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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2009
Applicants:
Mary C. Farach-carson, Hockessin, DE (US);
Daniel D. Carson, Hockessin, DE (US);
Jeffrey B. Safran, Bear, DE (US);
Inventors:
Mary C. Farach-Carson, Hockessin, DE (US);
Daniel D. Carson, Hockessin, DE (US);
Jeffrey B. Safran, Bear, DE (US);
Assignee:
University of Delaware, Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Implantable devices for adhering eukaryotic cells and devices providing a substrate for eukaryotic cell growth and/or differentiation in vitro are described. Each device comprises a scaffold that is coated with a protein comprising an adhesive polypeptide that has at least 90% sequence identity to a specific peptide sequence within domain IV of perlecan. The devices adhere epithelial cells, epithelial stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, and osteoblasts.