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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2008
Jean-jacques Panthier, Paris, FR;
Giorgia Egidy, Paris, FR;
Xavier Sastre-garau, Vincennes, FR;
Florence Bernex, Paris, FR;
Jean-Jacques Panthier, Paris, FR;
Giorgia Egidy, Paris, FR;
Xavier Sastre-Garau, Vincennes, FR;
Florence Bernex, Paris, FR;
Institut Pasteur, Paris, FR;
Institut Curie, Paris, FR;
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FR;
Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort, Maisons Alfort, FR;
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The present invention concerns a method for diagnosing a melanoma in a mammal comprising the detection of the overexpression of RACK-1 protein in a melanocyte cell of said mammal, and the deduction of the presence of a melanoma from the overexpression of RACK-1 protein. The invention is also directed to a method for determining the tumoral status of a melanocyte cell of a mammal, comprising the detection of overexpression of RACK-1 protein in the melanocyte cell, and the deduction of the tumoral state of said cell from the overexpression of RACK-1 protein.