Antibodies to human reduced folate carrier protein

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5716788
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08484840

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One shortcoming of methotrexate chemotherapy is that previously responsive tumors can become refractory to methotrexate after continued exposure. Such methotrexate resistance may be due to underexpression of reduced folate carrier (RFC) protein. The present invention provides DNA molecules encoding human RFC. The present invention also relates to expression vectors comprising RFC-encoding DNA molecules, and to the use of such vectors to restore methotrexate sensitivity in mammalian cells. The present invention further relates to antibodies that bind with human RFC protein, and to methods of detecting human RFC protein using such antibodies.

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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARYWASHINGTON DC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cowan, Kenneth H Potoma, MD 2 1
Dixon, Kathy Olney, MD 2 1
He, Rui Germantown, MD 60 105
Moscow, Jeffrey A Silver Spring, MD 3 2

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