摘要 |
A method for inhibiting tumor growth in a human patient harboring a solid tumor, said method comprising administering to said patient a nucleic acid molecule which expresses in said patient an anti-angiogenic polypeptide selected from the group consisting of human angiostatin, murine angiostatin, human endostatin, murine endostatin, and angiogenesis-inhibiting fragments thereof, wherein expression of the anti-angiogenic polypeptide in the patient inhibits angiogenesis in the vicinity of the tumor and/or systemically by diffusion of the recombinant protein to the vascular compartment from secreting transduced cells, thereby inhibiting its growth. |