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US 9,540,423 B2Granted
Plant defensins and use in the treatment of proliferative diseases
AssigneesBalmoral Australia Pty Ltd, Hexima Limited
InventorsMark Darren Hulett, Fung Tso Lay
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Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preventing or treating proliferative diseases. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of compositions derived or derivable from plants, such as plant defensins, particularly in methods for the prevention or treatment of proliferative diseases such as cancer. The present invention also relates to associated uses, systems and kits.
Claims2
A method for treating skin cancer in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of
- a polypeptide having eight canonical cysteine residues in the configuration of CySI-CySVIII, CySII-CySV, CySIII-CySVI and CySIV-CySVII that (a) comprises a first amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NOs:
- 1, 3 or 5, or (b) comprises a second amino acid sequence sharing not less than 95% identity to the first amino acid sequence, or
- a host cell comprising the polypeptide;
- or
- an isolated expression product comprising the polypeptide;
- or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the polypeptide,the host cell, or the isolated expression product, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient.
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