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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
May. 26, 2005
Stephen F. Vatner, Barnegat Light, NJ (US);
Dorothy E. Vatner, Barnegat Light, NJ (US);
Junichi Sadoshima, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Jayashree Pain, Livingston, NJ (US);
Stephen F. Vatner, Barnegat Light, NJ (US);
Dorothy E. Vatner, Barnegat Light, NJ (US);
Junichi Sadoshima, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Jayashree Pain, Livingston, NJ (US);
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Somerset, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating cardiac conditions and neurodegenerative diseases using antibodies which specifically recognize and bind to the adenylyl cyclase 5 isoform in the heart and brain. These antibodies demonstrate high specificity to the AC5 isoform and do not cross react to any other AC5 isoform. The invention further relates to methods of delivery of drugs to the site of injured tissue using the antibodies of the present invention.