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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:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregory I. Frost, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Deliatroph Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/34 ; C12Q 1/00 ; C12Q 1/02 ; C12N 9/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/34 ; C12Q 1/00 ; C12Q 1/02 ; C12N 9/26 ;
Abstract
Methods for identifying a hyaluronidase 2 (HYAL2) specific inhibitor, which selectively inhibits HYAL2 activity, but does not substantially affect the activity of non-inflammatory hyaluronidases, are provided. Also provided are HYAL2 specific inhibitors obtained using such a method. In addition, methods for ameliorating an inflammatory disorder or vasculitis condition by specifically inhibiting HYAL2 is provided.