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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
John P. Cooke, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Victor J. Dzau, Newton, MA (US);
Gary H. Gibbons, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/800 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/563 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/800 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/563 ;
Abstract
Vascular function and structure is maintained or improved by long term administration of physiologically acceptable compounds which enhance the level of endogenous nitric oxide or other intermediates in the NO induced relaxation pathway in the host. Alternatively, or in combination, other compounds may be administered which provide for short term enhancement of nitric oxide, either directly or by physiological processes.