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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2010
Applicants:
Anton Wellstein, Washington, DC (US);
Stephen E. Epstein, Rockville, MD (US);
Mary Susan Burnett, Burke, VA (US);
Inventors:
Anton Wellstein, Washington, DC (US);
Stephen E. Epstein, Rockville, MD (US);
Mary Susan Burnett, Burke, VA (US);
Assignees:
Georgetown University, Washington, DC (US);
MedStar Health Research Institute, Inc., Columbia, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C07K 14/47 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/4737 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are homing polypeptides that home to atherosclerotic plaque(s) in mammals and nucleic acids that encode such polypeptides. Also described are methods for detecting and treating conditions or disorders associated with, or characterized, by elevated levels of homing polypeptides that home to atherosclerotic plaque and/or vulnerable plaque.