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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2010
Applicants:
Jan Cools, Leuven, BE;
Anne Hagemeijer, Pellenberg, BE;
Peter Marynen, Herent, BE;
Inventors:
Assignees:
VIB VZW, Zwijnaarde, BE;
K.U. Leuven Research and Development, Leuven, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/497 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an episomal structure expressing a functional oncogene, whereby said oncogene is a fusion gene of two chromosomal gene fragments. More specifically, the invention relates to a NUP214-ABL1 fusion product, important in the development of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, to methods to detect the fusion and to methods to prevent the oncogenic activity of said fusion product.