Patents by Inventor Ellen Kaizer

Ellen Kaizer 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).

  • GENE EXPRESSION IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS FROM CHILDREN WITH DIABETES
    Publication number: 20080227709
    Abstract: The present invention includes composition, methods and systems for detecting, evaluating, diagnosis, tracking and treating Type 1 Diabetes by determining the level of expression of one or more genes listed in Table 1 (e.g., interleukin-1? (IL1B), early growth response gene 3 (EGR3), and prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (PTGS2)). The present invention also includes compositions and methods for treating a patient in need thereof with a composition having a therapeutically effective amount of one or more IL-1? antagonists sufficient to spare pancreatic beta cells, including an anti-IL-1? receptor and downstream activators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicants: BAYLOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Maria Virginia Pascual, Jacques F. Banchereau, Damien J. Chaussabel, Ellen Kaizer, Perrin C. White