Patents by Inventor Gary D. Wu

Gary D. Wu 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, methods, and kits relating to resistin-like molecules
    Publication number: 20030138826
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel nucleic acids encoding a mammalian resistin-like molecule (RELM), and proteins encoded thereby, whose expression is increased in certain diseases, disorders, or conditions, including, but not limited to, intestinal (e.g., colonic) tumors. The invention further relates to methods of treating and detecting irritable bowel disease, inflammatory bowel disease, familial adenomatous polyposis, diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, Syndrome X, and glucose metabolism disorders, colon cancer, breast cancer, and tongue cancer, comprising modulating or detecting RELM expression and/or production and activity of RELM polypeptide, wherein RELM encompasses resistin-like molecule &agr; and resistin-like molecule &bgr;.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Mitchell A. Lazar, Gary D. Wu
  • Method of treating inflammatory bowel disease with tributyrin
    Patent number: 5569680
    Abstract: A method for treating inflammatory bowel disease in a patient by inhibiting the production of interleukin-8 in intestinal epithelial cells by administering to said patient an enema of an effective amount of tributyrin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Trustees of the Univ. of Penna
    Inventor: Gary D. Wu