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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2003
Ananda M. Chakrabarty, Villa Park, IL (US);
Tapas K. Das Gupta, River Forest, IL (US);
Vasu Punj, Chicago, IL (US);
Olga Zaborina, Brookfield, IL (US);
Yoshinori Hiraoka, Chicago, IL (US);
Tohru Yamada, Oak Park, IL (US);
Ananda M. Chakrabarty, Villa Park, IL (US);
Tapas K. Das Gupta, River Forest, IL (US);
Vasu Punj, Chicago, IL (US);
Olga Zaborina, Brookfield, IL (US);
Yoshinori Hiraoka, Chicago, IL (US);
Tohru Yamada, Oak Park, IL (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Abstract
Cytotoxic factors having use in modulating cell death, and their use in methods of treating necrosis or apoptosis-related conditions are disclosed. The invention also relates to methods for identifying active agents useful in treating conditions related to cell death or uncontrolled growth. The present inventors have found that different microorganisms produce different cytotoxic factor(s) having anticancer activity. The substantially pure cytotoxic factors can be used in a method of treating an infectious disease or a cancer.