Patents by Inventor Loriane Masuoka

Loriane Masuoka 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 comprising FGF-9 and betacellulin and methods for treating cardiac conditions
    Patent number: 8168588
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical polypeptide compositions promote the survival of cardiac cells, recruit cardiac cells to the cardiac area, stimulate the differentiation of cardiac cells, stimulate the proliferation of cardiac cells, and promote the activity of cardiac cells, thereby treating cardiac conditions. Methods of providing these compositions to the cardiac area include catheterization and direct injection. In preferred embodiments, the compositions comprise one of more of the following growth factors: EGF, bFGF, cardiotrophin-1, thrombin, PDGF-BB, amphiregulin, epiregulin, HB-EGF, TGFalpha, betacellulin, heregulin alpha, NRG-1-beta1-HRG-beta1, FGF 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Lewis T. Williams, Hongbing Zhang, Yan Wang, Loriane Masuoka, Stephen Doberstein
  • Compositions and Methods for Treating Cardiac Conditions
    Publication number: 20090018061
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical polypeptide compositions promote the survival of cardiac cells, recruit cardiac cells to the cardiac area, stimulate the differentiation of cardiac cells, stimulate the proliferation of cardiac cells, and promote the activity of cardiac cells, thereby treating cardiac conditions. Methods of providing these compositions to the cardiac area include catheterization and direct injection. In preferred embodiments, the compositions comprise one of more of the following growth factors: EGF, hFGF, cardiotrophin-1, thrombin, PDGF-BB, amphiregulin, epiregulin, HB-EGF, TGFalpha, betacellulin, heregulin alpha, NRG-1-beta1-HRG-beta1, FGF 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Lewis T. Williams, Hongbing Zhang, Yan Wang, Loriane Masuoka, Stephen Doberstein