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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth Walsh, Carlisle, MA (US);
Assignee:
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 44 ; 4353201 ; 536 235 ;
Abstract
Methods and compositions for reducing or preventing the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells are provided. The method involves the step of administering an isolated GATA-6 molecule to a subject to prevent or reduce vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation. The isolated GATA-6 molecule can be a GATA-6 nucleic acid or a GATA-6 protein.