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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2013
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Vikas P. Sukhatme, Newton, MA (US);
Jian-Guo Ren, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods, compositions, and diagnostic tests for treating and diagnosing proliferative disorders, such as cancel-, that result in dysregulation of malic enzyme 2. In particular, the methods and compositions include monotherapy with malate, or a derivative thereof, as well as combination therapy, such as malate, or a derivative thereof, combined with another therapeutic agent, such as a malic enzyme 2 inhibitor, an antineoplastic agent, a glycolysis inhibitor, an antiangiogenic agent, an immunomodulatory agent, an antibody, or a cytokine.