Patents Assigned to Georgetown University MEDICAL SCHOOL
  • NOVEL GENES AND PROTEINS THAT HOME TO DEVELOPING MICROVESSELS
    Publication number: 20100216704
    Abstract: Described herein are polypeptides that home to developing microvasculature, (also referred to as developing microvessels), such as newly developing microvasculature in mammals, particularly in humans, and to DNA that encodes such polypeptides. These polypeptides are referred to herein as developing microvasculature homing polypeptides. In a specific embodiment, the homing peptides are collateral vessel endothelia (CVE) homing polypeptides, which have been shown to home to collateral vessel endothelia after ischemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicants: Georgetown University Medical School, MedStar Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Wellstein, Marcel O. Schmidt, Stephan Zbinden, Stephen Epstein, Mary Susan Burnett
  • Compositions And Methods For Lipo Modeling
    Publication number: 20090317376
    Abstract: Methods for lipomodeling by peripherally administering a modulator of a Y receptor are provided. Methods may comprise reduction of a fat depot by administering a Y receptor antagonist proximally and/or directly to the site of the fat depot. Other methods comprise increasing or stabilizing a fat depot or fat graft by administering a Y receptor agonist proximally and/or directly to the site of the fat depot or fat graft. Also provided are methods for stimulating wound healing by administering a Y receptor agonist proximally to a wound site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Georgetown University MEDICAL SCHOOL
    Inventors: Zofia Zukowska, Lydia Kuo, Stephen Baker, Michael Johnson, Edward W. Lee