Patents by Inventor Anibal Diogenes

Anibal Diogenes 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).

  • Method for treating pain with prolactin antagonists
    Patent number: 7507716
    Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein provide methods for inhibiting, reducing and/or treating pain in a subject by administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical formulation that includes a pharmacologically active compound that is adapted to disrupt PRL signaling in pain neurons. In certain embodiments, the compound is a PRL-R antagonist. In certain embodiments, the compound is adapted to alter the expression of one or more components involved in PRL signaling. Also provided for herein are methods to diagnose a pain disorder in a subject, comprising obtaining a measure of the amount of PRL or PRL mRNA in a biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Anibal Diogenes, Kenneth Hargreaves, Armen Akopian
  • Prolactin and chronic and acute pain disorders
    Publication number: 20070087966
    Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein provide methods for inhibiting, reducing and/or treating pain in a subject by administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical formulation that includes a pharmacologically active compound that is adapted to disrupt PRL signaling in pain neurons. In certain embodiments, the compound is a PRL-R antagonist. In certain embodiments, the compound is adapted to alter the expression of one or more components involved in PRL signaling. Also provided for herein are methods to diagnose a pain disorder in a subject, comprising obtaining a measure of the amount of PRL or PRL mRNA in a biological sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Anibal Diogenes, Kenneth Hargreaves, Armen Akopian