Patents by Inventor Nathanael S. Gray

Nathanael S. Gray 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).

  • Patent number: 11285158
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of increasing skin pigmentation in a subject in need thereof using salt-inducible kinase (SIK) inhibitors, such as macrocyclic compounds of Formula (I), bicyclic urea compounds of Formula (II), (III), and (IV), and compounds of Formula (V), (VI), (VI-A), or (VII). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods, and uses that include or involve a compound described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Fisher, Nisma Mujahid, Ryo Murakami, Nathanael S. Gray, Yanke Liang, Hwan Geun Choi
  • Publication number: 20220089611
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, and prodrugs thereof. The compounds of the present disclosure are inhibitors of kinases (e.g., a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) (e.g., CDK7)). The compounds may be selective for inhibiting the activity of a kinase (e.g., CDK7) over certain other kinases (e.g., CDK2, CDK9, CDK12). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods of use, and uses that involve the compounds. The compounds may be useful in inhibiting the activity of a kinase, down-regulating the transcription of MYC or MCL-1, inhibiting the growth of a cell, inducing apoptosis of a cell, treating a disease, and/or preventing a disease (e.g., proliferative disease, cystic fibrosis).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Tinghu Zhang, Nicholas Paul Kwiatkowski, Jie Jiang, Mingfeng Hao, Zhixiang He
  • Publication number: 20220089589
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dTAG system comprising a small molecule degraders of FKBP12-tagged proteins via recruitment of Von Hippel-Lindau E3 ubiquitin ligase (VHL) E3 ubiquitin ligase and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Fleur M. Ferguson, Behnam Nabet, Dennis L. Buckley
  • Patent number: 11279707
    Abstract: Compounds of the present application or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided and methods involving compounds of the present application as effective inhibitors of NEK are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Quan Cai, Tinghu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220073512
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopologues, prodrugs, and compositions thereof. Also provided are methods and kits involving the inventive compounds or compositions for treating and/or preventing diseases (e.g., proliferative diseases (e.g., cancers and benign neoplasms), inflammatory diseases (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis), and vascular diseases (e.g., atherosclerosis) in a subject. Provided are methods of inhibiting a INK (e.g., JNK1, JNK2, or JNK3) in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Tinghu Zhang, Yao Liu, Yang Gao
  • Publication number: 20220062291
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods of treating cancers by constitutively activating protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) without blocking signaling through the dopamine D2 receptor, that entail administering a therapeutically effective amount of an analog of perphenazine (PPZ) of formula (I) or (II), or a related PPZ analog lacking dopamine receptor D2 inhibitory activity, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Alfred T. Look, Ken Morita, Eric S. Fischer, Nathanael S. Gray, Shuning He
  • Publication number: 20220055998
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of Formulae (I?), (I), (II?), and (II), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, prodrugs, and compositions thereof. Also provided are methods and kits involving the inventive compounds or compositions for treating and/or preventing proliferative diseases (e.g., cancers (e.g., leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, melanoma, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, Ewing's sarcoma, osteosarcoma, brain cancer, ovarian cancer, neuroblastoma, lung cancer, colorectal cancer), benign neoplasms, diseases associated with angiogenesis, inflammatory diseases, autoinflammatory diseases, and autoimmune diseases) in a subject. Treatment of a subject with a proliferative disease using a compound or composition of the invention may inhibit the aberrant activity of a kinase, such as a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Tinghu Zhang, Nicholas Paul Kwiatkowski, Mingfeng Hao
  • Patent number: 11254682
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel heteroaryl compounds of formula (IV). Such compounds are useful for the treatment of cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Jianming Zhang, Barun Okram, Xianming Deng, Jae Won Chang, Amy Wojciechowski
  • Publication number: 20220047709
    Abstract: Disclosed are bifunctional compounds (degraders) that target Wee1 tyrosine kinase for degradation. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the degraders and methods of using the compounds to treat disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, David Scott, Zhengnian Li, Benika J. Pinch, Calla Olson, Eric S. Fischer, Radoslaw P. Nowak, Katherine A. Donovan
  • Patent number: 11248007
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds that inhibit MALT1, a protein whose activity is responsible for constitutive NF-?B signaling in certain cancers (e.g., activated B-cell diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (ABC-DLBCL)). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising the compounds, and methods of treating MALT1-related diseases and disorders (e.g., cancer) with the compounds in a subject, by administering the compounds and/or compositions described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: Cornell University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, David A. Scott, John Hatcher, Ari M. Melnick, Lorena Fontan Gabas
  • Patent number: 11247991
    Abstract: The present application provides bifunctional compounds of Formula (Ia) or (Ib): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, prodrug, stereoisomer, or tautomer thereof, which act as protein degradation inducing moieties for cyclin-dependent kinase 8 (CDK8). The present application also relates to methods for the targeted degradation of CDK8 through the use of the bifunctional compounds that link a ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety to a ligand that is capable of binding to CDK8 which can be utilized in the treatment of disorders modulated by CDK8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Tinghu Zhang, Calla M. Olson, Yanke Liang, Nicholas Kwiatkowski
  • Publication number: 20220040317
    Abstract: Disclosed are bifunctional compounds (degraders) that target FAK or FAK and ALK for degradation. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the degraders and methods of using the compounds to treat disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Baishan JIANG, Behnam NABET, Tinghu ZHANG, Mingfeng HAO
  • Patent number: 11241435
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating and/or preventing osteoporosis using salt-inducible kinase (SIK) inhibitors. Also provided are methods of using SIK inhibitors for increasing the function of osteocytes, increasing the number of osteoblasts, increasing the activity of osteoblasts, inhibiting the resorption of a bone, decreasing the number of osteoclasts, inhibiting the activity of osteoclasts, increasing the mass of a bone, down-regulating the expression of the gene SOST, and/or inhibiting the activity of sclerostin. The SIK inhibitors may be combined with Src inhibitors or CSF I R inhibitors. Exemplary SIK inhibitors include the compounds of the formula: (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V) or (VI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, The Broad Institute, Inc., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Wein, Henry Kronenberg, Thomas Sundberg, Ramnik Xavier, Nathanael S. Gray, Yanke Liang, Hwan Geun Choi, Alykhan Shamji
  • Publication number: 20220033402
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds that inhibit ALK, TRKA, TRKB, TRKC and ROS1. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of using the compounds to treat disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, John M. Hatcher
  • Publication number: 20220024929
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, prodrugs, and compositions thereof. Also provided are methods and kits involving the inventive compounds or compositions for treating and/or preventing proliferative diseases (e.g., cancers (e.g., leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, melanoma, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, Ewing's sarcoma, osteosarcoma, brain cancer, neuroblastoma, lung cancer, colorectal cancer), benign neoplasms, diseases associated with angiogenesis, inflammatory diseases, autoinflammatory diseases, and autoimmune diseases) in a subject. Treatment of a subject with a proliferative disease using a compound or composition of the invention may inhibit the aberrant activity of a kinase, such as a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Yanke Liang, Tinghu Zhang, Nicholas Paul Kwiatkowski
  • Publication number: 20220017510
    Abstract: The present application provides bifunctional compounds of Formula (I): which act as protein degradation inducing moieties for EGFR and/or a mutant thereof. The present application also describes methods for the targeted degradation of EGFR and/or a mutant thereof through the use of the bifunctional compounds that link a ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety to a ligand that is capable of binding to EGFR and/or a mutant thereof which can be utilized in the treatment of disorders modulated by EGFR or a mutant thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: NATHANAEL S. GRAY, JAEBONG JANG, DRIES DE CLERCQ, MICHAEL ECK, PASI JANNE
  • Patent number: 11186574
    Abstract: The application relates to a compound having Formula X: which modulates the activity of HER2 and/or a mutant thereof, and/or EGFR and/or a mutant thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method of treating or preventing a disease in which HER2 and/or a mutant thereof, and/or EGFR and/or a mutant thereof, plays a role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: John M. Hatcher, Nathanael S. Gray, Jaebong Jang, Dries De Clercq, Pasi Janne, Jamie A. Saxon, Michael Eck, David A. Scott, Alyssa Verano
  • Publication number: 20210361774
    Abstract: Disclosed are bifunctional compounds (degraders) that target LRKK2 for degradation. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the degraders and methods of using the degraders to treat neurodegenerative diseases and disorders such as Parkinson's disease and brain cancer (e.g., gliomas and glioblastomas).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, John Hatcher
  • Publication number: 20210355119
    Abstract: The application relates to a compound having Formula I which modulates the activity of HER2 and/or a mutant thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method of treating or preventing a disease in which HER2 and/or a mutant thereof plays a role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: NATHANAEL S. GRAY, JAEBONG JANG, PASI JANNE, JIEUN SON
  • Publication number: 20210346395
    Abstract: The application relates to compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, or stereoisomers thereof, which modulate the activity of EGFR, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds, and methods of treating or preventing a disease in which EGFR plays a role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: NATHANAEL S. GRAY, JAEBONG JANG, DRIES DE CLERCQ, DAVID A. SCOTT