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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2003
Applicant:
Il-hoan OH, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Il-Hoan Oh, Seoul, KR;
Assignees:
Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation,, Seoul, KR;
The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, KR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/10 (2006.01); C07K 14/435 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Stem cells modified to express activated form of STAT3 by genetic modification or protein delivery, and stem cells co-cultured with cells expressing activated form of STAT3 exhibit increased ex-vivo expansion and enhanced in-vivo regeneration accompanied by net increase in stem cell self-renewal as compared to control group.