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Patent No.:

US 7740857 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2008

Compositions and methods for treating malaria with cupredoxin and cytochrome

Applicants:

Ananda Chakrabarty, Villa Park, IL (US);

Tapas Das Gupta, River Forest, IL (US);

Tohru Yamada, Oak Park, IL (US);

Anita Chaudhari, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Arsenio Fialho, Lisbon, PT;

Chang Soo Hong, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Ananda Chakrabarty, Villa Park, IL (US);

Tapas Das Gupta, River Forest, IL (US);

Tohru Yamada, Oak Park, IL (US);

Anita Chaudhari, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Arsenio Fialho, Lisbon, PT;

Chang Soo Hong, Chicago, IL (US);

Assignee:

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);

Attorneys:

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Don J. Pelto

Primary Examiner:

Robert B Mondesi

Assistant Examiner:

Padma V Baskar

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/44 (2006.01); C12P 21/04 (2006.01); C07K 14/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention relates to cupredoxin and cytochrome and their use, separately or together, to inhibit the spread of parasitemia in mammalian red blood cells and other tissues infected by the malaria parasite, and in particular the parasitemia of human red blood cells by. The invention provides isolated peptides that are variants, derivatives or structural equivalents of cupredoxins or cytochrome c, and compositions comprising cupredoxins and/or cytochrome c, or variants, derivatives or structural equivalents thereof, that are useful for treating or preventing malaria infection in mammals. Further, the invention provides methods to treat mammalian patients to prevent or inhibit the growth of malarial infection in mammals. The invention also provides methods to prevent the growth of malaria infection in insect vectors.

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Chakrabarty, Ananda. (2010). Compositions and methods for treating malaria with cupredoxin and cytochrome (U.S. Patent No. 7740857). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7740857

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