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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2007
Applicant:
Bela Anand-apte, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Inventor:
Bela Anand-Apte, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/17 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/47 (2006.01); A61K 48/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Polypeptides or proteins comprising tissue inhibitor of mettaloproteinases-3 (TIMP3) or variants of TIMP3 can be used to substantially inhibit vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) binding to VEGF receptor-2 (VEGFR2/KDR/Flk-1)) without substantially inhibiting VEGF binding to VEGF receptor 1 (VEGFR1/Flt-1).