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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kotoku Kurachi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/5500 ; C12N 5/00 ; A61K 3/170 ; A01N 4/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/5500 ; C12N 5/00 ; A61K 3/170 ; A01N 4/304 ;
Abstract
A novel, empirically derived composition of cytokines and myoblasts is described, that allows for the migration of myoblasts through connective barriers, along with methods employing the composition in the in vivo migration of myoblasts for therapeutic purposes and gene therapy, as well as methods for the identification of agents that are agonistic or antagonistic to myoblast migration in vitro or in vivo.