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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2004
Sunil Chada, Missouri City, TX (US);
Sunil Chada, Missouri City, TX (US);
Introgen Therapeutics, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods of suppressing or preventing an infection of a subject by a pathogen that involve administering to the subject a composition that includes a therapeutically effective amount of an MDA-7 polypeptide or a nucleic acid encoding the MDA-7 polypeptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable preparation suitable for delivery to the subject, wherein the MDA-7 suppresses or prevents the infection, are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of suppressing or preventing a viral infection of a cell, including obtaining an MDA-7 polypeptide or a nucleic acid encoding the MDA-7 polypeptide, and contacting the cell with the MDA-7 polypeptide or the nucleic acid encoding the MDA-7 polypeptide, wherein the MDA-7 suppresses or prevents infection of the cell.