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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2012
William W. Bachovchin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Hung-sen Lai, Andover, MA (US);
Sarah E. Poplawski, Belmont, MA (US);
William W. Bachovchin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Hung-sen Lai, Andover, MA (US);
Sarah E. Poplawski, Belmont, MA (US);
Trustees of Tufts College, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are proteasome inhibitors, fibroblast activation protein (FAP)-activated prodrugs of proteasome inhibitors, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the inhibitors and prodrugs. Also disclosed are related pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using the inhibitors and prodrugs and compositions thereof, for example, in treating cancer or other cell proliferative diseases. In vitro and in vivo methods of quantifying the expression of FAP in a biopsy sample and a mammal, respectively, are also disclosed.