Sierra Sciences, Inc.

Hamid Mohammadpour

William H Andrews

Laura A Briggs

Lancer K Brown

Christopher A Foster

Stephanie Fraser

Federico C A Gaeta

Mieczyslaw A Piatyszek

Jian Zhang

October Pawlik

Tom Kerley

Jessica Wheeler

Munirathnam Chaguturu

Penelope Burke

Beril Karakas

Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) expression enhancing compounds, and methods for using the same, are provided. In some embodiments, the compounds are azoles, such as such as pyrazoles, imidazoles, triazoles, tetrazoles, thiazoles, isothiazoles, oxazoles, and isoxazoles. In certain embodiments, the azole compound includes an acyl substituent which includes an amide, for example, an alkyl amide. Methods of interest include contacting cells with a TERT expression enhancing effective amount of compound to increase TERT expression in the cells. These compounds and methods find use in a variety of applications in which increased expression of telomerase reverse transcriptase is desired.

Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) expression enhancing compounds and methods for using the same

8-Hydroxy quinoline derivative compounds for enhancing telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) expression, and methods for using the same, are provided. These compounds and methods find use in a variety of applications in which increased expression of telomerase reverse transcriptase is desired.

8-hydroxy quinoline derivatives for enhancing telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) expression

Methods of treating an age-related disorder in a subject are provided. Aspects of the methods include administering to the subject a nucleic acid vector including a coding sequence for telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and/or telomerase RNA (TR). Gene therapy methods are also provided. Aspects of the invention further include compositions, e.g., nucleic acid vectors and kits, etc., that find use in methods of the invention.

Enhancing health in mammals using telomerase reverse transcriptase gene therapy

Telomerase repressor proteins and nucleic acid compositions encoding the same are provided. The subject repressor proteins bind to a repressor site in the TERT minimal promoter, e.g., a Site C site, and thereby inhibit TERT expression. Also provided are methods of modulating, e.g., inhibiting or enhancing, TERT expression. The subject invention finds use in a variety of different applications, including therapeutic and therapeutic agent screening applications.

Telomerase expression repressor proteins and methods of using the same

Methods and compositions are provided for modulating, e.g., increasing or decreasing, the expression of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT). In the subject methods, the binding interaction of the GC-Box 5 repressor site with a repressor protein (or protein complex including the same) is modulated to achieve the desired change in TERT expression. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of different applications, including the immortalization of cells, the production of reagents for use in life science research, therapeutic applications; therapeutic agent screening applications; and the like.

Methods and compositions for modulating telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) expression

Methods and compositions are provided for modulating, and generally upregulating, the expression of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) by blocking repression of TERT transcription, e.g., by inhibiting binding of repressor factor to a Site C repressor binding site located in the TERT minimal promoter. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of different applications, including the immortalization of cells, the production of reagents for use in life science research, therapeutic applications; therapeutic agent screening applications; and the like. In further describing the subject invention, the methods and compositions of the invention are described first in greater detail, followed by a review of the various applications in which the subject invention finds use.

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