Danny McAuley 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).
Abstract: There is provided a method for suppressing a pro-inflammatory immune response in a cell, comprising providing to a cell sialic acid or analogs thereof, wherein the sialic acid or analogs are presented by a substrate such that a pro-inflammatory immune response in a cell is suppressed or an anti-inflammatory immune response is increased in a cell. Further, there is provided a method of treatment of inflammatory disease in a subject in need thereof. There is also provided a drug delivery device and a biomaterial which can modulate the inflammatory response in a subject.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 17, 2010
Date of Patent:
February 24, 2015
Assignee:
The Queen's University of Belfast
Inventors:
Christopher Scott, James Johnston, Shaun Spence, Danny McAuley, Francois Fay
Abstract: There is provided a method for suppressing a pro-inflammatory immune response in a cell, comprising providing to a cell sialic acid or analogs thereof, wherein the sialic acid or analogs are presented by a substrate such that a pro-inflammatory immune response in a cell is suppressed or an anti-inflammatory immune response is increased in a cell. Further, there is provided a method of treatment of inflammatory disease in a subject in need thereof. There is also provided a drug delivery device and a biomaterial which can modulate the inflammatory response in a subject.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 17, 2010
Publication date:
November 22, 2012
Inventors:
Christopher Scott, James Johnston, Shaun Spence, Danny McAuley, Francois Fay