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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard J. Bucala, Cos Cob, CT (US);
Jason Chesney, New York, NY (US);
Robert A. Mitchell, Great Neck, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Picower Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/800 ; A61K 3/9395 ; C12Q 1/68 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/800 ; A61K 3/9395 ; C12Q 1/68 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a cancer malignancy diagnostic assay comprising obtaining a sample of a body fluid or tissue, performing a sequence identity assay to look for the presence of PFK-2 specific sequences; an anticancer pharmaceutical composition comprising a specific antisense oligonucleotide to the inventive isolated PFK-2 sequence and a pharmaceutically acceptable oligonucleotide carrier; and a method for finding therapeutically active anti-cancer compounds comprising screening compounds for activity to inhibit PFK-2 but not PFK.