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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2009
Applicants:
Xianbin Tian, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Peijin Zhang, Apex, NC (US);
Kim L. R. Brouwer, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Inventors:
Xianbin Tian, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Peijin Zhang, Apex, NC (US);
Kim L. R. Brouwer, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/70 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of screening a candidate compound for susceptibility to biliary excretion by a hepatocyte transport protein. In some embodiments the method can comprise inhibiting expression of the transport protein. Expression of the transport protein can be inhibited through introduction of a RNA having a sequence corresponding to a coding strand of the gene encoding the transport protein into the hepatocyte.