Patents Assigned to Consejo Superior de Investigacoines Cientificas
  • Snail, a new marker for tumour invasion and target protein of new antitumoral compounds
    Patent number: 7482126
    Abstract: The Snail transcription factor has been identified as a repressor of the expression of E-cadherin. The expression of Snail induces invasive and metastatic capacity in tumour cells. This invention presents: a new target protein, Snail, for the identification of new antitumoral compounds and a new diagnostic tumour marker, indicative of tissue invasion and metastatic capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigacoines Cientificas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco Crta.
    Inventors: Amparo Cano García, Ma Angela Nieto Toledano, Ma Isabel Rodrigo Castro, Annamaria Locascio, Marta García del Barrio, María José Blanco Fernandez de Valderrama, Francisco Portillo Pérez, Mirna Alicia Pérez Moreno