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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Kannan Rangaramanujam, Highland, MD (US);
Rishi Sharma, Baltimore, MD (US);
Anjali Sharma, Baltimore, MD (US);
Sujatha Kannan, Highland, MD (US);
Zhi Zhang, Towson, MD (US);
Siva Pramodh Kambhampati, Baltimore, MD (US);
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
Low-generation dendrimers containing a high density of surface hydroxyl groups, and methods of synthesis thereof are provided. In particular, oligo ethylene glycol (OEG)-like dendrimers with a high surface functional groups at relatively low generations (e.g. ˜120 hydroxyls in the third generation, with a size of just 1-2 nm) is described. Dendrimer formulations including one or more prophylactic, therapeutic, and/or diagnostic agents, and methods of use thereof are also described. The formulations are suitable for topical, enteral, and/or parenteral delivery for treating one or more diseases, conditions, and injuries in the eye, the brain and nervous system (CNS), particularly those associated with pathological activation of microglia and astrocytes.