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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2008
Kathleen Rodgers, Long Beach, CA (US);
Gere Dizerega, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Kathleen Rodgers, Long Beach, CA (US);
Gere DiZerega, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides improved methods, kits, and pharmaceutical compositions for increasing hematopoietic cell survival and/or reducing or preventing the side effects of chemotherapy, and mobilizing hematopoietic progenitor cells from bone marrow into peripheral blood following chemotherapy, comprising administering an effective amount of angiotensinogen, angiotensin I (AI), AI analogues, AI fragments and analogues thereof, angiotensin II (AII), AII analogues, AII fragments or analogues thereof or AII ATtype 2 receptor agonists to a patient in need of chemotherapy.