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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2007
Jean-francois Haeuw, Beaumont, FR;
Liliane Goetsch, Ayze, FR;
Jean-Francois Haeuw, Beaumont, FR;
Liliane Goetsch, Ayze, FR;
Pierre Fabre Medicament, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of at least one antibody, or a functional fragment thereof, which is capable of binding to the CD151 protein and thereby inhibiting tumor growth, in the preparation of a medicament intended for the treatment of cancer. The invention is also directed to a composition for the treatment of cancer, comprising, as active ingredient, at least one anti-CD151 antibody, or a functional fragment thereof, which is capable of binding to the CD151 protein and/or of inhibiting the development of primary tumors and/or of inhibiting its metastasis-promoting activity, which antibodies may consist of the antibodies TS151 and/or TS151r.