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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Kenneth Walsh, Carlisle, MA (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth Walsh, Carlisle, MA (US);
Assignee:
Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A31K 31/713 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment of apoptotic cell-death. In particular the invention relates to Akt molecules and their use in inhibiting apoptotic cell-death in cardiomyocytes, skeletal myocytes and/or vascular endothelial cells. In view of these discoveries, Akt molecules can be used to inhibit apoptotic cell-death of any of the foregoing cells, and in particular, to treat conditions (e.g., myocardial infarction) that result in increased apoptotic cell-death of cardiomyocytes, skeletal myocytes and/or vascular endothelial cells.