Patents by Inventor Moonkyung Kang

Moonkyung Kang 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: 20230265458
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gene therapy vector in which the occurrence of recombination is minimized. In order to minimize the occurrence of recombination, which is a major problem in the production and infection of a retroviral vector virus that continuously expresses a therapeutic gene during virus replication, a cleaved MCMV promoter was prepared by cutting the MCMV promoter on the basis of a repeat sequence, and the cleaved MCMV promoter was introduced to prepare a vector. It was confirmed that the vector having the cleaved MCMV promoter incorporated therein does not cause recombinations even after being incubated multiple times, and shows a continuous expression of the therapeutic protein, and in cells transfected with the virus containing the vector, cell death effectively occurs when a prodrug is administered thereto. Accordingly, the vector with minimized recombination occurrence of the present invention can be advantageously used for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Yeon-Soo KIM, Moonkyung KANG, Soojin KIM
  • Patent number: 10039841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a replication retrovirus vector system comprising thymidine kinase (HSV-TK) gene and cytosine deaminase (CD) gene which make gene transfer to cancer cell tissue for the efficient treatment of cancer. Particularly, the HSV-TK/CD combined self-replicating retrovirus vector system of the present invention characteristically contains both HSV-TK and CD genes; has no worries about losing a therapeutic gene because recombination does not occur in this system during virus infection; and has an excellent stability, and also is able to induce cancer cell death by using the prodrug GCV or 5-FC and can apply a therapeutic gene or a prodrug thereof selectively to such cancer that shows resistance against cancer treatment using either TK or CD, so that this system of the invention can be advantageously used as a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: THE INDUSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (IAC)
    Inventors: Yeon Soo Kim, Moonkyung Kang, Min Jeong Baek
  • Publication number: 20180147299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a replication retrovirus vector system comprising thymidine kinase (HSV-TK) gene and cytosine deaminase (CD) gene which make gene transfer to cancer cell tissue for the efficient treatment of cancer. Particularly, the HSV-TK/CD combined self-replicating retrovirus vector system of the present invention characteristically contains both HSV-TK and CD genes; has no worries about losing a therapeutic gene because recombination does not occur in this system during virus infection; and has an excellent stability, and also is able to induce cancer cell death by using the prodrug GCV or 5-FC and can apply a therapeutic gene or a prodrug thereof selectively to such cancer that shows resistance against cancer treatment using either TK or CD, so that this system of the invention can be advantageously used as a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC)
    Inventors: Yeon Soo KIM, Moonkyung KANG, Min Jeong BAEK
  • Patent number: 7473430
    Abstract: The inventive chimeric ligand in the form of a fusion polypeptide of a single-chain antibody specific for Tag-72 surface antigen and GaLV envelope glycoprotein shows high transduction efficiency to cancer cells, specifically infects target cells and efficiently delivers a therapeutic gene. Accordingly, the inventive chimeric ligand can be effectively used for gene therapy to inhibit tumor growth and metastasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Inje University
    Inventors: Yeon-Soo Kim, In Seop So, Young-Kwan Lee, Jongpil Kim, Moonkyung Kang, Hyojeong Hong
  • Publication number: 20070244032
    Abstract: The inventive chimeric ligand in the form of a fusion polypeptide of a single-chain antibody specific for Tag-72 surface antigen and GaLV envelope glycoprotein shows high transduction efficiency to cancer cells, specifically infects target cells and efficiently delivers a therapeutic gene. Accordingly, the inventive chimeric ligand can be effectively used for gene therapy to inhibit tumor growth and metastasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Yeon-Soo Kim, In Seop So, Young-Kwan Lee, Jongpil Kim, Moonkyung Kang, Hyojeong Hong