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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
May. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Erkki Ruoslahti, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Markus Essler, La Jolla, CA (US);
Inventors:
Erkki Ruoslahti, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Markus Essler, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A01N 37/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of directing a moiety to breast vasculature in a subject by administering to the subject a conjugate which contains a moiety linked to a homing molecule that selectively homes to breast vasculature, whereby the moiety is directed to breast vasculature. In one embodiment, the homing molecule is a peptide containing the amino acid sequence PGPEGAG (SEQ ID NO: 1), or a peptidomimetic thereof.