Patents by Inventor Fuqiang Ruan

Fuqiang Ruan 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).

  • Publication number: 20100256167
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit PI3K? activity, including compounds that selectively inhibit PI3K? activity, are disclosed. Methods of inhibiting phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delta isoform (PI3K?) activity, and methods of treating diseases, such as disorders of immunity and inflammation in which PI3K? plays a role in leukocyte function, using the compounds also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Kerry W. Fowler, Danwen Huang, Edward A. Kesicki, Hua Chee Ooi, Amy Oliver, Fuqiang Ruan, Jennifer Treiberg
  • Publication number: 20100256168
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit PI3K? activity, including compounds that selectively inhibit PI3K? activity, are disclosed. Methods of inhibiting phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delta isoform (PI3K?) activity, and methods of treating diseases, such as disorders of immunity and inflammation in which PI3K? plays a role in leukocyte function, using the compounds also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Kerry W. Fowler, Danwen Huang, Edward A. Kesicki, Hua Chee Ooi, Amy Oliver, Fuqiang Ruan, Jennifer Treiberg
  • Publication number: 20100216820
    Abstract: The current invention provides compounds of formula (1): wherein: one of Q1, Q2 and Q3 is S, and the other of two of Q1, Q2 and Q3 are —CR1—, which are inhibitors of PI3K-delta. These compounds are useful for treatment of conditions mediated by PI3K-delta, such as hematopoietic cancers, immune disorders, and bone resorption disorders. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (1) and methods of using these compounds and compositions to treat conditions mediated by PI3K-delta.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen L. White, Edward A. Kesicki, Eugene Thorsett, Fuqiang Ruan, Francine Farouz
  • Publication number: 20100130555
    Abstract: A method for treating or preventing injury of a biological material exposed to hypoxic or ischemic conditions comprising contacting the biological material with an effective amount of a compound is disclosed. The compound has the following structure (I): R1—(S)n—R2 ??(I) or a stereoisomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, wherein R1, R2, and n are as defined herein. Compounds, methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Ikaria, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward A. Wintner, Fuqiang Ruan
  • Patent number: 6031135
    Abstract: The invention relates to trimethylsphingosine derivatives which have some or all of the activities of the parent compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Oncomembrane, Inc.
    Inventors: Fuqiang Ruan, Yasuyuki Igarashi, Sen-Itiroh Hakomori
  • Patent number: 5663404
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting tumor cell chemotactic and/or chemoinvasion motility comprising contacting the tumor cell with an inhibitory amount of an agent selected from the group consisting of sphingosine-1-phosphate, derivatives of sphingosine-1-phosphate and mimetics of the sphingosine-1-phosphate or of the derivatives. A method of inhibiting phagokinetic activity of tumor cells and neutrophils comprising contacting the cells with a phagokinetic inhibitory amount of an agent selected from the group consisting of sphingosine-1-phosphate, derivatives of sphingosine-1-phosphate, and mimetics of the sphingosine-1-phosphate or of the derivatives. A method of inhibiting tumor cell metastasis comprising administering to a host in need of treatment a metastasis inhibitory amount of an agent selected from the group consisting of sphingosine-1-phosphate, derivatives of sphingosine-1-phosphate, and mimetics of the sphingosine-1-phosphate or of the derivatives, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: Oncomembrane
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Igarashi, Fuqiang Ruan, Yoshito Sadahira, Shigeyuki Kawa, Sen-itiroh Hakomori
  • Patent number: 5391800
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting tumor cell chemotactic and/or chemoinvasion motility comprising contacting the tumor cell with an inhibitory amount of an agent selected from the group consisting of sphingosine-1-phosphate, derivatives of sphingosine-1-phosphate and mimetics of the sphingosine-1-phosphate or of the derivatives. A method of inhibiting phagokinetic activity of tumor cells and neutrophils comprising contacting the cells with a phagokinetic inhibitory amount of an agent selected from the group consisting of sphingosine-1-phosphate, derivatives of sphingosine-1-phosphate, and mimetics of the sphingosine-1-phosphate or of the derivatives. A method of inhibiting tumor cell metastasis comprising administering to a host in need of treatment a metastasis inhibitory amount of an agent selected from the group consisting of sphingosine-1-phosphate, derivatives of sphingosine-1-phosphate, and mimetics of the sphingosine-1-phosphate or of the derivatives, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: The Biomembrane Institute
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Igarashi, Fuqiang Ruan, Yoshito Sadahira, Shigeyuki Kawa, Sen-itiroh Hakomori