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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1988
Dennis J Slamon, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Lawrence M Souza, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Berkeley, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and compositions are provided for identifying patients suffering from cancer, particularly neural and neuroendocrine cancers. It has been found that the protein expression product of the human N-mcy proto-oncogene may be detected in certain biological specimens, particularly tissue specimens and sputum samples. By obtaining immunogenic N-myc polypeptides, either synthetically or by isolation from a natural source, antibodies specific for the N-myc protein are obtained. Those antibodies may then be used in immunological techniques for detecting the presence of N-myc in the biological samples. In particular, the antibodies may be employed in immunohistochemical techniques to detect the N-myc protein in prepared tissue and sputum samples.