Methods for drug discovery, disease treatment, and diagnosis using metabolomics
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1. A method for metabolomically facilitating the diagnosis of a disease state of a subject, comprising:
- obtaining a small molecule profile from a subject suspected of having and/or having a disease state; and
comparing the small molecule profile from the subject to a standard small molecule profile, thereby diagnosing the disease state.
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Abstract
The small molecule profiles of cells are compared to identify small molecules which are modulated in altered states. Cellular small molecule libraries, methods of identifying tissue sources, methods for treating genetic and non-genetic diseases, and methods for predicting the efficacy of drugs are also discussed.
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1. A method for metabolomically facilitating the diagnosis of a disease state of a subject, comprising:
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obtaining a small molecule profile from a subject suspected of having and/or having a disease state; and
comparing the small molecule profile from the subject to a standard small molecule profile, thereby diagnosing the disease state. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 55)
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2. A method for metabolomically predicting whether a subject is predisposed to having a disease state, comprising:
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obtaining a small molecule profile from the subject; and
comparing the small molecule profile from the subject to a standard small molecule profile, thereby predicting whether a subject is predisposed to having a disease state.
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3. A method for metabolomically predicting a subject'"'"'s response to a therapeutic agent, comprising:
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obtaining a small molecule profile from the subject;
comparing the small molecule profile of the subject to a known standard established for the therapeutic agent as an indication of whether the subject would benefit from treatment with the therapeutic agent, thereby predicting a subject'"'"'s response to said therapeutic agent.
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4. A method for metabolomically monitoring the effectiveness of a therapeutic agent in clinical trials, comprising:
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obtaining a small molecule profile from a subject in a clinical trial being treated with a therapeutic agent; and
monitoring changes in the small molecule profile of the subject as an indication of the effectiveness of the therapeutic agent in the subject, thereby monitoring the effectiveness of said therapeutic agent.
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8. A method for generating a small molecule profile of a cellular compartment, comprising:
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obtaining said cellular compartment from a source;
analyzing said sample to determine the identity of the small molecules in said cellular compartment, thereby generating a small molecule profile of said cellular compartment. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for identifying disease relevant small molecules comprising:
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obtaining a small molecule profile of a diseased cellular compartment; and
comparing the small molecule profile of said diseased cell to a standard small molecule profile;
thereby, identifying the disease relevant small molecules in said diseased cellular compartment. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for identifying small molecules affected by an agent comprising:
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obtaining a small molecule profile of said cellular compartment treated with an agent, and comparing said small molecule profile to a standard small molecule profile;
thereby, identifying the compounds affected by said agent in said cellular compartment. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for identifying small molecules regulated, modulated, or associated with a gene, comprising:
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obtaining a small molecule profile of a cellular compartment from a genetically modified source; and
comparing the small molecule profile to a standard small molecule profile, thus identifying the small molecules regulated, modulated or associated with the gene. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method for identifying potential cell drug targets, comprising:
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contacting a labeled disease relevant small molecule with cellular components; and
identifying interactions between said cell components and the labeled disease-relevant small molecule, thus identifying potential cell drug targets. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47)
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- 48. A library of small molecules of a cellular compartment of a cell comprising a searchable array of samples of small molecules from a cellular compartment.
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54. A method for determining whether small molecule profiles are from the same individual, comprising:
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obtaining one or more samples from an individual;
determining the small molecule profiles of said samples;
obtaining a tissue sample from an unknown source;
determining the small molecule profile of the unknown source; and
comparing the small molecule profiles, thus determining whether the small molecule profiles are from the same individual.
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