Patents by Inventor Richard Kew

Richard Kew 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).

  • Antagonist peptides to the C5A chemotactic function of vitamin D binding protein
    Publication number: 20060094659
    Abstract: It has been demonstrated that one of Vitamin D Binding Protein (DBP) biological functions is to enhance the chemotactic activity of C5a and C5a des Arg. The present invention has found that peptides having sequences that substantially correspond to a specific region in the N-terminal domain I of DBP can block the DBP enhancement of C5a or C5a des Arg chemotactic activity. Based in this discovery the present invention provides DBP antagonist peptides and the use thereof for the treatment C5a or C5a des Arg-mediated disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Kew, Jianhua Zhang