INHIBITORS OF HEDGEHOG SIGNALING PATHWAYS, COMPOSITIONS AND USES RELATED THERETO
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Abstract
The present invention makes availables assays and reagents inhibiting paracrine and/or autocrine signals produced by a hedgehog protein or aberrant activation of a hedgehog signal transduction pathway, e.g., which involve the use of a steroidal alkaloid or other small molecule.
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27. A method for the treatment of a human subject having a basal cell carcinoma tumor,
comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a medicament comprising cyclopamine.
- 31. A method for the treatment of a human subject having a tumor in which smoothened-dependent hedgehog signaling is used for inhibition of apoptosis, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a medicament comprising cyclopamine.
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