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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Charles M Cohen, Weston, MA (US);
Kuber T. Sampath, Holliston, MA (US);
Slobodan Vukicevic, Zagreb, HR;
Inventors:
Charles M Cohen, Weston, MA (US);
Kuber T. Sampath, Holliston, MA (US);
Slobodan Vukicevic, Zagreb, HR;
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/18 (2006.01); C07K 14/51 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for the treatment, and pharmaceuticals for use in the treatment, of mammalian subjects in, or at risk of chronic renal failure, or at risk of a need for renal replacement therapy. The methods involve the administration of certain proteins of, or based upon, the osteogenic protein/bone morphogenetic protein (OP/BMP) family within the TGF-β superfamily of proteins.