Patents by Inventor Maria Praggastis

Maria Praggastis 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: 20250197829
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for delivering a therapeutic protein to the central nervous system (CNS), in order to treat diseases and disorders that impair the CNS, such as treating lysosomal storage diseases are disclosed. Therapeutic proteins delivered via a therapeutically effective amount of a nucleotide composition encoding the therapeutic protein conjugated to a cell surface receptor-binding protein that crosses the blood brain barrier (BBB) are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Baik, Katherine Cygnar, Maria Praggastis
  • Patent number: 12258597
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for delivering a therapeutic protein to the central nervous system (CNS), in order to treat diseases and disorders that impair the CNS, such as treating lysosomal storage diseases are disclosed. Therapeutic proteins delivered via a therapeutically effective amount of a nucleotide composition encoding the therapeutic protein conjugated to a cell surface receptor-binding protein that crosses the blood brain barrier (BBB) are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Baik, Katherine Cygnar, Maria Praggastis
  • Publication number: 20250049896
    Abstract: Multidomain therapeutic proteins comprising a TfR-binding delivery domain fused to an acid sphingomyelinase polypeptide and nucleic acid constructs and compositions that allow insertion of a multidomain therapeutic protein coding sequence into a target genomic locus such as an endogenous ALB locus and/or expression of the multidomain therapeutic protein coding sequence are provided. The multidomain therapeutic proteins and nucleic acid constructs and compositions can be administered to cells, populations of cells, or subjects and can be used in methods of integration of a multidomain therapeutic protein nucleic acid into a target genomic locus, methods of expression of a multidomain therapeutic protein in a cell, methods of treating acid sphingomyelinase deficiency in a subject, and methods of preventing or reducing the onset of a sign or symptom of acid sphingomyelinase deficiency in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Maria Praggastis, Kalyani Nambiar, Leah Sabin, Katherine Cygnar
  • Publication number: 20250041455
    Abstract: Nucleic acid constructs and compositions that allow insertion of a multidomain therapeutic protein (e.g., GAA fusion protein) coding sequence into a target genomic locus such as an endogenous ALB locus and/or expression of the multidomain therapeutic protein (e.g., GAA fusion protein) coding sequence are also provided. The nucleic acid constructs and compositions can be used in methods of integration of a multidomain therapeutic protein (e.g., GAA fusion protein) nucleic acid into a target genomic locus, methods of expression of a multidomain therapeutic protein (e.g., GAA fusion protein) in a cell, methods of reducing glycogen accumulation, methods of treating Pompe disease or GAA deficiency in a subject, and method of preventing or reducing the onset of a sign or symptom of Pompe disease in a subject, including neonatal cells and subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Andrew Baik, Allen Lin, Maria Praggastis, Katherine Cygnar, Evangelos Pefanis, Leah Sabin
  • Publication number: 20240052051
    Abstract: Provided, in part, are an anti-human transferrin receptor antigen-binding proteins and fusion proteins comprising an anti-human transferrin receptor antigen-binding proteins (e.g., in scFv, Fab or antibody format) which may be fused to a payload for delivery of the payload to a targeted tissue (e.g., past the blood-brain barrier and to the brain). Payloads include, for example, alpha-glucosidase (GAA) polypeptide. Methods for treating various diseases with such molecules, e.g., glycogen storage diseases, such as Pompe Disease, with the fusions are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Nicole Keating, Pascaline Aimé-Wilson, John Dugan, Min Gao, Robert Babb, Maria Praggastis, Katherine Cygnar, Bojie Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230338477
    Abstract: Nucleic acid constructs and compositions that allow insertion of a multidomain therapeutic protein (e.g., GAA fusion protein) coding sequence into a target genomic locus such as an endogenous ALB locus and/or expression of the multidomain therapeutic protein (e.g., GAA fusion protein) coding sequence are also provided. The nucleic acid constructs and compositions can be used in methods of integration of a multidomain therapeutic protein (e.g., GAA fusion protein) nucleic acid into a target genomic locus, methods of expression of a multidomain therapeutic protein (e.g., GAA fusion protein) in a cell, methods of reducing glycogen accumulation, methods of treating Pompe disease or GAA deficiency in a subject, and method of preventing or reducing the onset of a sign or symptom of Pompe disease in a subject, including neonatal cells and subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Baik, Maria Praggastis, Katherine Cygnar, Leah Sabin, Poulami Samai, Evangelos Pefanis, Philip Calafati, Nicole Keating, Pascaline Aimé-Wilson, John Dugan, Min Gao, Robert Babb, Anthony Forget
  • Publication number: 20230220100
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for delivering a therapeutic protein to the central nervous system (CNS), in order to treat diseases and disorders that impair the CNS, such as treating lysosomal storage diseases, are disclosed. Therapeutic proteins delivered via a therapeutically effective amount of a nucleotide composition encoding the therapeutic protein conjugated to a cell surface receptor-binding protein, e.g., anti-TfRCscfv:GAA, that crosses the blood brain barrier (BBB) are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Katherine Cygnar, Maria Praggastis
  • Publication number: 20200399623
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for delivering a therapeutic protein to the central nervous system (CNS), in order to treat diseases and disorders that impair the CNS, such as treating lysosomal storage diseases are disclosed. Therapeutic proteins delivered via a therapeutically effective amount of a nucleotide composition encoding the therapeutic protein conjugated to a cell surface receptor-binding protein that crosses the blood brain barrier (BBB) are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Baik, Katherine Cygnar, Maria Praggastis