14-3-3 Zeta over-expression as a poor prognosis factor, and a therapeutic target in multiple cancer type

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7709205
APP PUB NO 20080318231A1
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11950264

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Methods of determining prognosis in a subject with a hyperproliferative disease, including determining expression and/or function of 14-3-3 zeta in the subject, are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making a pharmaceutical agent that modulates apoptosis, including the steps of obtaining one or more candidate, testing the one or more candidate substances to determine their ability to modulate the expression and/or function of 14-3-3 zeta, selecting a candidate substance determined to modulate the expression and/or function of 14-3-3 zeta, and making a pharmaceutical composition that includes the selected candidate substance. In addition, methods of treating a subject with a hyperproliferative disease, including making a pharmaceutical agent by the methods set forth herein, and administering the pharmaceutical agent to a subject, are disclosed. The hyperproliferative disease can be cancer, such as breast cancer.

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BOARD OF REGENTS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEMAUSTIN TX

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Hung, Mien-Chie Houston, US 58 333
Li, Ping Houston, US 464 4732
Neal, Christopher L Houston, US 2 10
Nguyen, Nina T Houston, US 2 10
Pollock, Raphael E Houston, US 2 10
Yang, Jun Houston, US 792 8454
Yang, Wentao Shanghai, CN 39 24
Yao, Jun Chestnut Hill, US 132 735
Yu, Dihua Houston, US 12 68
Zhou, Xiaoyan Shanghai, CN 23 96

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