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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
May. 06, 2005
Applicants:
Gordon W. Laurie, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Jiahu Wang, Nepean, CA;
Inventors:
Gordon W. Laurie, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Jiahu Wang, Nepean, CA;
Assignee:
University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/18 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12P 21/04 (2006.01); C07K 14/475 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of lacritin, and fragments, derivatives, and homologs thereof, and nucleic acid sequences encoding that protein. The invention relates to the use of lacritin as a growth factor human corneal epithelial cells and other select epithelial cells. The invention also relates to the use of lacritin in promoting ocular cell survival in response to an insult or injury, in protecting against ocular inflammation, and in promoting ocular wound repair.