The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
Applicants:
Chie Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Chie Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Keio University, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/21 (2006.01); A61K 39/38 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/12 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/04 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/02 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide methods for diagnosing and/or treating tumors using HERV-H env gene or HERV-H env Env protein. Specifically, tumors are diagnosed by detecting expression of HERV-H env gene; and agents for detecting the expression are used as diagnosing agents. Further, tumors are treated by inhibiting function of HERV-H env gene; and agents for inhibiting the function are used as antitumor agents. Furthermore, tumors are treated by administering a peptide having a certain sequence of HERV-H Env protein and the like; and the peptide is used as a cancer vaccine.