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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:
Sep. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter J. Koch, Durham, NC (US);
Robert J. Lefkowitz, Durham, NC (US);
Per-Otto Hagen, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 4/304 ; A01N 3/718 ; A61K 3/170 ; A61K 3/800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 4/304 ; A01N 3/718 ; A61K 3/170 ; A61K 3/800 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates, in general, to vascular smooth muscle proliferation and, in particular, to a method of inhibiting arterial and venous smooth muscle proliferation resulting, for example, from arterial injury or vein grafting. The invention also relates to an expression construct encoding a G&bgr;&ggr; inhibitor suitable for use in such a method.