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Metastasis-associated antigen and antibodies thereto

US6713305B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Novartis AG · CH

Inventors

Felix Bachmann · Basel, CH
Max Burger · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 23, 1998
Grant date	Mar 30, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 23, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N33/57492
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There are provided membrane-associated polypeptides having the sequence shown in SEQ ID Nos. 1 and 9. Also provided are immunogenic determinants derived from said polypeptides and antibodies raised thereto. The polypeptides, their derived antigenic determinants and the antibodies are useful for the diagnosis and treatment of metastatic potential in tumors.

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