Patents Assigned to Fundacio Institut de Recerca Biomedica (IRB Barcelona)
  • Patent number: 11591599
    Abstract: This study describes a method to determine the likelihood of the development of metastasis in a subject suffering from cancer, in addition to a method to design a customized therapy in a subject suffering from cancer, in particular breast, colon, lung, kidney and thyroid cancer, based on the determination of the expression level of one or more genes whose expression is modulated by an increase in c-MAF expression. It also describes a method for the identification of marker genes with a propensity for metastatic cancer based on inducing the modulation of the c-MAF expression Finally, the use of PTHLH and PODXL inhibitors and RERG activators in the treatment and/or prevention of the cancer, in particular breast, colon, lung, kidney and thyroid cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona), Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançais
    Inventors: Roger Gomis, Anna Arnal, Maria Tarragona, Milica Pavlovic, Evarist Planet
  • Patent number: 11535680
    Abstract: Targeting metastasis stem cells through a fatty acid receptor. The invention provides the use of blockers or inhibitors of CD36 activity or expression for the treatment of oral squamous cell cancer (OSCC), particularly for the treatment of generated metastases and for diminish is generation from primary tumours. Apart from shRNAs, anti-CD36 antibodies are provided as blockers or inhibitors, especially those that block the binding of CD36 to oxidized LDL and fatty acids and their incorporation into cells, because the promotion of their transport is indicated as the mechanism by which CD36 promote metastases dissemination and growth. Also provided is a method for identifying candidates to anticancer agents, particularly for OSCC metastasis, among those that promote in CD36+ cells, in vivo or in vitro, effects associated to CD36 depletion or blocking such as decrease of growth accumulation of lipid droplets and decrease of size in the case of metastases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT DE RECERCA BIOMÈDICA, (IRB BARCELONA), INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS
    Inventors: Salvador Aznar Benitah, Gloria Pascual Angulo, Andres Castellanos Martin, Merce Martin Peña
  • Publication number: 20220049316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis in breast cancer which comprises determining if the c-MAF gene is amplified in a primary tumor sample. Likewise, the invention also relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis in ER-breast cancer, as well as to a method for determining the tendency to develop bone metastasis with respect to metastasis in other organs, which comprise determining the c-MAF gene expression level. Finally, the invention relates to the use of a c-MAF inhibitor as therapeutic target for treating the ER-breast cancer metastasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicants: FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE RECERCA BIOMEDICA (IRB BARCELONA), INSTITUCIO CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANCATS
    Inventors: Roger GOMIS, Maria TARRAGONA, Anna ARNAL, Milica PAVLOVIC
  • Publication number: 20210380712
    Abstract: Targeting metastasis stem cells through a fatty acid receptor. The disclosure provides the use of blockers or inhibitors of CD36 activity or expression for the treatment of oral squamous cell cancer (OSCC), particularly for the treatment of generated metastases and for diminish is generation from primary tumours. Apart from shRNAs, anti-CD36 antibodies are provided as blockers or inhibitors, especially those that block the binding of CD36 to oxidized LDL and fatty acids and their incorporation into cells, because the promotion of their transport is indicated as the mechanism by which CD36 promote metastases dissemination and growth. Also provided is a method for identifying candidates to anticancer agents, particularly for OSCC metastasis, among those that promote in CD36+ cells, in vivo or in vitro, effects associated to CD36 depletion or blocking such as decrease of growth accumulation of lipid droplets and decrease of size in the case of metastases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicants: FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT DE RECERCA BIOMÈDICA (IRB Barcelona), INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS
    Inventors: Salvador AZNAR BENITAH, Gloria PASCUAL ANGULO, Andres CASTELLANOS MARTIN, Merce MARTIN PEÑA
  • Patent number: 11072831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis in breast cancer which comprises determining if the c-MAF gene is amplified in a primary tumor sample. Likewise, the invention also relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis in ER? breast cancer, as well as to a method for determining the tendency to develop bone metastasis with respect to metastasis in other organs, which comprise determining the c-MAF gene expression level. Finally, the invention relates to the use of a c-MAF inhibitor as therapeutic target for treating the ER? breast cancer metastasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT DE RECERCA BIOMÈDICA (IRB BARCELONA), INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS
    Inventors: Roger Gomis, Maria Tarragona, Anna Arnal, Milica Pavlovic
  • Patent number: 10866241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the prognosis of bone metastasis in triple negative (including basal-like) breast cancer or, alternatively, ER+ breast cancer (including luminal A and B) which comprises determining if the c-MAF gene is amplified in a primary tumor sample. Likewise, the invention also relates to a method for determining the tendency to develop bone metastasis with respect to metastasis in other organs, which comprise determining the c-MAF gene expression level, amplification or translocation. The invention also relates to a method for predicting early bone metastasis in a subject suffering breast cancer. The invention also relates to a c-MAF inhibitor as therapeutic agent for use in the treatment of triple negative (including basal-like) breast cancer metastasis or, alternatively, ER+ breast cancer (including luminal A and B) metastasis. The invention relates to kits for predicting bone metastasis and predicting the clinical outcome of a subject suffering from bone metastasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: INSTITUCIO CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANCATS, FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE RECERCA BIOMEDICA (IRB BARCELONA)
    Inventors: Roger Gomis, Milica Pavlovic, Evarist Planet, Anna Arnal, Maria Tarragona
  • Publication number: 20190309299
    Abstract: This study describes a method to determine the likelihood of the development of metastasis in a subject suffering from cancer, in addition to a method to design a customized therapy in a subject suffering from cancer, in particular breast, colon, lung, kidney and thyroid cancer, based on the determination of the expression level of one or more genes whose expression is modulated by an increase in c-MAF expression. It also describes a method for the identification of marker genes with a propensity for metastatic cancer based on inducing the modulation of the c-MAF expression Finally, the use of PTHLH and PODXL inhibitors and RERG activators in the treatment and/or prevention of the cancer, in particular breast, colon, lung, kidney and thyroid cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicants: Fundacio Institut de Recerca Biomedica (IRB Barcelona), Institucio Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avancats
    Inventors: Roger GOMIS, Anna Arnal, Maria Tarragona, Milica Pavlovic, Evarist Planet
  • Publication number: 20190169693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis in breast cancer which comprises determining if the c-MAF gene is amplified in a primary tumor sample. Likewise, the invention also relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis in ER? breast cancer, as well as to a method for determining the tendency to develop bone metastasis with respect to metastasis in other organs, which comprise determining the c-MAF gene expression level. Finally, the invention relates to the use of a c-MAF inhibitor as therapeutic target for treating the ER? breast cancer metastasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicants: FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE RECERCA BIOMEDICA (IRB BARCELONA), INSTITUCIO CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANCATS
    Inventors: Roger GOMIS, Maria Tarragona, Anna Arnal, Milica Pavlovic
  • Publication number: 20190119757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis in lung cancer which comprises determining if the c-MAF gene is amplified in a primary tumor sample. Likewise, the invention also relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis in lung cancer, as well as to a method for determining the tendency to develop bone metastasis with respect to metastasis in other organs, which comprise determining the c-MAF gene expression level. Finally, the invention relates to the use of a c-MAF inhibitor as therapeutic target for treating the lung cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicants: Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona), Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
    Inventors: Roger Gomis, Evarist Planet
  • Publication number: 20190084927
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-[1-(benzoyl )-pyrrolidine-2-carbonyl]-pyrrolidine-2-carbonitrile derivatives having pharmacological activity formula (I) to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in therapy and/or prophylaxis of a cognitive disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA, FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT DE RECERCA BIOMÈDICA (IRB BARCELONA), IPROTEOS S.L.
    Inventors: Ernest Giralt Lledó, Teresa Tarragó Clua, Roger Prades Cosano, Soledad Royo Gracia
  • Patent number: 10125097
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-[1-(benzoyl)-pyrrolidine-2-carbonyl]-pyrrolidine-2-carbonitrile derivatives having pharmacological activity to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in therapy and/or prophylaxis of a cognitive disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA, FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE RECERCA BIOMEDICA (IRB BARCELONA), IPROTEOS S.L.
    Inventors: Ernest Giralt Lledó, Teresa Tarragó Clua, Roger Prades Cosano, Soledad Royo Gracia
  • Patent number: 10047398
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis in breast cancer which comprises determining if the c-MAF gene is amplified in a primary tumor sample. Likewise, the invention also relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis in ER? breast cancer, as well as to a method for determining the tendency to develop bone metastasis with respect to metastasis in other organs, which comprise determining the c-MAF gene expression level. Finally, the invention relates to the use of a c-MAF inhibitor as therapeutic target for treating the ER? breast cancer metastasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: Fundacio Institut de Recerca Biomedica (IRB Barcelona), Institucio Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avancats
    Inventors: Roger Gomis, Maria Tarragona, Anna Arnal, Milica Pavlovic
  • Patent number: 10006091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis in lung cancer which comprises determining if the c-MAF gene is amplified in a primary tumor sample. Likewise, the invention also relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis in lung cancer, as well as to a method for determining the tendency to develop bone metastasis with respect to metastasis in other organs, which comprise determining the c-MAF gene expression level. Finally, the invention relates to the use of a c-MAF inhibitor as therapeutic target for treating the lung cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignees: Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona), Institució Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avançats
    Inventors: Roger Gomis, Evarist Planet
  • Publication number: 20170370935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the prognosis of bone metastasis in triple negative (including basal-like) breast cancer or, alternatively, ER+ breast cancer (including luminal A and B) which comprises determining if the c-MAF gene is amplified in a primary tumor sample. Likewise, the invention also relates to a method for determining the tendency to develop bone metastasis with respect to metastasis in other organs, which comprise determining the c-MAF gene expression level, amplification or translocation. The invention also relates to a method for predicting early bone metastasis in a subject suffering breast cancer. The invention also relates to a c-MAF inhibitor as therapeutic agent for use in the treatment of triple negative (including basal-like) breast cancer metastasis or, alternatively, ER+ breast cancer (including luminal A and B) metastasis. The invention relates to kits for predicting bone metastasis and predicting the clinical outcome of a subject suffering from bone metastasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicants: Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomédica (IRB Barcelona), Institució Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avancats
    Inventors: Roger GOMIS, Milica Pavlovic, Evarist Planet, Anna Arnal, Maria Tarragona
  • Patent number: 9744247
    Abstract: The invention relates to conjugates in which a sterol is functionalized by an ether bond with a water-soluble polymer to which a guiding ligand is bound. These conjugates improve the physico-chemical and delivery properties of their carrying vesicles, making these more stable, homogeneous and effective. A method for their preparation, a pharmaceutical composition containing said liposomes, and their therapeutic use are described as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignees: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS (CSIC), FUNDACIÓ PARC CIENTÍFIC DE BARCELONA, CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED, FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT DE RECERCA BIOMÈDICA (IRB BARCELONA), UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA, FUNDACIÓ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D'HEBRON—INSTITUT DE RECERCA, UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA
    Inventors: Leonor Ventosa Rull, Jaume Veciana Miró, Ingrid Cabrera Puig, Elisa Elizondo Saez De Vicuña, Marta Melgarejo Diaz, Miriam Royo Expósito, Fernando Albericio Palomera, Daniel Pulido Martinez, Santiago Sala Vergés, Jose Luis Corchero Nieto, Simón Schwartz Navarro, Ibane Abasolo Olaortua, Antonio Pedro Villaverde Corrales
  • Publication number: 20170101683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the prognosis of bone metastasis in HER2+ breast cancer, which comprises determining if the MAF gene is amplified in a primary tumor sample. Likewise, the present invention also relates to a method for determining the tendency to develop bone metastasis with respect to metastasis in other organs, which comprise determining the MAF gene expression level, amplification or translocation. The present invention also relates to a method for predicting early bone metastasis in a subject suffering breast cancer. The present invention also relates to a c-Maf inhibitor as therapeutic agent for use in the treatment of HER2+ breast cancer metastasis. The present invention relates to kits for predicting bone metastasis and predicting the clinical outcome of a subject suffering from bone metastasis. Finally, the present invention relates to a method for typing of a subject suffering breast cancer and for classifying a subject from breast cancer into a cohort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicants: Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona), Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
    Inventors: Roger GOMIS, Evarist PLANET, Milica Pavlovic, Anna ARNAL, Maria TARRAGONA
  • Patent number: 9475840
    Abstract: The peptides of formula (I) where: R1 is the group attached to the N-terminal of the first amino acid of the sequence P, optionally via the ligand X, and is selected from H, CH3C(?O)—, and maleimide; X is a biradical selected from —NH—(CH2)r—C(?O)—, —C(?O)—(CH2)r—C(?O)—, —S(CH2)r—, —S—(CH2)r—C(?O)—, —O—(CH2)r—, —S—CH—CH(NH2)—C(?O)—, —O—(CH2)r—C(?O)—, —(CH2)r—C(?O)—, —NH—O—CH2—C(?O)—NH—(CH2)r—CH(NH2)—C(?O)—, —(CH2)r—C(?O)—NH—(CH2)r—CH(NH2)—C(?O)—, and —NH—(CH2)r—CH(NHC(?O)CH2NH2)—C(?O)—; r is 1-5; P is a biradical of an amino acid sequence comprising the sequence D-Pro-D-Trp-D-Val-D-Pro-D-Ser-D-Trp-D-Met-D-Pro-D-Pro-D-Arg-D-His-D-Thr (SEQ ID NO: 1); Y is the group attached to the C-terminal of the last amino acid of the sequence P, and is selected from —NH2, —OH, —OR2 and —NHR2; R2 is a radical selected from (C1-C6)-alkyl and (CH2)2—NH—C(?O)—CH2—O—NH2; k is 0-2; m is 0-1; with the proviso that when the biradical X is —C(?O)(CH2)r—C(?O)—, then R1 is H; when the N of the amino acid of the sequence P to which is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignees: UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA, FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT DE RECERCA BIOMÈDICA (IRB BARCELONA)
    Inventors: Ernest Giralt Lledó, Meritxell Teixidó Turà, Roger Prades Cosano
  • Publication number: 20160139126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the prognosis of bone metastasis in triple negative (including basal-like) breast cancer or, alternatively, ER+ breast cancer (including luminal A and B) which comprises determining if the c-MAF gene is amplified in a primary tumor sample. Likewise, the invention also relates to a method for determining the tendency to develop bone metastasis with respect to metastasis in other organs, which comprise determining the c-MAF gene expression level, amplification or translocation. The invention also relates to a method for predicting early bone metastasis in a subject suffering breast cancer. The invention also relates to a c-MAF inhibitor as therapeutic agent for use in the treatment of triple negative (including basal-like) breast cancer metastasis or, alternatively, ER+ breast cancer (including luminal A and B) metastasis. The invention relates to kits for predicting bone metastasis and predicting the clinical outcome of a subject suffering from bone metastasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicants: Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona), Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
    Inventors: Roger Gomis, Milica Pavlovic, Evarist Planet, Anna Arnal, Maria Tarragona
  • Publication number: 20160040247
    Abstract: This study describes a method to determine the likelihood of the development of metastasis in a subject suffering from cancer, in addition to a method to design a customized therapy in a subject suffering from cancer, in particular breast, colon, lung, kidney and thyroid cancer, based on the determination of the expression level of one or more genes whose expression is modulated by an increase in c-MAF expression. It also describes a method for the identification of marker genes with a propensity for metastatic cancer based on inducing the modulation of the c-MAF expression Finally, the use of PTHLH and PODXL inhibitors and RERG activators in the treatment and/or prevention of the cancer, in particular breast, colon, lung, kidney and thyroid cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicants: Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona), Institució Liuís Companys, 23
    Inventors: Roger GOMIS, Anna ARNAL, Maria TARRAGONA, Milica PAVLOVIC, Evarist PLANET
  • Publication number: 20160032400
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the prognosis of bone metastasis in cancer which comprises using a probe to determine if a gene of interest is amplified in a primary tumor sample. Likewise, the invention also relates to a method for determining the tendency to develop bone metastasis with respect to metastasis in other organs, which comprise using a probe to determine the expression level of a gene of interest, or the amplification or translocation of a gene of interest. The invention also relates to a method for predicting early bone metastasis in a subject suffering cancer. The invention also relates to a c-MAF inhibitor as therapeutic agent for use in the treatment of cancer metastasis. The invention relates to kits for predicting bone metastasis and predicting the clinical outcome of a subject suffering from bone metastasis. Finally, the invention relates to a method for typing of a subject suffering cancer and for classifying a subject from cancer into a cohort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicants: Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona), Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats
    Inventors: Roger GOMIS, Evarist PLANET, Milica PAVLOVIC, Anna ARNAL, Maria TARRAGONA