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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Tetsu Akiyama, Tama, JP;
Yoshihiro Kawasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Rina Esashi, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); A01N 43/04 (2006.01); A61K 31/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an agent for inhibiting metastasis of colorectal cancer and a method for inhibiting metastasis of colorectal cancer, which inhibit the function of Asef (i.e., binding activity to the APC gene product or guanine nucleotide exchange factor activity) that binds to the gene product of the tumor suppressor gene APC that plays an important role in tumorigenesis and in developmental processes, and/or inhibit the expression of the Asef gene.