Patents by Inventor Weiping Zou

Weiping Zou 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).

  • Compositions and methods for detecting and treating colorectal cancer
    Patent number: 9618513
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the detecting, treating, and empirically investigating the interaction between a subject's immune system and cancer stem cells. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for using IL-22 cytokine signaling and/or downstream targets of IL-22 cytokine signaling (e.g., STAT3, DOT1L, SUZ12, EED) in the diagnosis, treatment, and empirical investigation of cancers characterized with cancer stem cells activated through IL-22 cytokine signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Weiping Zou, Ilona Kryczek
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING COLORECTAL CANCER
    Publication number: 20150212088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the detecting, treating, and empirically investigating the interaction between a subject's immune system and cancer stem cells. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for using IL-22 cytokine signaling and/or downstream targets of IL-22 cytokine signaling (e.g., STAT3, DOT1L, SUZ12, EED) in the diagnosis, treatment, and empirical investigation of cancers characterized with cancer stem cells activated through IL-22 cytokine signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Weiping Zou, Ilona Kryczek