Patents by Inventor Rainer Apfel

Rainer Apfel 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).

  • SMAD7 INHIBITOR COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110207795
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a specific inhibitor of Smad7 expression or function for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention, amelioration or treatment of a disease of the central nervous system and/or diseases related and/or caused by said disease of the central nervous system. Furthermore, methods for preventing, ameliorating and/or treating such diseases are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Andreas Steinbrecher, Gerhard Giegerich, Ingo Kleiter, Markus Horn, Rainer Apfel, Roland Kreutzer, Stefan Limmer, Hans-Peter Vornlocher
  • SMAD7 inhibitors for the treatment of CNS diseases
    Patent number: 7700572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a specific inhibitor of Smad7 expression or function for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention, amelioration or treatment of a disease of the central nervous system and/or diseases related and/or caused by said disease of the central nervous system. Furthermore, methods for preventing, ameliorating and/or treating such diseases are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Giuliani International, Ltd.
    Inventors: Andreas Steinbrecher, Gerhard Giegerich, Ingo Kleiter, Markus Horn, Rainer Apfel, Roland Kreutzer, Stefan Limmer, Hans-Peter Vornlocher
  • Method for reversing the immunosuppressive effects of the melanoma inhibitory activity "mia"
    Publication number: 20060252716
    Abstract: A method for stimulating immune cells and/or the immune system, and/or reducing invasion and/or metastasis of tumor cells by inhibiting expression and/or functional activity of “Melanoma Inhibitory Activity” MIA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2001
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Karl-Hermann Schlingensiepen, Reimar Schlingensiepen, Rainer Apfel, Wolfgang Brysch, Piotr Jachimczak, Ulrich Bogdahn