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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:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward T. H. Yeh, Houston, TX (US);
Vincenzo Pasceri, Rome, IT;
James T. Willerson, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3567 ; C12N 5/06 ; C07K 1/4705 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3567 ; C12N 5/06 ; C07K 1/4705 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for use in treating cardiovascular disease and other inflammatory disorders that are augmented by C-reactive protein. More particularly, the invention relates to methods for screening for modulators that inhibit C-reactive protein and the use of these modulators to inhibit C-reactive protein induced vascular inflammation.