Patents by Inventor Guangrong Zheng

Guangrong Zheng 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: 20250057963
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds (e.g., compounds of Formula (I)), their mechanism of action, and methods of treating diseases and disorders (e.g., cancer) using the compounds provided herein (e.g., compounds of Formula (I)). Also disclosed herein are N methods of inhibiting and degrading kinases (e.g., CDK9, CDK10, or anaplastic lymphoma kinase).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Wanyi Hu, Xingui Liu, Dongwen Lyu, Jing Pei, Yufeng Xiao, Yaxia Yuan, Guangrong Zheng, Daohong Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240398764
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating diseases and disorders associated with senescent cell accumulation (e.g., an age-related disease and/or liver disease, e.g., obesity, liver steatosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)) and methods of ameliorating insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, or diabetes. Also disclosed herein are methods of degrading B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2) and/or B-cell lymphoma-extra large (Bcl-xl) proteins and methods of killing a senescent cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Daohong Zhou, Guangrong Zheng, Yonghan He, Liya Pi
  • Patent number: 12118414
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for selectively killing cancer cells, wherein the composition comprises a compound of Formula (I). The selective killing of cancer cells occurs with an improved potency and safety profile compared to similar compounds. In particular, the compositions and methods of the invention show reduced platelet toxicity and retained or improved toxicity in cancer cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: BIOVENTURES, LLC
    Inventors: Guangrong Zheng, Daohong Zhou, Xuan Zhang, Sajid Khan, Yonghan He, Peiyi Zhang
  • Patent number: 12084423
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for selectively killing senescent cells, wherein the composition comprises piperlongumine derivative thereof. The selective killing of senescent cells may delay aging and/or treat age-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: BioVentures, LLC
    Inventors: Guangrong Zheng, Daohong Zhou, Xuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11999676
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treatment of a disease or pathology of the central nervous system, an eating disorder, or substance use disorder, drug dependence/abuse and withdrawal therefrom comprising administering at least one N-phenylalkyl amphetamine derivative and pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one N-phenylalkyl amphetamine derivative to an individual in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Linda P. Dwoskin, David Watt, Jon Thorson, Mark Leggas, Kip Guy, Jared Hammill, Stefan Kwiatkowski, Derong Ding, Guangrong Zheng, Peter Anthony Crooks, Na-Ra Lee
  • Publication number: 20230339929
    Abstract: The invention is directed towards compounds (e.g., Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, or prodrug thereof), their mechanism of action, and methods of modulating proliferation activity, and methods of treating diseases and disorders using the compounds described herein (e.g., Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, or prodrug thereof).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Guangrong Zheng, Daohong Zhou, Xuan Zhang, Wanyi HU, Xingui Liu, Dongwen Lyu, Yaxia Yuan, Dinesh Thummuri
  • Publication number: 20230330237
    Abstract: Modulators of Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4 Group A Member 1 (NR4A1) are described as well as their use as therapeutic agents for disease, disorders, or symptoms thereof, including those where modulation of NR4A1 is implicated. Such disease and disorders include cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Weizhou Zhang, Guangrong Zheng, Daohong Zhou, Yufeng Xiao, Lei Wang
  • Publication number: 20230181746
    Abstract: In one aspect, the disclosure relates to benzoylhydrazide-derived PROTACs that are highly effective at degrading HDAC3 and that are also capable of targeting, to a lesser extent, other HDAC isoforms, methods of making same, pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, and methods of treating cancers including hematologic cancers, breast cancer, other malignancies, and other serious diseases involving aberrant HDAC activity using the same. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Daiqing LIAO, Yufeng XIAO, Xuan ZHANG, Guangrong ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20220315523
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treatment of a disease or pathology of the central nervous system, an eating disorder, or substance use disorder, drug dependence/abuse/addiction and withdrawal therefrom comprising administering at least one N-phenylalkyl amphetamine derivative and pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one N-phenylalkyl amphetamine derivative to an individual in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Linda P. DWOSKIN, David WATT, Jon THORSON, Mark LEGGAS, Rodney Kip GUY, Jared HAMMILL, Stefan KWIATKOWSKI, Derong DING, Guangrong ZHENG, Peter Anthony CROOKS, Na-Ra LEE
  • Publication number: 20220169628
    Abstract: The invention is directed towards compounds (e.g., Formula (I)), their mechanism of action, and methods of modulating proliferation activity, and methods of treating diseases and disorders using the compounds described herein (e.g., Formula (I)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Guangrong Zheng, Daohong Zhou, Pratik Pal, Xingui Liu, Dinesh Thummuri, Wanyi HU, Peiyi Zhang, Dongwen Lyu, Yaxia Yuan, Xuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11319316
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for selectively killing senescent cells, wherein the composition comprises a compound of Formula (I) or a compound of Formula (II). The selective killing of senescent cells may delay aging and/or treat age-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: BioVentures, LLC
    Inventors: Guangrong Zheng, Daohong Zhou, Xuan Zhang, Yingying Wang, Jianhui Chang
  • Publication number: 20210206725
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for selectively killing senescent cells, wherein the composition comprises piperlongumine derivative thereof. The selective killing of senescent cells may delay aging and/or treat age-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Guangrong Zheng, Daohong Zhou, Xuan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210085675
    Abstract: In a hybrid computing system including at least one analog processor and at least one digital processor an embedded problem is repeatedly run or executed on the analog processor(s) to generate a first plurality of candidate solutions to the computational problem, the candidate solutions are returned to the digital processor(s) which determine a value for at least one statistical feature of the candidate solutions, at least one programmable parameter of the plurality of analog devices in the analog processor(s) is adjusted to at least partially compensate for deviations from an expected value of the at least one statistical feature, the expected value of the at least one statistical feature inferred from the structure of the embedded problem, the embedded problem is again repeatedly run or executed on the analog processor(s) to generate a second plurality of candidate solutions to the computational problem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Guangrong Zheng, Daohong Zhou, Xuan Zhang, Sajid Khan, Yonghan He, Peiyi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200331905
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for selectively killing senescent cells, wherein the composition comprises a compound of Formula (I) or a compound of Formula (II). The selective killing of senescent cells may delay aging and/or treat age-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Guangrong Zheng, Daohong Zhou, Xuan Zhang, Yingying Wang, Jianhui Chang
  • Patent number: 10807977
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for selectively killing senescent cells, wherein the composition comprises a compound of Formula (I) or a compound of Formula (II). The selective killing of senescent cells may delay aging and/or treat age-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: BioVentures, LLC
    Inventors: Guangrong Zheng, Daohong Zhou, Xuan Zhang, Yingying Wang, Jianhui Chang
  • Publication number: 20200290948
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treatment of a disease or pathology of the central nervous system, an eating disorder, or substance use disorder, drug dependence/abuse and withdrawal therefrom comprising administering at least one N-phenylalkyl amphetamine derivative and pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one N-phenylalkyl amphetamine derivative to an individual in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Linda P. DWOSKIN, David WATT, Jon THORSON, Mark LEGGAS, Kip GUY, Jared HAMMILL, Stefan KWIATKOWSKI, Derong DING, Guangrong ZHENG, Peter Anthony CROOKS, Na-Ra LEE
  • Patent number: 10758524
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for selectively killing senescent cells, wherein the composition comprises piperlongumine (PL) or derivative thereof. The selective killing of senescent cells may delay aging and/or treat age-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: BioVentures, LLC
    Inventors: Guangrong Zheng, Daohong Zhou, Xingui Liu, Yingying Wang, Jianhui Chang, Wei Feng, Lijian Shao, Yi Luo
  • Publication number: 20200237688
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treatment of a disease or pathology of the central nervous system, an eating disorder, or substance use disorder, drug dependence/abuse and withdrawal therefrom comprising administering at least one N-phenylalkyl amphetamine derivative and pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one N-phenylalkyl amphetamine derivative to an individual in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Linda P. DWOSKIN, Peter Anthony CROOKS, Guangrong ZHENG, Justin R. NICKELL, Zheng CAO, Na-Ra LEE
  • Patent number: 10668030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treatment of a disease or pathology of the central nervous system, an eating disorder, or substance use disorder, drug dependence/abuse and withdrawal therefrom comprising administering at least one N-phenylalkyl amphetamine derivative and pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one N-phenylalkyl amphetamine derivative to an individual in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Linda P. Dwoskin, Peter Anthony Crooks, Guangrong Zheng, Justin R. Nickell, Zheng Cao, Na-Ra Lee
  • Publication number: 20190135801
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for selectively killing senescent cells, wherein the composition comprises a compound of Formula (I) or a compound of Formula (II). The selective killing of senescent cells may delay aging and/or treat age-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Guangrong Zheng, Daohong Zhou, Xuan Zhang, Yingying Wang, Jianhui Chang