NOTCH-BINDING AGENTS AND ANTAGONISTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF

摘要

THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO NOTCH-BINDING AGENTS AND NOTCH ANTAGONISTS AND METHODS OF USING THE AGENTS AND/OR ANTAGONISTS FOR TREATING DISEASES SUCH AS CANCER. THE PRESENT INVENTION PROVIDES ANTIBODIES THAT SPECIFICALLY BIND TO A NON-LIGAND BINDING REGION OF THE EXTRACELLULAR DOMAIN OF ONE OR MORE HUMAN NOTCH RECEPTOR, SUCH AS NOTCH2 AND/OR NOTCH3, AND INHIBIT TUMOR GROWTH. THE PRESENT INVENTION FURTHER PROVIDES METHODS OF TREATING CANCER, THE METHODS COMPRISING ADMINISTERING A THERAPEUTICALLY EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF AN ANTIBODY THAT SPECIFICALLY BINDS TO A NON-LIGAND BINDING REGION OF THE EXTRACELLULAR DOMAIN OF A HUMAN NOTCH RECEPTOR PROTEIN AND INHIBITS TUMOR GROWTH.