Patents Assigned to Imperial Cancer Research Technology Ltd.
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Patent number: 8415303Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleotide sequences of vertebrate Delta genes, and amino acid sequences of their encoded proteins, as well as derivatives (e.g., fragments) and analogs thereof. In a specific embodiment, the vertebrate Delta protein is a human protein. The invention further relates to fragments (and derivatives and analogs thereof) of Delta which comprise one or more domains of the Delta protein, including but not limited to the intracellular domain, extracellular domain, DSL domain, domain amino-terminal to the DSL domain, transmembrane region, or one or more EGF-like repeats of a Delta protein, or any combination of the foregoing. Antibodies to Delta, its derivatives and analogs, are additionally provided. Methods of production of the Delta proteins, derivatives and analogs, e.g., by recombinant means, are also provided. Therapeutic and diagnostic methods and pharmaceutical compositions are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignees: Imperial Cancer Research Technology, Ltd., Yale UniversityInventors: David Ish-Horowicz, Domingos Manuel Pinto Henrique, Julian Hart Lewis, Spyridon Artavanis-Tsakonas, Grace E. Gray
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Patent number: 8067586Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which is useful as a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) inhibitor and an antitumor agent, and it provides a novel bicyclic or tricyclic fused heteroaryl derivative or a salt thereof which possesses an excellent PI3K inhibiting activity and cancer cell growth inhibiting activity.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Imperial Cancer Research Technology Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Ken-Ichi Kawaguchi, Tomonobu Koizumi, Mayumi Yamano, Koyo Matsuda, Minoru Okada, Mitsuaki Ohta
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Patent number: 7901686Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of vertebrate genes, termed here hedgehog-related genes, comprise morphogenic signals produced by embryonic patterning centers, and are involved in the formation of ordered spatial arrangements of differentiated tissues in vertebrates. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to generate and/or maintain an array of different vertebrate tissue both in vitro and in vivo.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2005Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Imperial Cancer Research Technology Ltd.Inventors: Clifford Tabin, Valeria Marigo, Philip W. Ingham, Andrew P. McMahon
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Publication number: 20100255501Abstract: Described are peptides and polypeptides derived from the MUC-1 polypeptide which are able to activate Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte (CTL) response, analogues of such peptides and polypeptides nucleotide sequences encoding such peptides and polypeptides and therapeutic uses thereof. Moreover, indications for selecting appropriate minimal antigenic MUC-1 polypeptides with reference to the HLA-type of the patient to be treated or tested are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2009Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicants: Transgene S.A., Imperial Cancer Research Technology, Ltd.Inventors: Joyce Taylor-Papadimitriou, Lukas Carl Heukamp, Rienk Offringa, Cornelis Johanna Maria Melief, Bruce Acres, Mireille Thomas
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Patent number: 7781215Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of vertebrate genes, termed here hedgehog-related genes, comprise morphogenic signals produced by embryonic patterning centers, and are involved in the formation of ordered spatial arrangements of differentiated tissues in vertebrates. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to generate and/or maintain an array of different vertebrate tissue both in vitro and in vivo.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2006Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Imperial Cancer Research Technology Ltd.Inventors: Philip W. Ingham, Andrew P. McMahon, Clifford J. Tabin
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Publication number: 20080227082Abstract: Described are peptides and polypeptides derived from the MUC-1 polypeptide which are able to activate Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte (CTL) response, analogues of such peptides and polypeptides nucleotide sequences encoding such peptides and polypeptides and therapeutic uses thereof. Moreover, indications for selecting appropriate minimal antigenic MUC-1 polypeptides with reference to the HLA-type of the patient to be treated or tested are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicants: Transgene S.A., Imperial Cancer Research Technology, Ltd.Inventors: Joyce TAYLOR-PAPADIMITRIOU, Lukas Carl Heukamp, Rienk Offringa, Cornelis Johanna Maria Melief, Bruce Acres, Mireille Thomas
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Patent number: 7173029Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which is useful as a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) inhibitor and an antitumor agent, and it provides a novel bicyclic or tricyclic fused heteroaryl derivative or a salt thereof which possesses an excellent PI3K inhibiting activity and cancer cell growth inhibiting activity.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2005Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Imperial Cancer Research Technology Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Ken-Ichi Kawaguchi, Tomonobu Koizumi, Mayumi Yamano, Koyo Matsuda, Minoru Okada, Mitsuaki Ohta
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Patent number: 7118890Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleotide sequences of vertebrate Delta genes, and amino acid sequences of their encoded proteins, as well as derivatives (e.g., fragments) and analogs thereof. In a specific embodiment, the vertebrate Delta protein is a human protein. The invention further relates to fragments (and derivatives and analogs thereof) of Delta which comprise one or more domains of the Delta protein, including but not limited to the intracellular domain, extracellular domain, DSL domain, domain amino-terminal to the DSL domain, transmembrane region, or one or more EGF-like repeats of a Delta protein, or any combination of the foregoing. Antibodies to Delta, its derivatives and analogs, are additionally provided. Methods of production of the Delta proteins, derivatives and analogs, e.g., by recombinant means, are also provided. Therapeutic and diagnostic methods and pharmaceutical compositions are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2001Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignees: Yale University, Imperial Cancer Research Technology, Ltd.Inventors: David Ish-Horowicz, Domingos Manuel Pinto Henrique, Julian Hart Lewis, Spyridon Artavanis-Tsakonas, Grace E. Gray
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Patent number: 7060450Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of vertebrate genes, termed here hedgehog-related genes, comprise morphogenic signals produced by embryonic patterning centers, and are involved in the formation of ordered spatial arrangements of differentiated tissues in vertebrates. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to generate and/or maintain an array of different vertebrate tissue both in vitro and in vivo.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2000Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Imperial Cancer Research Technology Ltd.Inventors: Clifford Tabin, Valeria Marigo, Philip W. Ingham, Andrew P. McMahon
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Patent number: 7037915Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which is useful as a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) inhibitor and an antitumor agent, and it provides a novel bicyclic or tricyclic fused heteroaryl derivative or a salt thereof which possesses an excellent PI3K inhibiting activity and cancer cell growth inhibiting activity.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2004Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Imperial Cancer Research Technology Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Ken-Ichi Kawaguchi, Tomonobu Koizumi, Mayumi Yamano, Koyo Matsuda, Minoru Okada, Mitsuaki Ohta
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Publication number: 20050142640Abstract: Described are peptides and polypeptides derived from the MUC-1 polypeptide which are able to activate Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte (CTL) response, analogues of such peptides and polypeptides nucleotide sequences encoding such peptides and polypeptides and therapeutic uses thereof. Moreover, indications for selecting appropriate minimal antigenic MUC-1 polypeptides with reference to the HLA-type of the patient to be treated or tested are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2005Publication date: June 30, 2005Applicants: Transgene S.A., Imperial Cancer Research Technology, Ltd.Inventors: Joyce Taylor-Papadimitriou, Lukas Heukamp, Rienk Offringa, Cornelis Melief, Bruce Acres, Mireille Thomas
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Patent number: 6838457Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which is useful as a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) inhibitor and an antitumor agent, and it provides a novel bicyclic or tricyclic fused heteroaryl derivative or a salt thereof which possesses an excellent PI3K inhibiting activity and cancer cell growth inhibiting activity.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2003Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignees: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Imperial Cancer Research Technology Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Ken-Ichi Kawaguchi, Tomonobu Koizumi, Mayumi Yamano, Koyo Matsuda, Minoru Okada, Mitsuaki Ohta
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Patent number: 6783956Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleotide sequences of vertebrate Delta genes, and amino acid sequences of their encoded proteins, as well as derivatives (e.g., fragments) and analogs thereof. In a specific embodiment, the vertebrate Delta protein is a human protein. The invention further relates to fragments (and derivatives and analogs thereof) of Delta which comprise one or more domains of the Delta protein, including but not limited to the intracellular domain, extracellular domain, DSL domain, domain amino-terminal to the DSL domain, transmembrane region, or one or more EGF-like repeats of a Delta protein, or any combination of the foregoing. Antibodies to Delta, its derivatives and analogs, are additionally provided. Methods of production of the Delta proteins, derivatives and analogs, e.g., by recombinant means, are also provided. Therapeutic and diagnostic methods and pharmaceutical compositions are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2001Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignees: Yale University, Imperial Cancer Research Technology, Ltd.Inventors: David Ish-Horowicz, Domingos Manuel Pinto Henrique, Julian Hart Lewis, Spyridon Artavanis-Tsakonas, Grace E. Gray
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Patent number: 6770641Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which is useful as a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) inhibitor and an antitumor agent, and it provides a novel bicyclic or tricyclic fused heteroaryl derivative or a salt thereof which possesses an excellent PI3K inhibiting activity and cancer cell growth inhibiting activity.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2003Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignees: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Imperial Cancer Research Technology Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Ken-Ichi Kawaguchi, Tomonobu Koizumi, Mayumi Yamano, Koyo Matsuda, Minoru Okada, Mitsuaki Ohta
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Patent number: 6703489Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleotide sequences of Serrate genes, and amino acid sequences of their encoded proteins, as well as derivatives (e.g., fragments) and analogs thereof. In a specific embodiment, the Serrate protein is a human protein. The invention further relates to fragments (and derivatives and analogs thereof) of Serrate which comprise one or more domains of the Serrate protein, including but not limited to the intracellular domain, extracellular domain, DSL domain, cysteine rich domain, transmembrane region, membrane-associated region, or one or more EGF-like repeats of a Serrate protein, or any combination of the foregoing. Antibodies to Serrate, its derivatives and analogs, are additionally provided. Methods of production of the Serrate proteins, derivatives and analogs, e.g., by recombinant means, are also provided. Therapeutic and diagnostic methods and pharmaceutical compositions are provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1998Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignees: Yale University, Imperial Cancer Research Technology, Ltd.Inventors: David Ish-Horowicz, Domingos Manuel Pinto Henrique, Julian Hart Lewis, Anna Mary Myat, Robert J. Fleming, Spyridon Artavanis-Tsakonas, Robert S. Mann, Grace E. Gray
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Patent number: 6664075Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of vertebrate genes, termed here hedgehog-related genes, comprise morphogenic signals produced by tissue patterning centers, and are involved in the formation of ordered spatial arrangements of differentiated tissues in vertebrates. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to generate and/or maintain an array of different vertebrate tissue both in vitro and in vivo.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2000Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Imperial Cancer Research Technology Ltd.Inventors: Philip W. Ingham, Andrew P. McMahon, Clifford J. Tabin, David A. Bumcrot, Elisa Marti-Gorostiza
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Patent number: 6653320Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds having a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) inhibiting activity which are useful as medicaments, more particularly as antitumor agent. Novel 3-(imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl) derivatives or salts thereof exhibit an excellent PI3K inhibiting activity and cancer cell growth inhibiting activity, and are thus useful as medicaments, especially as PI3K inhibitors and antitumor agents.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2002Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignees: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Imperial Cancer Research Technology Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Ken-Ichi Kawaguchi, Koyo Matsuda, Noriko Ishikawa, Tomonobu Koizumi, Mayumi Yamano, Minoru Okada, Mitsuaki Ohta
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Patent number: 6630148Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of vertebrate genes, termed here hedgehog-related genes, comprise morphogenic signals produced by embryonic patterning centers, and are involved in the formation of ordered spatial arrangements of differentiated tissues in vertebrates. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to generate and/or maintain an array of different vertebrate tissue both in vitro and in vivo.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1997Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignees: Imperial Cancer Research Technology Ltd., President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Philip W. Ingham, Andrew P. McMahon, Clifford J. Tabin
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Patent number: 6610656Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of vertebrate genes, termed here hedgehog-related genes, comprise morphogenic signals produced by embryonic patterning centers, and are involved in the formation of ordered spatial arrangements of differentiated tissues in vertebrates. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to generate and/or maintain an array of different vertebrate tissue both in vitro and in vivo.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1997Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Imperial Cancer Research Technology, Ltd.Inventors: Philip W. Ingham, Andrew P. McMahon, Clifford J. Tabin
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Patent number: 6608056Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which is useful as a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) inhibitor and an antitumor agent, and it provides a novel bicyclic or tricyclic fused heteroaryl derivative or a salt thereof which possesses an excellent PI3K inhibiting activity and cancer cell growth inhibiting activity.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2002Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignees: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Imperial Cancer Research Technology Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Ken-Ichi Kawaguchi, Tomonobu Koizumi, Mayumi Yamano, Koyo Matsuda, Minoru Okada, Mitsuaki Ohta