Patents Assigned to University of Southern Cailfornia
  • Method for promoting mesenchymal stem and lineage-specific cell proliferation
    Patent number: 6248587
    Abstract: The present invention fulfills a need in the art for methods that promote hematopoietic and mesenchymal stem and lineage-specific cell proliferation and differentiation by growth in the presence of angiotensinogen, angiotensin I (AI), AI analogues, AI fragments and analogues thereof, angiotensin II (AII), AII analogues, AII fragments and analogues thereof and AII AT2 type 2 receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: University of Southern Cailfornia
    Inventors: Kathleen E. Rodgers, Gere DiZerega