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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2008
Joshua Sakon, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Robert C. Gensure, Luling, LA (US);
Osamu Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Joshua Sakon, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Robert C. Gensure, Luling, LA (US);
Osamu Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (US);
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA (US);
National University Corporation Kagawa University, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa, JP;
Abstract
Fusion proteins containing active agonist or antagonist fragments of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and parathyroid hormone related peptide (PTHrP) coupled to a collagen-binding domain are presented. The fusion proteins can be used to promote bone growth, to promote hair growth, to prevent cancer metastasis to bone, to promote immune reconstitution with a bone marrow stem cell transplant, to promote mobilization of bone marrow stem cells for collection for autologous stem cell transplant, and to treat renal osteodystrophy. Pharmaceutical agents comprising a collagen-binding polypeptide segment linked to a non-peptidyl PTH/PTHrP receptor agonist or antagonist are also presented.