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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2014
Applicant:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventors:
Catherine Moorwood, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Utpal Basu, Kolkata, IN;
Gopal Patel, Roseville, CA (US);
Olga Lozynska, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Tejvir S. Khurana, Narnerth, PA (US);
Assignee:
THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 48/00 (2006.01); A61P 21/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/113 (2010.01); C07K 14/47 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/113 (2013.01); C07K 14/4708 (2013.01); C12N 2310/113 (2013.01); C12N 2310/315 (2013.01); C12N 2310/321 (2013.01); C12N 2310/346 (2013.01); C12N 2320/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention provides a method for enhancing utrophin protein production in a cell by inhibiting an utrophin microRNA molecule. Moreover, the invention provides that methods for enhancing utrophin protein production in a muscle cell are used for treating a muscular dystrophy and/or other myopathies.