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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
The United States of America As Represented BY the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
Mark R. Nicolls, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xinguo Jiang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Geoffrey C. Gurtner, Woodside, CA (US);
Gregg L. Semenza, Reisertown, MD (US);
Jayakumar Rajadas, Cupertino, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
Formulations and methods are provided for improving the function, i.e. clinical outcome, of solid organ transplants. Lung transplantation is of particular interest. In the methods of the invention, a nanoparticle formulation comprising an effective dose of an iron chelator active agent in nanoparticle form, including without limitation, deferoxamine (DFO), deferasirox (DFX), and deferiprone (DFP), etc. is topically applied to the surface of tissues during episodes of graft rejection.