| Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20120003222 | FZD8 EXTRACELLULAR DOMAINS AND FZD8 EXTRACELLULAR DOMAIN FUSION MOLECULES AND TREATMENTS USING SAME - Methods of treatment using Fzd8 extracellular domains (ECDs), Fzd8 ECD fusion molecules, and/or antibodies that bind Fzd8 are provided. Such methods include, but are not limited to, methods of treating obesity and obesity-related conditions. Fzd8 ECDs and Fzd8 ECD fusion molecules are also provided. Polypeptide and polynucleotide sequences, vectors, host cells, and compositions comprising or encoding such molecules are provided. Methods of making and using Fzd8 ECDs, Fzd8 ECD fusion molecules, and antibodies that bind Fzd8 are also provided. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110288024 | Compositions and Methods for Treating Arthritis and/or Diseases Involving Cartilage Degeneration - The invention provides pharmaceutical polypeptide compositions that promote proteoglycan synthesis, and promote the activity of chondrocyte cells, thereby treating arthritis. Methods of providing these compositions to treat arthritis are also provided. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110274683 | Antibodies That Bind CSF1R - Antibodies that bind CSF1R are provided. Antibody heavy chains and light chains that are capable of forming antibodies that bind CSF1R are also provided. Polynucleotides encoding antibodies to CSF1R are provided. Polynucleotides encoding antibody heavy chains and lights chains are also provided. Methods of treatment using antibodies to CSF1R are provided. Such methods include, but are not limited to, methods of treating rheumatoid arthritis, bone loss, and multiple sclerosis. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20100324270 | Compositions and Methods of Use for Modulators of Polypeptides and Polynucleotides in Treating Breast Cancer and Melanoma - This invention relates to the polynucleotides and the encoded polypeptides, including novel sequences, of human or non-human primate genes that are amplified in breast and/or other tumor tissues melanoma, as compared to the corresponding normal tissue. The invention also relates to modulators of such polynucleotides and polypeptides, for example, antibodies, that specifically bind to and/or interfere with the activity of this polypeptide, polynucleotide, its fragments, variants, and antagonists. The invention further relates to compositions containing such a polypeptide, polynucleotide, or modulators thereof and uses of such compositions in methods of treating or preventing cancer, by detecting this polynucleotide, polypeptide, or antibodies thereto in patient samples. The invention also provides diagnostic tests for breast cancer and melanoma, by identifying polypeptides and polynucleotides encoded by the cDNA sequence of the invention that correlate with those disorders. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100210829 | Compositions and Methods for Treating Diseases, Disorders, or Conditions Characterized by Myelin Degeneration, Myelin Deficiency or Loss - Provided herein are novel polypeptides, polynucleotides and compositions containing such, and to methods useful in treating diseases, disorders, or conditions of the central nervous system (CNS) associated with demyelination. The novel polypeptides, polynucleotides stimulate oligodendrocyte precursor cell (OPC), and are capable of promoting myelination or remyelination in a subject. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100062009 | NOVEL STROMAL CELL-DERIVED FACTOR-1 POLYPEPTIDES, POLYNUCLEOTIDES, MODULATORS THEREOF AND METHODS OF USE - Disclosed herein is a newly identified SDF-1 splice variant molecule, its polypeptide sequence, and the polynucleotides encoding the polypeptide sequence, and active fragments thereof. Also provided is a procedure for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques employing, for example, vectors and host cells. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing such polypeptides and modulators thereof for the treatment of diseases, including cancer, immune diseases, infectious diseases, and ischemic diseases. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20090010946 | Novel Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1 Polypeptides, Polynucleotides, Modulators Thereof and Methods of Use - Disclosed herein is a newly identified SDF-1 splice variant molecule, its polypeptide sequence, and the polynucleotides encoding the polypeptide sequence, and active fragments thereof. Also provided is a procedure for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques employing, for example, vectors and host cells. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing such polypeptides and modulators thereof for the treatment of diseases, including cancer, immune diseases, infectious diseases, and ischemic diseases. | 01-08-2009 |