3 results about "Desmosome" patented technology

The disclosure provides methods of diagnosing, prognosing and stratifying cancers in a patient, comprising detecting elevated expression of desmoglein-2 (DSG-2) in a sample of the cancer and referencing that level to historic data to determine treatment regimen, stage, and prognosis of a patient.

The invention belongs to the field of traditional Chinese medicines, and particularly relates to a traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating post-infection irritable bowel syndrome as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The traditional Chinese medicine composition is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 10 to 15 parts of rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae, 10 to 20 parts of radix paeoniae alba, 3 to 7 parts of pericarpium citri reticulatae, 5 to 15 parts of radix saposhnikoviae, 10 to 20 parts of folium microcotis, 10 to 20 parts of plumeria rubra, 5 to 15 parts of kapok, 25 to 35 parts of rhizoma smilacis glabrae and 5 to 15 parts of flos albiziae. Animal experiments show that the traditional Chinese medicine composition can effectively improve diarrhea phenotypes and depressive symptoms of rats with PI-IBS liver depression and spleen deficiency syndromes, relieve high sensitivity of viscera, recover a tight junction structure and a cell desmosome structure of colon, up-regulate cell TJ protein expression, recover Th1 / Th2 immune imbalance of blood, reduce the level of proinflammatory factors (TNF-alpha) in colon tissue, and improve the immunity of the rats. And the levels of LPS, DAO and D-LA in serum are up-regulated. Therefore, the traditional Chinese medicine composition disclosed by the invention can be used for effectively treating the liver depression and spleen deficiency syndrome of the irritable bowel syndrome after infection.