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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
Scott & White Healthcare, Temple, TX (US);
The Texas A&m University System, College Station, TX (US);
Robert Rosa, Holland, TX (US);
Gavin W. Roddy, Temple, TX (US);
Darwin J. Prockop, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Scott & White Healthcare, Temple, TX (US);
The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention encompasses methods, compositions, and devices for treating an ocular disease, disorder or condition in a mammal. The invention includes polypeptides that possess anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, immune modulatory and anti-tumorigenic properties, and their application in the treatment of eye disease, particularly diseases of the retina. In particular aspects, the invention includes administration of a therapeutic polypeptide such as a stanniocalcin family member protein for the treatment of an eye disease. Also included are fusion proteins and cells stimulated or modified to express the therapeutic polypeptides as set forth herein.