Method of inhibiting replication of hyperproliferative cells
AssigneeLa Jolla Cancer Research Foundation
InventorSteven M. Frisch
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Abstract
This invention relates to methods for converting a pathologic hyperproliferative human cell to its non-malignant phenotype. The method comprises introducing into the cell a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide having adenovirus E1A activity and growing the cell under conditions such that the polypeptide is produced. This invention also relates to a method of converting a population of pathologic hyperproliferative cells in a subject to a non-hyperproliferative state by expressing, in some but not all of the hyperproliferative cells, an isolated nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having adenovirus E1A activity. In a further aspect, the invention relates to promoting differentiation of pathologically hyperproliferative cells.
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A method for promoting the differentaiation of a pathologically hyperproliferative human cell, wherein said pathologically hyperproliferative cell does not overexpress the neu oncogene and further wherein the pathologically hyerproliferative human cell is selected from the group consisting of sarcoma, carcinoma, and melanoma, comprising contacting said pathologically hyperproliferative cell in vitro with nucleic acid encoding a polyeptide having E1A activity under conditions such that said nucleic acid is introduced and said polpeptide is expressed in said pathologically hyperproliferative cell.
A method for reverse-transforming a pathologically hyperproliferative human cell, wherein said pathologically hyperproliferative cell does not overexpress the neu oncogene and further wherein the pathologically hyperproliferative human cell is selected from the group consisting of sarcoma, carcinoma, and melanoma, comprising contacting said hyperproliferative cell in vitro with nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide having E1A activity under conditions such that said nucleic acid is introduced and said polypeptide is expressed in said pathologically hyperproliferative cell.
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