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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
David M. Sabatini, Cambridge, MA (US);
Shuyu Wang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Zhi Tsun, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/50 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/58 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01); A61K 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/68 (2013.01); A61K 31/00 (2013.01); G01N 2333/4706 (2013.01); G01N 2500/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to methods of identifying compounds that modulate mTORC1 activity in a cell by modulating the activity of SLC38A9 (NCBI Gene ID: 153129), as well as to the use of such identified compounds in the modulation of mTORC1 and the treatment of diseases and conditions characterized by aberrant mTORC1 activity.