METHOD AND COMPOSITIONS TO INDUCE APOPTOSIS OF TUMORAL CELLS EXPRESSING SHH

摘要

The invention is relative to the use of an effective amount of an agonist of the CDO's apoptotic function for the preparation of a drug to induce cell apoptosis in a patient having tumoral cells bearing CDO and expressing SHH. The agonist may be a CDO fragment, a fusion protein comprising a CDO fragment, an antibody against SHH, or a siRNA which is capable of inhibiting SHH expression. The invention also concerns a pharmaceutical composition containing an agonist of the CDO's apoptotic function or a CDO polypeptide or an antibody specific to CDO, and an agonist of the PTC1's apoptotic function or a PTC1 polypeptide or an antibody specific to PTC1, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or vehicle.