Abstract:
The present invention relates to biomarkers for use in determining the sensitivity of patients to therapy with αvβ6 integrin inhibition or therapy with TGF-β pathway inhibitors. The biomarker profiles disclosed herein provide individualized gene and protein profiles which will aid in treating diseases and disorders which are amenable to treatment with therapies designed against αvβ6-integrin and/or TGF-β pathway inhibitors.
Abstract:
Monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to M.96. Also included are methods of using these antibodies to treat mammals having or at risk of having 006-mediated diseases, or to diagnose % Q mediated diseases.
Abstract:
The present invention is in the fields of cell biology, immunology and oncology. The invention provides humanized antibodies that recognize αvβ6 integrins, which antibodies comprise a variable region of nonhuman origin and at least a portion of an immunoglobulin of human origin. The invention also provides methods for preparation of such antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and methods of treating, diagnosing and/or preventing various diseases and disorders by administering the humanized anti-αvβ6 antibodies of the invention. The invention also relates to the identification of differential expression of the integrin αvβ6 on the surfaces of tumor cells and tissues, the use of this differential expression in determining the metastatic potential of tumor cells, and methods of diagnosis and treatment/prevention of tumor metastasis and for elimination of residual metastatic tumor cells using ligands, particularly antibodies, that bind to integrin αvβ6.
Abstract:
The present invention is in the fields of cell biology, immunology and oncology. The invention relates to the discovery that there is a relationship between the expression levels of the tumor suppressor gene smad4 (also known as dpc4) and integrin ανβ6, and the responsiveness of patient populations to ανβ6-active compounds and compositions (e.g., antibodies and other ligands that bind ανβ6), particularly in cancer cells from such patient populations, more particularly on carcinomas such as pancreatic carcinomas. The invention thus provides methods for determining the responsiveness of tumor cells (particularly those from pancreatic tumors) to such ανβ6-active compounds and compositions by examining the expression of ≢νβ6 and smad4 by the tumor cells, as well as methods of diagnosis and treatment/prevention of tumor progression using ligands, including antibodies and molecule drugs, that bind to integrin ανβ6 on the surfaces of tumor cells and/or that block one or more components of the TGF-β pathway, particularly in smad4-deficient tumor cells.