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Title:
FLT4 (VERG-3) AS TARGET FOR TUMOR IMAGING AND ANTI-TUMOR THERAPY
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2015157829
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of treating a mammalian organism suffering from a neoplastic disease by expression of Flt4 receptor tyrosine kinase (Flt4) in endothelial cells of blood vessels adjacent to a malignant neoplasm.SOLUTION: The present invention provide purified Flt4 receptor tyrosine kinase polypeptides and fragments thereof, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, antibodies that specifically bind the polypeptides, and methods of use therefor. Also provided is a method of inhibiting the binding of Flt4 ligand proteins to Flt4 expressed in Flt expressed endothelial cells in blood vessels adjacent to a malignant neoplasm.

Inventors:
ALITALO KARI
KAIPAINEN ARJA
VALLTOLA REIJA
JUSSILA LOTTA
Application Number:
JP2015077656A
Publication Date:
September 03, 2015
Filing Date:
April 06, 2015
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Assignee:
VEGENICS PTY LTD
International Classes:
A61K45/00; A61K38/00; A61K38/17; A61K38/18; A61K38/19; A61K39/395; A61K47/48; A61K49/00; A61K51/10; A61P35/00; C07K16/28; C12Q1/02; C12Q1/04; G01N33/15; G01N33/48; G01N33/50; G01N33/53; G01N33/574; G01N33/68
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hirohito Katsunuma
Yukitaka Nakamura