Patents by Inventor Run Lu

Run Lu 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).

  • Human prostaglandin transporter
    Patent number: 5792851
    Abstract: The present invention provides a purified and isolated nucleic acid encoding human prostaglandin transporter (hPGT). The present invention also provides a vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding human prostaglandin transporter (hPGT), a cell stably transformed with this vector, as well as a method for producing a recombinant, human prostaglandin transporter (hPGT). The present invention also provides a purified and isolated human prostaglandin transporter (hPGT), and an antibody immunoreactive with this protein. The present invention further provides a method for evaluating the uptake of a selected prostaglandin by cells expressing nucleic acid encoding human prostaglandin transporter (hPGT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Albert Einstin College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, a Division of Yeshiva University
    Inventors: Victor L. Schuster, Run Lu