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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2011
Applicants:
Timothy C. Hoey, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Lucia Beviglia, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Timothy C. Hoey, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Lucia Beviglia, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods of inhibiting melanoma tumor growth, methods of treating melanoma and metastatic melanoma, and methods of reducing the frequency of tumor initiating cells (or cancer stem cells) in melanoma tumors are described. The methods described comprise administering a DLL4 antagonist (e.g., an antibody that specifically binds the extracellular domain of human DLL4) to a subject. Related polypeptides and polynucleotides, compositions comprising the DLL4 antagonists, and methods of making the DLL4 antagonists are also described.