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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2009
Applicants:
George Cotsarelis, Berwyn, PA (US);
OH Sang Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
George Cotsarelis, Berwyn, PA (US);
Oh Sang Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/17 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61P 17/14 (2006.01); A61Q 7/00 (2006.01); A61K 8/64 (2006.01); A61K 38/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61Q 7/00 (2013.01); A61K 8/64 (2013.01); A61K 38/1825 (2013.01); Y10S 514/88 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for treating hair loss, treating, inhibiting, or suppressing a degenerative skin disorder, treating androgenetic alopecia (AGA), generating new hair follicles (HF), and increasing the size of existing HF. The methods comprise epidermal disruption or administration of wnt, and administration of a fibroblast growth factor-9 polypeptide or another compound that upregulates sonic hedgehog gene signaling.