Patents by Inventor Michela Angela Tessari

Michela Angela Tessari 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).

  • Methods and means for treatment of osteoarthritis
    Patent number: 9951337
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of medicinal research, cartilage physiology and diseases involving the degeneration of cartilage tissue. More specifically, the invention relates to methods and means for identifying compounds that inhibit catabolic processes in chondrocytes and that decrease the degradation of cartilage and/or ECM. The invention also relates to the compounds that are useful in the treatment of osteoarthritis. The invention also relates to targets, the modulation of which results in a decrease in the degradation of ECM and/or cartilage and decrease inflammation. In addition, the invention relates to compositions and methods for the use thereof in treating conditions that are characterized by the degradation of ECM and/or cartilage and inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Reginald Christophe Xavier Brys, Luc Nelles, Nick Ernest Rene Vandeghinste, Blandine Mille-Baker, Michela Angela Tessari
  • Methods and Means for Treatment of Osteoarthritis
    Publication number: 20160208266
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of medicinal research, cartilage physiology and diseases involving the degeneration of cartilage tissue. More specifically, the invention relates to methods and means for identifying compounds that inhibit catabolic processes in chondrocytes and that decrease the degradation of cartilage and/or ECM. The invention also relates to the compounds that are useful in the treatment of osteoarthritis. The invention also relates to targets, the modulation of which results in a decrease in the degradation of ECM and/or cartilage and decrease inflammation. In addition, the invention relates to compositions and methods for the use thereof in treating conditions that are characterized by the degradation of ECM and/or cartilage and inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Reginald Christophe Xavier Brys, Luc Nelles, Nick Ernest Rene Vandeghinste, Blandine Mille-Baker, Michela Angela Tessari
  • Methods for Identifying and Compounds Useful for Increasing the Functional Activity and Cell Surface Expression of CF-Associated Mutant Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrance Conductance Regulator
    Publication number: 20140256790
    Abstract: The present invention relates to agents, and methods for identifying compounds, which agents and compounds result in the modulation of cellular trafficking of proteins in particular that of CF-associated mutant Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR). In addition, the invention relates to compositions and methods for the use thereof in treating conditions that are characterized by an ER-associated protein misfolding and abnormal cellular trafficking of disease-associated proteins, including cystic fibrosis (CF).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: David Frederik Fischer, Richard Antonius Jozef Janssen, Marjet Roseboom, Amelia Katie Scaffidi, Michela Angela Tessari
  • Methods and Means for Treatment of Osteoarthritis
    Publication number: 20140200258
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of medicinal research, cartilage physiology and diseases involving the degeneration of cartilage tissue. More specifically, the invention relates to methods and means for identifying compounds that inhibit catabolic processes in chondrocytes and that decrease the degradation of cartilage and/or ECM. The invention also relates to the compounds that are useful in the treatment of osteoarthritis. The invention also relates to targets, the modulation of which results in a decrease in the degradation of ECM and/or cartilage and decrease inflammation. In addition, the invention relates to compositions and methods for the use thereof in treating conditions that are characterized by the degradation of ECM and/or cartilage and inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Reginald Christophe Xavier Brys, Luc Nelles, Nick Ernest Rene Vandeghinste, Blandine Mille-Baker, Michela Angela Tessari
  • Methods and means for treatment of osteoarthritis
    Patent number: 8663930
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of medicinal research, cartilage physiology and diseases involving the degeneration of cartilage tissue. More specifically, the invention relates to methods and means for identifying compounds that inhibit catabolic processes in chondrocytes and that decrease the degradation of cartilage and/or ECM. The invention also relates to the compounds that are useful in the treatment of osteoarthritis. The invention also relates to targets, the modulation of which results in a decrease in the degradation of ECM and/or cartilage and decrease inflammation. In addition, the invention relates to compositions and methods for the use thereof in treating conditions that are characterized by the degradation of ECM and/or cartilage and inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Galapagos NV
    Inventors: Reginald Christophe Xavier Brys, Luc Nelles, Nick Ernest Rene Vandeghinste, Blandine Mille-Baker, Michela Angela Tessari
  • METHODS AND MEANS FOR TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS
    Publication number: 20120027766
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of medicinal research, cartilage physiology and diseases involving the degeneration of cartilage tissue. More specifically, the invention relates to methods and means for identifying compounds that inhibit catabolic processes in chondrocytes and that decrease the degradation of cartilage and/or ECM. The invention also relates to the compounds that are useful in the treatment of osteoarthritis. The invention also relates to targets, the modulation of which results in a decrease in the degradation of ECM and/or cartilage and decrease inflammation. In addition, the invention relates to compositions and methods for the use thereof in treating conditions that are characterized by the degradation of ECM and/or cartilage and inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Reginald Christophe Xavier Brys, Luc Nelles, Nick Ernest Rene Vandeghinste, Blandine Mille-Baker, Michela Angela Tessari