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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2014
Applicant:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventors:
Mariusz Wasik, Ardmore, PA (US);
James L. Riley, Downingtown, PA (US);
Qian Zhang, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Fang Wei, Drexel Hill, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/071 (2010.01); C12N 15/85 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); C12N 15/113 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/85 (2013.01); G01N 33/5011 (2013.01); A01K 2207/12 (2013.01); A01K 2267/0331 (2013.01); C12N 15/1137 (2013.01); C12N 2310/14 (2013.01); G01N 2333/91205 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides compositions and methods for transforming primary mammalian cells using an oncogenic form of ALK wherein the transformed cells display features of that of a corresponding tumor cell isolated from a cancer subject. The invention also provides a method for immortalizing normal CD4+ T lymphocytes with a lymphoma-characteristic form of ALK such as NPM-ALK.