IP Library Granted Patent US 12,372,529
Granted Patent B2
US 12,372,529 · App. 15/922,349 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Use of CD36 to identify cancer subjects for treatment

Inventor: Randolph S. Watnick (Newton, MA)
Assignee: CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
G01N33/57492A61K38/1709A61K38/18A61K47/6811C07K5/12C12Q1/6886C12Q2600/106C12Q2600/158G01N2333/70596G01N2800/52
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Patent No.
US 12,372,529
App. No.
15/922,349
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided herein are methods for identifying a subject with cancer for treatment with a Psap peptides. The subject is identified based on a level of CD36. Also provided herein are compositions and methods for treatment of a subject with cancer based on a level of CD36.

Claims (2)

1. A method for evaluating a subject's responsiveness to treatment with a Psap peptide, the method comprising: determining a level of CD36 in a sample obtained from a subject having cancer, wherein an elevated level of CD36 in the sample compared to a control level indicates that the subject is responsive to or likely to be responsive to treatment with a Psap peptide, wherein the level of CD36 in the sample is determined by performing an assay, and wherein the method further comprises administering to the subject identified as responsive to or likely to be responsive to treatment with a Psap peptide an effective amount of a Psap peptide to treat the cancer;

wherein the Psap peptide is selected from the group consisting of CDWLPK (SEQ ID NO: 1), DWLPK (SEQ ID NO: 2), and DWLP (SEQ ID NO: 3).

Assignments (2)
LICENSE Recorded Nov 15, 2024
From: BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 069385/0297 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2022
From: WATNICK, RANDOLPH S.
To: CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059521/0718 →
Continuity (3)
Division 14773596
Provisional Application 61782850 · Mar 14, 2013
Related Publication 20180372749A1 · Dec 27, 2018
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