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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1997
Applicants:
Michael S. Parmacek, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
Julian Solway, Glencoe, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael S. Parmacek, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
Julian Solway, Glencoe, IL (US);
Assignee:
Arch Development Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/711 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a smooth muscle cell specific promoter, the SM22α gene promoter as well as the murine cDNA and genomic SM22α nucleic acid sequences. Also disclosed are methods of preventing restenosis following balloon angioplasty and methods of treating asthma based on inhibition of smooth muscle cell proliferation by expressing cell cycle control genes, or contraction inhibiting peptides in smooth muscle cells, under the control of the SM22α promoter.