Patent · US Expired

Mutations of E cadherin as a basis for the diagnosis and therapy of human malignant tumors

US6723320B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

GSF FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUR UMWELT UND GESUNDHEIT GMBH · DE

Inventors

Heinz Hofler · Sankt Gallen, CH
Karl-Friedrich Becker · Garching bei München, DE
Elizabeth Kremmer · Freising, DE
Manfred Eulitz · Hersbruck, DE
Christoph Schuhmacher · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 14, 2002
Grant date	Apr 20, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 23, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61K38/00
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention describes monoclonal antibodies which are useful for the specific detection and therapy of diffuse gastric carcinoma. Further embodiments describe therapeutic and diagnostic means for the detection and for the therapy of diffuse gastric carcinomas as well as methods for the detection and therapy of diffuse gastric carcinomas.

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