Patents by Inventor Douglas Kwon

Douglas Kwon 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 of using a facilitator of retroviral entry into cells
    Publication number: 20030064071
    Abstract: The present invention demonstrates that a receptor, named DC-SIGN, is specifically expressed on dendritic cells, and facilitates infection of T lymphocytes with HIV. Assays for identifying compounds that modulate the interaction of DC-SIGN and HIV and/or T cells and macrophage are provided. Compounds so identified are also part of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Dan R. Littman, Douglas Kwon, Yvette Van Kooyk, Teunis Geijtenbeek
  • Identifying compounds inhibiting DC-sign facilitation of HIV into cells
    Patent number: 6391567
    Abstract: The present invention demonstrates that a receptor, named DC-SIGN, is specifically expressed on dendritic cells, and facilitates infection of T lymphocytes with HIV. Assays for identifying compounds that modulate the interaction of DC-SIGN and HIV and/or T cells and macrophage are provided. Compounds so identified are also part of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: New York University
    Inventors: Dan R. Littman, Douglas Kwon, Yvette Van Kooyk, Teunis Geijtenbeek