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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2008
Applicants:
Gordon W. Laurie, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Peisong MA, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Inventors:
Gordon W. Laurie, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Peisong Ma, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Assignee:
University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/16 (2006.01); A61K 38/17 (2006.01); C07K 14/435 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and compositions useful for the regulation of lacritin, syndecan, and lacritin-syndecan interactions and the signaling pathway downstream of lacritin-syndecan interactions. The invention also relates to regulating lacritin-syndecan interaction to regulate ocular cell survival in response to an insult or injury, in protecting against ocular inflammation, and in promoting ocular wound repair.