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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2002
Applicants:
James H. Fallon, Irvine, CA (US);
Richard M. Kinyamu, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
James H. Fallon, Irvine, CA (US);
Richard M. Kinyamu, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Neurorepair, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/07 (2006.01); C12N 5/079 (2006.01); C12N 5/0793 (2006.01); C12N 5/0797 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides methods of treating a subject having a disease, disorder or condition of the central nervous system. The methods include administering TGF-α polypeptides, related polypeptides, fragments and mimetics thereof useful in stimulating progenitor cell or stem cell proliferation, migration and differentiation. The methods of the invention are useful to treat and prophylactically ameliorate neurological tissue injury in vivo.