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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
May. 24, 2001
Applicants:
Robert P. Hebbel, North Oaks, MN (US);
Yi Lin, St. Paul, MN (US);
John S. Lollar, Decatur, GA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota Emory University, Atlanta, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N005/00 ; C12N005/02 ; C12N005/06 ; C12N005/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process is provided for expanding the population of endothelial cells obtained from peripheral blood which can be transformed with a vector comprising a DNA sequence encoding a preselected bioactive polypeptide. The resulting transgenic endothelial cells are useful to biocompatibilize implantable medical devices or can be used directly, as for gene therapy.