Patents Assigned to The Department of Veterans Affairs, as represented by the Secretary of United States of America
  • Methods for inhibiting immunostimulatory DNA associated responses
    Patent number: 7354711
    Abstract: The invention features methods for inhibiting immunostimulatory DNA-associated immune responses, through the administration of specific compounds of the general class of 9-aminoacridines and 4-aminoquiniolines. The invention also features methods of screening compounds useful in inhibiting immunostimulatory DNA-induced immune responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignees: University of Iowa Research Foundation, The Department of Veterans Affairs, as represented by the Secretary of United States of America
    Inventor: Donald E. Macfarlane