| abstract |
The present invention relates to methods and compositions designed for the treatment, management, or prevention of a hyperproliferative disorder, particularly cancer, more particularly metastatic cancer. The methods of the invention comprise the administration of an effective amount of one or more agents that decrease/inhibit EphA2 expression or activity in combination with one or more agents that decrease/inhibit PCDGF or HAAH expression or activity. In another embodiment, the methods of the invention comprise the administration of an effective amount of one or more EphA2, PCDGF, and/or HAAH agents of the invention that inhibit cancer cell colony formation in soft agar or tubular network formation in three-dimensional basement membrane or extracellular matrix preparation. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more EphA2 agents of the invention in combination with one or more PCDGF agents of the invention and/or one or more HAAH agents of the invention. In some embodiments, the agents of the invention can be administered with other cancer therapeutic agents that are not EphA2-, PCDGF-, or HAAH-based. Diagnostic methods and methods for screening for therapeutically useful agents of the invention are also provided. |