Abstract: The present invention relates to chimeric (including bifunctional) compounds, compositions comprising those compounds and methods of treating cancer in a patient or subject, especially including metastatic and other cancers where cancer cells exhibit overexpression (heightened expression) of cell surface urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (urokinase receptor) compared to normal (non-cancerous) cells.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 3, 2017
Date of Patent:
September 22, 2020
Assignees:
YALE UNIVERSITY, KLEO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Inventors:
David Spiegel, H. Marie Loughran, Jeffrey C. Pelletier, Allen B. Reitz, Matthew Ernest Welsch