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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2009
Ari Melnick, New York, NY (US);
Leandro Cerchietti, New York, NY (US);
Ari Melnick, New York, NY (US);
Leandro Cerchietti, New York, NY (US);
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a compound that binds to a BCL6 lateral groove and prevents binding of a corepressor to the lateral groove. The present invention is further directed to methods for blocking corepressor binding to a BCL6 lateral groove, methods for inhibiting BCL6 repression in a mammalian cell, and methods for treating a mammal with cancer, wherein the cancer requires BCL6 repression. The present invention is further directed to polypeptides comprising a portion of the corepressor binding site for BCL6 and related polynucleotides and vectors.