Patents by Inventor Barbara Slusher

Barbara Slusher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190076447
    Abstract: Methods and compounds are disclosed for treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by using Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Barbara Slusher, Rana Rais, Xuhang Li
  • Patent number: 10172873
    Abstract: Methods and compounds are disclosed for treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by using Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Barbara Slusher, Rana Rais, XUHANG Li
  • Publication number: 20180244705
    Abstract: Methods and compounds are disclosed for treating a disease or condition by inhibiting PSMA (Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen) using prodrugs of 2-PMPA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: BARBARA SLUSHER, RANA RAIS, MARCELA KRECMEROVA, TOMAS TICHY, PAVEL MAJER, ANDREJ JANCARIK
  • Publication number: 20180222930
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds having formula (I): and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R2?, and X are as defined as set forth in the specification. Compounds having formula (I) are prodrugs that release glutamine analogs, e.g., 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine (DON). The disclosure also provides compounds having formula (I) for use in treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Barbara Slusher, Rana Rais, Lukas Tenora, Pavel Majer, Andrej Jancarik
  • Publication number: 20180221337
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods of treating a condition, disease, or disorder in a subject that involves metabolically reprogrammed cells whose activation, function, growth, proliferation, or survival depends on increased activity of at least one metabolic pathway selected from the group consisting of glutamine metabolism, glycolysis, and fatty acid synthesis, comprising administering to the subject a compound having formula (I): and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R2?, and X are as defined as set forth in the specification. Compounds having formula (I) are prodrugs that release glutamine analogs, e.g., 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine (DON).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Barbara Slusher, Jonathan Powell
  • Publication number: 20180221395
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods of treating cancer in a subject or preventing a relapse or reducing the incidence of relapse of cancer in a subject in remission, comprising administering to the subject: (a) a therapeutically effective amount of an immunotherapeutic agent, e.g., an immune checkpoint blockade therapy, an adoptive cellular therapy, a marrow-infiltrating lymphocytes, an adenosine A2aR inhibitor, or an antibody; and (b) a compound having formula (I): and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R2?, and X are as defined as set forth in the specification. Compounds having formula (I) are prodrugs that release glutamine analogs, e.g., 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine (DON).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Barbara SLUSHER, Jonathan POWELL
  • Publication number: 20180193362
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds having formula (I): and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R2?, and X are as defined as set forth in the specification, for use in treating cognitive deficits and/or psychiatric disorders, such as those associated with neurological or neurodegenerative disorders, psychiatric or mood disorders, and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). Compounds having formula (I) are prodrugs that release glutamine analogs, e.g., 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine (DON).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: BARBARA SLUSHER, DAVID VOLSKY, MIKE NEDELCOVYCH, KRISTEN HOLLINGER, ATSUSHI KAMIYA
  • Patent number: 9988407
    Abstract: Methods and compounds are disclosed for treating a disease or condition by inhibiting PSMA (Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen) using prodrugs of 2-PMPA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY AS CR V.V.I.
    Inventors: Barbara Slusher, Rana Rais, Marcela Krecmerova, Tomas Tichy, Pavel Majer, Andrej Jancarik
  • Publication number: 20170232120
    Abstract: A dendrimer formation, such as a PAMAM dendrimer or a multiarm PEG polymeric formulation has been developed for systemic administration to the brain or central nervous system. In the preferred embodiment, the dendrimers are in the form of dendrimer nanoparticles comprising poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) hydroxyl-terminated dendrimers covalently linked to at least one therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic agent for treatment of one or more symptoms of neurodegenerative, neurodevelopmental or neurological disorders such as Rett syndrome or autism spectrum disorders, D6 generation dendrimers provide significantly enhanced uptake into areas of brain Injury, providing a means for diagnosis as well, as drug delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Kannan RANGARAMANUJAM, Sujatha KANNAN, Elizabeth NANCE, Mary E. BLUE, Michael V. JOHNSTON, William BAUMGARTNER, Fan ZHANG, Mary Ann WILSON, Barbara SLUSHER
  • Publication number: 20170224709
    Abstract: Methods and compounds are disclosed for treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by using Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: BARBARA SLUSHER, RANA RAIS, XUHANG LI
  • Publication number: 20170226141
    Abstract: Methods and compounds are disclosed for treating a disease or condition by inhibiting PSMA (Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen) using prodrugs of 2-PMPA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicants: The Johns Hopkins University, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry as Cr v.v.i.
    Inventors: Barbara SLUSHER, Rana RAIS, Marcela KRECMEROVA, Tomas TICHY, Pavel MAJER, Andrej JANCARIK
  • Publication number: 20080004334
    Abstract: This invention provides new compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic kits comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds for inhibiting NAALADase enzyme activity, detecting diseases where NAALADase levels are altered, inhibiting angiogenesis, effecting a TGF-? activity or a neuronal activity, and treating a glutamate abnormality, a compulsive disorder, neuropathy, pain, a prostate disease, cancer, Huntington's disease, diabetes, a retinal disorder or glaucoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Barbara Slusher, Takashi Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20070202158
    Abstract: A method of administering a prodrug of propofol, preferably O-phosphonooxymethyl propofol disodium salt, comprises the oral, intragastric, or intraintestinal administration of the prodrug in amounts sufficient to induce or maintain a generalized anesthetized state, a conscious sedated state, or to treat insomnia, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, pruritus, epilepsy, and a range of pain syndromes and other medical conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: MGI GP, Inc.
    Inventors: Barbara Slusher, Krystyna Wozniak
  • Publication number: 20070037798
    Abstract: This invention provides new compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic kits comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds for inhibiting NAALADase enzyme activity, detecting diseases where NAALADase levels are altered, inhibiting angiogenesis, effecting a TGF-? activity or a neuronal activity, and treating a glutamate abnormality, a compulsive disorder, neuropathy, pain, a prostate disease, cancer, Huntington's disease, diabetes, a retinal disorder or glaucoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Barbara Slusher, Takashi Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20060135812
    Abstract: This invention relates to new compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic kits comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds for inhibiting NAALADase enzyme activity, detecting diseases where NAALADase levels are altered, effecting neuronal activity, effecting TGF-? activity, inhibiting angiogenesis and treating glutamate abnormalities, diabetic neuropathy, pain, compulsive disorders, prostate diseases, cancers and glaucoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Takashi Tsukamoto, Pavel Majer, Doris Stoermer, Barbara Slusher
  • Publication number: 20050171065
    Abstract: New benzenedicarboxylic acid derivative compounds; pharmaceutical compositions, diagnostic methods, and diagnostic kits that include those compounds; and methods of using those compounds for inhibiting NAALADase enzyme activity, detecting diseases where NAALADase levels are altered, effecting neuronal activity, effecting TGF-? activity, inhibiting angiogenesis, and treating glutamate abnormalities, neuropathy, pain, compulsive disorders, prostate diseases, cancers, and glaucoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Paul Jackson, Takashi Tsukamoto, Barbara Slusher, Eric Wang
  • Publication number: 20050085503
    Abstract: This invention relates to new compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic kits comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds for inhibiting NAALADase enzyme activity, detecting diseases where NAALADase levels are altered, effecting neuronal activity, effecting TGF-? activity, inhibiting angiogenesis, and treating glutamate abnormalities, diabetic neuropathy, pain, compulsive disorders, prostate diseases, cancers and glaucoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Takashi Tsukamoto, Pavel Majer, Doris Stoermer, Barbara Slusher
  • Publication number: 20050080139
    Abstract: This invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and a method for treating Huntington's disease using NAAL-ADase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Barbara Slusher, Krystyna Wozniak
  • Publication number: 20050004203
    Abstract: This invention provides new compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic kits comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds for inhibiting NAALADase enzyme activity, detecting diseases where NAALADase levels are altered, inhibiting angiogenesis, effecting a TGF-? activity or a neuronal activity, and treating a glutamate abnormality, a compulsive disorder, neuropathy, pain, a prostate disease, cancer, Huntington's disease, diabetes, a retinal disorder or glaucoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Barbara Slusher, Takashi Tsukamoto