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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan S. Stamler, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robert J. Lefkowitz, Durham, NC (US);
Erin J. Whalen, Durham, NC (US);
Walter J. Koch, Durham, NC (US);
Claude A. Piantadosi, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ;
Abstract
Desensitization of receptors that control disease is prevented by inhibiting G-protein receptor kinases. This has applicability, e.g., for patients with heart failure or on a left ventricular heart device or a heart pump after surgery or about to undergo surgery and at high risk for a cardiac event or on an opiate or addicted to opiate or with cystic fibrosis or rheumatoid arthritis.