申请人:The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
公开号:US10377818B2
公开(公告)日:2019-08-13
Methods of treating glioma are provided. Aspects of the invention include administering a therapeutically-effective amount of an agent that inhibits the activity of one or more neuronal activity-regulated proteins selected from: neuroligin-3, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), or brevican, to a patient with a glioma. In certain embodiments, the subject methods involve treating a neurological dysfunction, reducing invasion of a glioma cell into brain tissue, and/or reducing the growth rate of a glioma in the patient. Also provided herein are methods for identifying an agent that modulates the mitotic index of a glial cell, and methods for stimulating the proliferation of a glial cell. Kits that find use in practicing the subject methods are also provided.
本发明提供了治疗胶质瘤的方法。本发明的方面包括向胶质瘤患者施用治疗有效量的抑制选自神经ligin-3、脑源性神经营养因子(BDNF)或brevican的一种或多种神经元活性调节蛋白活性的制剂。在某些实施方案中,该主题方法涉及治疗神经功能障碍、减少胶质瘤细胞对脑组织的侵袭和/或降低患者体内胶质瘤的生长速度。本文还提供了鉴定调节胶质细胞有丝分裂指数的药剂的方法,以及刺激胶质细胞增殖的方法。还提供了可用于实施上述方法的试剂盒。