Abstract:
The present invention relates to the inhibition of melanogenesis with para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) and its use in treating melanotic cancer.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of treating cancer using benzoic acid derivatives, alone or in combination with standard treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Also provided are methods of screening for benzoic derivatives based on their ability to inhibit the enzyme tyrosinase or to bind to and activate PXR/SXR xenobiotic receptors.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of treating cancer using benzoic acid derivatives, alone or in combination with standard treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Also provided are methods of screening for benzoic derivatives based on their ability to inhibit the enzyme tyrosinase or to bind to and activate PXR/SXR xenobiotic receptors.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of treating cancer using benzoic acid derivatives, alone or in combination with standard treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Also provided are methods of screening for benzoic derivatives based on their ability to inhibit the enzyme tyrosinase or to bind to and activate PXR/SXR xenobiotic receptors.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the inhibition of melanogenesis with para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) and its use in treating melanotic cancer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for treating non-melanotic cancers by administration of PABA. The present invention also relates to the potentiation of standard cancer treatment of radiation, radioimmunotherapy, and/or chemotherapy using PABA.
Abstract:
Antagonists for modifying protein-protein interactions involving certain amino acid sequences within MMP-9 and/or β1 integrins are described. Such antagonists inhibit angiogenesis, tumor growth and disease states. Example antagonists are polypeptide and non-polypeptide molecules, including the novel antibody Mab FM155 and the novel synthetic peptide FRIP-1. Methods for inhibiting angiogenesis and disease states by administering such antagonists are disclosed. Methods for identifying antagonists that modify protein-protein interactions involving certain amino acid sequences within MMP-9 and/or β1 integrins are also described.
Abstract:
Antagonists for modifying protein-protein interactions involving certain amino acid sequences within MMP-9 and/or β1 integrins are described. Such antagonists inhibit angiogenesis, tumor growth and disease states. Example antagonists are polypeptide and non-polypeptide molecules, including the novel antibody Mab FM155 and the novel synthetic peptide FRIP-1. Methods for inhibiting angiogenesis and disease states by administering such antagonists are disclosed. Methods for identifying antagonists that modify protein-protein interactions involving certain amino acid sequences within MMP-9 and/or β1 integrins are also described.
Abstract:
The present invention provides methods and compositions for inhibiting angiogenesis, tumor growth and treating disease states using a peptide that contains a specific amino acid sequence of matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2). In one embodiment, the invention provides a peptide, which comprises the amino acid sequence Ile-Phe-Ala-Gly-Asp-Lys-Phe-Trp-Arg, preferably flanked by cysteine residues at the amino and carboxy termini. Additionally, the invention provides compositions for inhibiting angiogenesis or tumor growth or for treating disease states comprising organic and non-peptidic mimetics based on the above amino acid sequence as well as optimized sequences flanking the region of MMP-2 within which the sequence lies. Also provided are methods for detecting angiogenesis, tumorous tissue, metastases, and tumor invasion into a tissue by contacting a composition of the invention with a tissue and methods for screening compositions of the invention.
Abstract:
The invention describes methods for inhibiting angiogenesis in a tissue by administering an antagonist that specifically binds to a proteolyzed or denatured collagen type-IV with substantially greater affinity than to the native triple helical form of collagen type-IV. Methods utilizing such antagonists for therapeutic treatment of tumor growth, tumor metastasis or of restenosis also are described, as are methods to use such antagonists as diagnostic markers of angiogenesis in normal or diseased tissues both in vivo and ex vivo. The invention further describes methods for treating tumors using said antagonists in combination with radiation therapy and therapies comprising the antagonists and radiation treatment.