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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Retinal Solutions Llc, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael T. Trese, Novi, MI (US);
Antonio Capone, Jr., Novi, MI (US);
Kimberly Drenser, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
RETINAL SOLUTIONS LLC, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/18 (2006.01); A61P 7/10 (2006.01); A61P 29/00 (2006.01); A61P 1/00 (2006.01); A61P 9/10 (2006.01); A61K 38/17 (2006.01); C07K 14/75 (2006.01); C07K 14/515 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/1709 (2013.01); A61K 38/1891 (2013.01); A61P 1/00 (2018.01); A61P 7/10 (2018.01); A61P 9/10 (2018.01); A61P 29/00 (2018.01); C07K 14/515 (2013.01); C07K 14/75 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of tightening inter-cellular junctions in endothelial or epithelial cells includes exposing the endothelial or epithelial cells to norrin. Upon sufficient contact time, for norrin to selectively up-regulate gene expression of Cadherin or claudin-5 in the endothelial or epithelial cells, the inter-cellular junctions are tightened.