorders or a symptom thereof comprising administering to a subject in need thereof one or more antibodies that immunospecifically bind to a galanin peptide. The invention also encompasses methods and compositions for diagnosing, monitoring, and prognosing hyperproliferative disorders. The present invention further relates to articles of manufacture and kits comprising antibodies that immunospecifically bind to a galanin peptide.