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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2022
Acceleron Pharma Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Ravindra Kumar, Cambridge, MA (US);
Asya Grinberg, Cambridge, MA (US);
Dianne Sako, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert Scott Pearsall, Cambridge, MA (US);
Roselyne Castonguay, Cambridge, MA (US);
ACCELERON PHARMA INC., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
In certain aspects, the disclosure provides soluble heteromeric polypeptide complexes comprising an extracellular domain of an ALK4 receptor and an extracellular domain of ActRIIB. In certain aspects, such soluble ALK4:ActRIIB complexes may be used to regulate (promote or inhibit) growth of tissues or cells including, for example, muscle, bone, cartilage, fat, neural tissue, tumors, and/or cancerous cells. In certain aspects, such ALK4:ActRIIB complexes are can be used to improve muscle formation, bone formation, metabolic parameters, and disorders associated with these tissues, cellular networks, kidney, and endocrine systems.