Harvard College

The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

Aude Thiriot

Omid C Farokhzad

Ulrich Von Andrian

Jinjun Shi

Xiaoding Xu

Xi Zhu

Yanlan Liu

This invention relates to amphiphile-polymer particles comprising obtaining a first solution comprising a water-insoluble polymer, a payload and a first amphiphile in a water-miscible solvent; mixing the first solution with an aqueous second solution to form an aqueous composition comprising a particle comprising a water-insoluble polymeric core comprising the water-insoluble polymer; the payload; and the first amphiphile.

Amphiphile-polymer particles

Disclosed herein are microvessel endothelial cell surface markers and methods, compositions, agents, and kits relating to those surface markers.

Microvessel endothelial cell surface markers and uses thereof

Disclosed herein are genes which are differentially expressed in venule endothelial cells (V-ECs) compared to non-venule endothelial cells (NV-ECs) and methods and compositions relating to those genes. Also disclosed herein are methods of modulating the venuleness of an endothelial cell or microvessel, methods of modulating leukocyte trafficking, methods of modulating inflammation, methods of targeting agents to tissues based on their ability to bind to surface markers expressed in a microvessel (e.g., venules and non-venules), methods of identifying the venuleness of endothelial cells or microvessels, methods of identifying agents that modulate the venuleness of endothelial cells or microvessels, methods of identifying agents that target microvessels, methods for treating diseases associated with leukocyte trafficking, methods for treating inflammatory diseases, and compositions and kits for use in the methods.

Venule endothelial cell genes and uses thereof

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