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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2008
Applicants:
Charles T. Esmon, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Jun Xu, Edmond, OK (US);
Xiaomei Zhang, Edmond, OK (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Hyper-inflammatory responses can lead to a variety of diseases including sepsis. It is now shown that extracellular histones released in response to inflammatory challenge are mediators contributing to endothelial dysfunction, organ failure and death during sepsis. As such, they can be targeted pharmacologically by inhibitors, as well as used as biomarkers for prognosis of sepsis and other diseases.