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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2012
Applicants:
Edda Spiekerkoetter, Stanford, CA (US);
Marlene Rabinovitch, Stanford, CA (US);
Philip A. Beachy, Stanford, CA (US);
David Solow-cordero, Stanford, CA (US);
Inventors:
Edda Spiekerkoetter, Stanford, CA (US);
Marlene Rabinovitch, Stanford, CA (US);
Philip A. Beachy, Stanford, CA (US);
David Solow-Cordero, Stanford, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/436 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/436 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of reducing pulmonary arterial hypertension in a mammal that employs FK506 is provided. In certain embodiments, the method comprises administering FK506 to a mammal having pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with defective MBPR2 signaling at a dosage sufficient to reduce blood pressure in the pulmonary artery of the mammal.