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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1998
Timothy R Billiar, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Edith Tzeng, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Larry L Shears, II, Bethel Park, PA (US);
David A Geller, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Howard David Edington, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of promoting the closure of a wound in a patient. This method involves transferring exogenous iNOS to the region of the wound whereby a product of iNOS is produced in the region of the wound to promote the closure of the wound. The present invention also provides a method of transplanting a graft into a patient, which method involves transferring a vector comprising an iNOS expression cassette to cells associated with the graft and surgically incorporating the graft tissue into the patient. Upon expression of iNOS within the patient, a product of iNOS is produced in the region of the graft to attenuate vasculopathy in the region of the graft.