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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Juventas Therapeutics, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Marc S. Penn, Beachwood, OH (US);
Matthew Kiedrowski, Cleveland, OH (US);
Rahul Aras, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
Joseph Pastore, Mentor, OH (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Juventas Therapeutics, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
The subject matter provided herein relates to method for inhibiting or mitigating scar formation in a wound of the skin, by increasing the concentration of SDF-1 in, or proximate to, the wound. As described herein SDF-1 protein or an SDF-1 expression vector can be administered to a wound or the area proximate a wound by providing a therapeutically effective amount of SDF-1 protein or an SDF-1 expression vector.