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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Eric P. Skaar, Brentwood, TN (US);
Brian Corbin, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/1738 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for treating a microbial infection or an abscessed tissue in a subject includes administering to the subject an effective amount of a metal ion chelator. In some embodiments, the metal ion chelator can be a protein, such as a calprotectin heterodimer. In some embodiments, the metal ion chelator is a calprotectin heterodimer including an S100A8 polypeptide and an S100A9 polypeptide.