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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2011
Cynthia L. Bristow, New York, NY (US);
Cynthia L. Bristow, New York, NY (US);
The Institute for Human Genetics and Biochemistry, New York, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
A previously unrecognized fundamental property of αProteinase Inhibitor (αPI) is to regulate the phenotypic composition of circulating and tissue-associated cells derived from hematopoietic stem cells. The present invention comprises screening for various unmodified and modified αPI's which are useful in the treatment of abnormalities in the number of cells of myeloid or lymphoid lineage that are associated with HIV-1 infection, microbial infection, leukemia, solid tumor cancers, atherosclerosis, autoimmunity, stem cell transplantation, organ transplantation, and other diseases affected by cells of the immune system. The interaction of αPI with its receptors, Human Leukocyte Elastase Cell Surface (HLE) and Low Density Lipoprotein-Receptor Related Protein (LRP), influences the level of cells of different lineages. Genetic and proteolytic modification of αPI is used to target these receptors to increase or decrease specific cell populations, as needed, in the various disease states.