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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Giorgio Stassi, IT-90127 Palermo, IT;
Matilde Todaro, IT-90127 Palermo, IT;
Inventors:
Giorgio Stassi, IT-90127 Palermo, IT;
Matilde Todaro, IT-90127 Palermo, IT;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention refers to the use of a cytokine antagonist which modulates the expression and/or the function of a cytokine, particularly a Th2 helper cell cytokine, in a cell and causes the down-regulation of anti-apoptotic proteins in said cell through the cytokine modulation for sensitizing cells for apoptosis. In particular, the cells that can be treated with the cytokine antagonists are drug-resistant cancer cells which fail to undergo apoptosis.