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20090304575 | IN VITRO METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING COMPOUNDS FOR CANCER THERAPY - The present invention relates to an in vitro method for identifying and evaluating compounds useful in the treatment of different types of cancer, especially lung, breast, colorectal and bladder cancer in an individual, for determining the stage or severity of said cancer in the individual, or for monitoring the effect of the therapy administered to an individual having said cancer; to finding, identifying, developing and evaluating the efficacy of compounds for the therapy of said cancer, for the purpose of developing new medicinal products; as well as to agents inhibiting the expression and/or activity of the choline kinase alpha protein and/or the effects of this expression. | 12-10-2009 |
20100068302 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER - The invention relates to compositions comprising an acid ceramidase inhibitor and a choline kinase inhibitor as well as to the uses thereof for the treatment of cancer. The invention also relates to methods for the selection of an individualised therapy of a cancer patient based on the detection of the acid ceramidase levels. Moreover, the invention also relates to compositions comprising a choline kinase inhibitor and an alkylating agent and uses thereof for the treatment of cancer. Finally, the invention also relates to compositions comprising a choline kinase inhibitor and an alkylating agent or a death receptor ligand and uses thereof for the treatment of cancer. | 03-18-2010 |
20110250179 | METHODS FOR TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER - The present invention relates to methods for the treatment of cancer based on the induction of the choline kinase beta (hereinafter ChoKβ) activity as well as to methods for the design of personalized therapies and for determining the response of an agent capable of inducing choline kinase beta (hereinafter ChoKβ) for the treatment of cancer as well as to methods for determining the prognosis of a patient based on the determination of the ChoKβ expression levels as well as based on the determination of the relationship between the ChoKβ and ChoKα expression levels. Finally, the invention relates to methods for determining the response of a patient who suffers from cancer to ChoKα-inhibiting agents based on the determination of the PEMT and/or ChoKβ expression levels. | 10-13-2011 |
20110256241 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER - The invention relates to compositions comprising an acid ceramidase inhibitor and a choline kinase inhibitor as well as to the uses thereof for the treatment of cancer. The invention also relates to methods for the selection of an individualised therapy of a cancer patient based on the detection of the acid ceramidase levels. Moreover, the invention also relates to compositions comprising a choline kinase inhibitor and a chemotherapeutic agent and uses thereof for the treatment of cancer. Finally, the invention also relates to compositions comprising a choline kinase inhibitor and a death receptor ligand and uses thereof for the treatment of cancer. | 10-20-2011 |
20110269948 | Method for Identifying Compounds for Cancer Therapy - The present invention relates to an in vitro method for identifying and evaluating compounds useful in the treatment of different types of cancer, especially lung, breast, colorectal and bladder cancer in an individual, for determining the stage or severity of said cancer in the individual, or for monitoring the effect of the therapy administered to an individual having said cancer; to finding, identifying, developing and evaluating the efficacy of compounds for the therapy of said cancer, for the purpose of developing new medicinal products; as well as to agents inhibiting the expression and/or activity of the choline kinase alpha protein and/or the effects of this expression. | 11-03-2011 |
20120040021 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER - The invention relates to compositions comprising an acid ceramidase inhibitor and a choline kinase inhibitor as well as to the uses thereof for the treatment of cancer. The invention also relates to methods for the selection of an individualised therapy of a cancer patient based on the detection of the acid ceramidase levels. Moreover, the invention also relates to compositions comprising a choline kinase inhibitor and an alkylating agent and uses thereof for the treatment of cancer. Finally, the invention also relates to compositions comprising a choline kinase inhibitor and an alkylating agent or a death receptor ligand and uses thereof for the treatment of cancer. | 02-16-2012 |
20140023657 | IN VITRO METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING COMPOUNDS FOR CANCER THERAPY - The present invention relates to an in vitro method for identifying and evaluating compounds useful in the treatment of different types of cancer, especially lung, breast, colorectal and bladder cancer in an individual, for determining the stage or severity of said cancer in the individual, or for monitoring the effect of the therapy administered to an individual having said cancer; to finding, identifying, developing and evaluating the efficacy of compounds for the therapy of said cancer, for the purpose of developing new medicinal products; as well as to agents inhibiting the expression and/or activity of the choline kinase alpha protein and/or the effects of this expression. | 01-23-2014 |
20140329701 | KIAA1456 EXPRESSION PREDICTS SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH COLON CANCER - The invention relates to methods for deciding on the therapy in a subject suffering from colorectal cancer as well as for predicting the clinical outcome of a patient which suffers from colorectal cancer based on the expression level of KIAA1456 comprising determining the expression level of the KIAA1456 gene. The invention relates as well to kits and uses thereof comprising reagents adequate for the determination of the expression level of the KIAA1456 gene. | 11-06-2014 |
20150087539 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING OUTCOME OF CANCER IN A SUBJECT - The invention relates to a method for predicting the outcome of a subject suffering from cancer, based on the copy number of the CHKA gene in a sample from said subject. The invention also relates to a BAC composition and a method for detecting the number of copies of the CHKA gene. | 03-26-2015 |