Patents Assigned to Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Fur Angewandte
  • Publication number: 20100008935
    Abstract: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF/SF) are potent mitogens with proven angiogenic activities in human and animal disease models. These growth factors display little overlap in angiogenesis signaling cascades. The application reports angiogenesis in lung adenocarcinomas to be coordinated by hemostatic events. The invention relates to a method for identifying therapeutical targets in tumors, in particular in advanced stage tumor malignancies, the use of novel targets for identifying, determining, and targeting angiogenesis and hemostasis related to adenocarcinomas of the lung, and the use of the therapeutical targets identified for screening and determining means and/or drugs. The aim of the present invention is therefore to make available an easy and efficient method for identifying therapeutical targets in tumors, in particular in advanced stage tumor malignancies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Fur Angewandte
    Inventors: Jurgen Borlak, Gabriela Salinas-Riester