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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2013
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Musc Foundation for Research Development, Charleston, SC (US);
Gary Gilkeson, Charleston, SC (US);
Stephen Tomlinson, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
V. Michael Holers, Denver, CO (US);
Baerbel Rohrer, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, Denver, CO (US);
MUSC Foundation for Research Development, Charleston, SC (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a CR2-FH molecule comprising a CR2 portion comprising CR2 protein or a fragment thereof and a FH portion comprising a factor H protein or a fragment thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a CR2-FH molecule. Also provided are methods of using the compositions for treatment diseases in which the alternative complement pathway is implicated, such as age-related macular degeneration, rheumatoid arthritis, and ischemia reperfusion.