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P38 MAPK pathway predicts endocrine-resistant growth of human breast cancer and provides a novel diagnostic and treatment target    

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United States Patent7402402   
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Inventor(s)Osborne; C. Kent (Houston, TX), Schiff; Rachel (Bellaire, TX), Shou; Jiang (Houston, TX)
AbstractAcquired and de novo endocrine resistance are major clinical problems in the management of breast cancer patients. Though the antiestrogen tamoxifen prolongs disease-free and overall survival in the adjuvant setting, and induces remissions in over half of the patients with estrogen receptor positive metastatic disease, all patients eventually acquire tamoxifen resistance. Furthermore, many of the resistant tumors actually appear to be stimulated by tamoxifen just as they are by estrogens. The present invention provides methods of predicting endocrine resistance comprising detecting the biological activity and/or expression of p38 MAPK and/or AIB1. The invention further provides methods of reducing, reversing, or preventing endocrine resistance comprising contacting a breast or prostate tumor with a p38 MAPK pathway inhibitor.
   














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Inventor     Osborne; C. Kent (Houston, TX) , Schiff; Rachel (Bellaire, TX) , Shou; Jiang (Houston, TX)
Owner/Assignee     Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX)
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Publication Date     July 22, 2008
Application Number     11/741,762
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Filing Date     April 29, 2007
US Classification     435/7.23 435/183 435/4 435/7.1 435/7.21 436/174 436/536 436/63 436/64 436/86
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Examiner     Harris; Alana M.
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Attorney/Law Firm     Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
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Parent Case     This application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/177,296, filed Jun. 21, 2002, issuing as U.S. Pat. No. 7,217,533, which claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/299,824 filed on Jun. 21, 2001. The contents of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/177,296 and U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/299,824 are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
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USPTO Field of Search     435/7.23 435/4 435/7.1 435/7.21 435/183 436/63 436/64 436/86 436/174 436/536
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