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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
Applicants:
Case Western Reserve Univeristy, Cleveland, OH (US);
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Eben Alsberg, Cleveland, OH (US);
Oju Jeon, Cleveland, OH (US);
Ralph Marcucio, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chelsea Bahney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Diane Hu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sarah Knox, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignees:
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, Cleveland, OH (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/221 (2006.01); A61K 31/5578 (2006.01); A61L 27/38 (2006.01); A61K 35/28 (2015.01); A61K 38/20 (2006.01); A61K 35/32 (2015.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/3847 (2013.01); A61K 31/221 (2013.01); A61K 31/5578 (2013.01); A61K 35/28 (2013.01); A61K 35/32 (2013.01); A61K 38/204 (2013.01); A61K 38/2093 (2013.01); A61L 27/3817 (2013.01); A61L 27/3852 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61L 2300/426 (2013.01); A61L 2300/432 (2013.01); A61L 2430/02 (2013.01); A61L 2430/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of modulating transdifferentiation of chondrocytes to osteoblast includes administering to the chondrocytes an agent that modulates GP130 receptor signaling and expression of at least one of Sox2, Oct4, or Nanog of the chondrocytes.