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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2009
Ho-wook Jun, Hoover, AL (US);
Meenakshi Kushawaha, Birmingham, AL (US);
Brigitta C. Brott, Columbiana, AL (US);
Peter Anderson, Birmingham, AL (US);
Ho-Wook Jun, Hoover, AL (US);
Meenakshi Kushawaha, Birmingham, AL (US);
Brigitta C. Brott, Columbiana, AL (US);
Peter Anderson, Birmingham, AL (US);
UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are peptide amphiphiles for use in producing a natural endothelium mimicking nanomatrix. The disclosed natural endothelium mimicking nanomatrix can be used to coat medical devices such as vascular stents to promote endothelializaiton and inhibit restenosis and thrombosis. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.