Patents by Inventor Debra Ellis

Debra Ellis 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING ASTHMA OR OTHER ALLERGIC OR INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
    Publication number: 20090156537
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods useful for detecting or treating asthma or other allergic or inflammatory diseases. In one aspect, the methods of the present invention include inhibiting the activity or expression of a component of an arginine metabolic pathway in tissues affected by asthma or other allergic or inflammatory diseases. In many embodiments, the component being inhibited is a cationic amino acid transporter, an arginase, or a component downstream of the arginase. In many other embodiments, the activity or expression of the component is inhibited by an agent that binds to the component. In still many other embodiments, the activity or expression of the component is inhibited by an agent that binds a polynucleotide encoding the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventors: Michael R. Bowman, Maximilliam T. Follettie, Hang Chen, Cara Williams, Aaron Winkler, Debra Ellis, Wei Liu
  • Compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating asthma or other allergic or inflammatory diseases
    Publication number: 20040234517
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods useful for detecting or treating asthma or other allergic or inflammatory diseases. In one aspect, the methods of the present invention include inhibiting the activity or expression of a component of an arginine metabolic pathway in tissues affected by asthma or other allergic or inflammatory diseases. In many embodiments, the component being inhibited is a cationic amino acid transporter, an arginase, or a component downstream of the arginase. In many other embodiments, the activity or expression of the component is inhibited by an agent that binds to the component. In still many other embodiments, the activity or expression of the component is inhibited by an agent that binds a polynucleotide encoding the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: WYETH
    Inventors: Michael R. Bowman, Maximillian T. Follettie, Hang Chen, Cara Williams, Aaron Winkler, Debra Ellis, Wei Liu