Patents by Inventor Michelle D. Walker

Michelle D. Walker 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).

  • LPA RECEPTOR AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20120135967
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds according to formula (I) as well as pharmaceutical compositions which include those compounds. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds, which have activity as agonists or as antagonists of LPA receptors; such methods including inhibiting LPA activity on an LPA receptor, modulating LPA receptor activity, treating cancer, enhancing cell proliferation, treating a wound, treating apoptosis or preserving or restoring function in a cell, tissue, or organ, culturing cells, preserving organ or tissue function, and treating a dermatological condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Duane D. Miller, Gabor Tigyi, Gangadhar G. Durgam, Tamas Virag, Michelle D. Walker, Ryoko Tsukahara
  • LPA receptor agonists and antagonists and methods of use
    Patent number: 7947665
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds according to formula (I) as well as pharmaceutical compositions which include those compounds. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds, which have activity as agonists or as antagonists of LPA receptors; such methods including inhibiting LPA activity on an LPA receptor, modulating LPA receptor activity, treating cancer, enhancing cell proliferation, treating a wound, treating apoptosis or preserving or restoring function in a cell, tissue, or organ, culturing cells, preserving organ or tissue function, and treating a dermatological condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Inventors: Duane D. Miller, Gabor Tigyi, Gangadhar G. Durgam, Tamas Virag, Michelle D. Walker, Ryoko Tsukahara
  • LPA receptor agonists and antagonists and methods of use
    Patent number: 7217704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to formula (I) as disclosed herein as well as pharmaceutical compositions which include those compounds. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds, which have activity as agonists or as antagonists of LPA receptors; such methods including inhibiting LPA activity on an LPA receptor, modulating LPA receptor activity, treating cancer, enhancing cell proliferation, treating a wound, treating apoptosis or preserving or restoring function in a cell, tissue, or organ, culturing cells, preserving organ or tissue function, and treating a dermatological condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Duane D. Miller, Gabor Tigyi, Gangadhar G. Durgam, Tamas Virag, Michelle D. Walker, Ryoko Tsukahara