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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rita Maria Cunha DE Almeida, Porto Alegre, BR;
United States Government As Represented BY the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
Robert Bacallao, Indianapolis, IN (US);
James A. Glazier, Bloomington, IN (US);
Sherry G. Clendenon, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rita Maria Cunha De Almeida, Porto Alegre, BR;
Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Described herein is the identification of cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase upregulation in cystic kidney diseases. Also described is the use of cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase inhibitors for preventing the progression and/or treatment of cystic kidney diseases. Other aspects described provide medicaments for preventing the progression and/or treating cystic kidney diseases, and methods of diagnosing cystic kidney disease.