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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2011
Jukka Westermarck, Tampere, FI;
Pietri Puustinen, Lieto, FI;
Melissa Junttila, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jukka Westermarck, Tampere, FI;
Pietri Puustinen, Lieto, FI;
Melissa Junttila, San Francisco, CA (US);
Turun Yliopisto, Turen Yliopisto, FI;
Abstract
This invention relates to the inhibition of a newly discovered growth-stimulating protein in an individual. Further, the invention relates to a method for preventing or treating a cancer, or preventing or treating cancer growth, invasion or metastasis, or preventing or treating other hyperproliferative diseases in an individual, by down regulating the expression of said growth-stimulating protein or by inactivating said protein. Still further, the invention concerns a method for diagnosing cancer or other hyperproliferative diseases in an individual based on said growth-stimulating protein.