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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2001
Susana Salceda, San Jose, CA (US);
Roberto Macina, San Jose, CA (US);
Herve E. Recipon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jason Pluta, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yongming Sun, San Jose, CA (US);
Chenghua Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Susana Salceda, San Jose, CA (US);
Roberto Macina, San Jose, CA (US);
Herve E. Recipon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jason Pluta, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yongming Sun, San Jose, CA (US);
Chenghua Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Diadexus, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to newly identified nucleic acids and polypeptides present in normal and neoplastic breast cells, including fragments, variants and derivatives of the nucleic acids and polypeptides. The present invention also relates to antibodies to the polypeptides of the invention, as well as agonists and antagonists of the polypeptides of the invention. The invention also relates to compositions comprising the nucleic acids, polypeptides, antibodies, variants, derivatives, agonists and antagonists of the invention and methods for the use of these compositions. These uses include identifying, diagnosing, monitoring, staging, imaging and treating breast cancer and non-cancerous disease states in breast tissue, identifying breast tissue, monitoring and identifying and/or designing agonists and antagonists of polypeptides of the invention. The uses also include gene therapy, production of transgenic animals and cells, and production of engineered breast tissue for treatment and research.