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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yihai Cao, Stockholm, SE;
M Judah Folkman, Brookline, MA (US);
Michael S O'Reilly, Winchester, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 530350 ; 530380 ;
Abstract
The present invention comprises an endothelial inhibitor and method of use therefor. The endothelial cell proliferation inhibitor is a protein having a molecular weight of approximately 14 kD and having an amino acid sequence substantially similar to Kringle 5 of a plasminogen molecule, that has the ability to inhibit endothelial cell proliferation in in vitro assays.