Patents by Inventor Yonghao Yu

Yonghao Yu 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).

  • Publication number: 20240134536
    Abstract: Data is migrated. For instance, in response to detection of a failed group in a drive of groups comprising respective blocks, it is determined whether the total number of groups in the drive that have failed is less than a predetermined threshold. Data associated with the failed group is migrated to a reserved group in a reserved space of the drive according to a determination that the total number is less than the predetermined threshold; and a read/write (I/O) request to the failed group is redirected to the reserved group based on a mapping relationship from the failed group to the reserved group. Consequently, data does not need to be repaired on an entire drive due to one failed write request and replacing the drive is avoided, thereby saving resources, time and labor, and improving the impact of the failed write request on the performance of a storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Andy Ling Wu, Yonghao Yu
  • Publication number: 20220098196
    Abstract: The disclosure provides PARP PROTAC molecules comprising a PARP inhibitor linked to an E3 ligase binder, and their use in treating diseases caused by aberrant PARP activation. Such PROTAC molecules produce selective degradation of one or a specific set of PARP proteins with limited effects on the protein level of other PARPs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Yonghao YU, Chuo CHEN, Shuai WANG, Lei HAN, Lin YOU
  • Patent number: 10407712
    Abstract: A mass-spectrometry-based method and substrates are provided herein for large scale kinome activity profiling directly from crude lysates using 90 chemically synthesized peptide substrates with amino acid sequences derived from known phosphoproteins. Quantification of peptide phosphorylation rates was achieved via the use of stable isotope labeled synthetic peptides. A method and substrates for obtaining 90 simultaneous activity measurements in a single-reaction format were developed and validated. The kinome activity profiling strategy was successfully applied with lysates of: cells manipulated by combination of mitogen stimulation, pharmacological perturbation and siRNA-directed kinase knockdown; seven different breast cancer cell lines treated with gefitinib; and each of normal and cancerous tissue samples from renal cell carcinoma patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Steven P. Gygi, Kazuishi Kubota, Judit Villen, Yonghao Yu
  • Publication number: 20180119198
    Abstract: A mass-spectrometry-based method and substrates are provided herein for large scale kinome activity profiling directly from crude lysates using 90 chemically synthesized peptide substrates with amino acid sequences derived from known phosphoproteins. Quantification of peptide phosphorylation rates was achieved via the use of stable isotope labeled synthetic peptides. Half of these peptides immediately or rapidly showed robust and site-specific phosphorylation after incubation with serum-starved HEK293 cell lysate. A method and substrates for obtaining 90 simultaneous activity measurements in a single-reaction format were developed and validated. Activating kinase pathways through insulin or EGF stimulation reproducibly altered the phosphorylation rates of peptides derived from known pathway protein substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Steven P. Gygi, Kazuishi Kubota, Judit Villen, Yonghao Yu
  • Patent number: 9097722
    Abstract: PARylated proteins are enriched by treating cell lysates comprising PARylated proteins and DNA/RNA with an endonuclease that cleaves the DNA/RNA but not the PAR; and separating the PARylated proteins from the cleaved DNA/RNA. PARylation sites are labeled by eluting PARylated proteins from a PAR-affinity substrate with a nucleophilic amine exchange reactant, wherein the reactant labels PARylation sites of the proteins. Specific binding agents are identified by screening compounds for specific binding to a PARylated protein disclosed herein; and identifying one of the compounds as a specific binder of the protein. Antibodies which specifically bind PARylation sites are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventor: Yonghao Yu
  • Publication number: 20140371101
    Abstract: PARylated proteins are enriched by treating cell lysates comprising PARylated proteins and DNA/RNA with an endonuclease that cleaves the DNA/RNA but not the PAR; and separating the PARylated proteins from the cleaved DNA/RNA. PARylation sites are labeled by eluting PARylated proteins from a PAR-affinity substrate with a nucleophilic amine exchange reactant, wherein the reactant labels PARylation sites of the proteins. Specific binding agents are identified by screening compounds for specific binding to a PARylated protein disclosed herein; and identifying one of the compounds as a specific binder of the protein. Antibodies which specifically bind PARylation sites are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventor: Yonghao Yu
  • Patent number: 8828672
    Abstract: PARylated proteins are enriched by treating cell lysates comprising PARylated proteins and DNA/RNA with an endonuclease that cleaves the DNA/RNA but not the PAR; and separating the PARylated proteins from the cleaved DNA/RNA. PARylation sites are labeled by eluting PARylated proteins from a PAR-affinity substrate with a nucleophilic amine exchange reactant, wherein the reactant labels PARylation sites of the proteins. Specific binding agents are identified by screening compounds for specific binding to a PARylated protein disclosed herein; and identifying one of the compounds as a specific binder of the protein. Antibodies which specifically bind PARylation sites are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventor: Yonghao Yu
  • Publication number: 20140170643
    Abstract: PARylated proteins are enriched by treating cell lysates comprising PARylated proteins and DNA/RNA with an endonuclease that cleaves the DNA/RNA but not the PAR; and separating the PARylated proteins from the cleaved DNA/RNA. PARylation sites are labeled by eluting PARylated proteins from a PAR-affinity substrate with a nucleophilic amine exchange reactant, wherein the reactant labels PARylation sites of the proteins. Specific binding agents are identified by screening compounds for specific binding to a PARylated protein disclosed herein; and identifying one of the compounds as a specific binder of the protein. Antibodies which specifically bind PARylation sites are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventor: Yonghao Yu
  • Publication number: 20130252950
    Abstract: Provided are over 300 mTOR kinase targets identified by a comprehensive phosphoproteomics assay. Methods of targeting mTOR kinase targets, methods to determine the level of mTOR activity by measuring the level of phosphorylation of an mTOR targeted phosphorylation site, methods for distinguishing different classes of mTOR activity in a cell based on phosphoproteomic analysis of mTOR-targeted proteins are also provided. Also provided is the classification of a hyperproliferative disease based on phosphoproteomic analysis of mTOR-targeted proteins, as well as the personalization of therapeutic methods for the treatment of hyperproliferative disease based on phosphoproteomics. Also provided are therapeutic methods including administering to a subject an mTOR inhibitor, an mTOR inhibitor and an additional kinase inhibitor, or a dual inhibitor of mTOR and an additional kinase based on the phosphorylation levels of mTOR targets determined in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: John Blenis, Steven P. Gygi, Yonghao Yu
  • Publication number: 20110269161
    Abstract: A mass-spectrometry-based method and substrates are provided herein for large scale kinome activity profiling directly from crude lysates using 90 chemically synthesized peptide substrates with amino acid sequences derived from known phosphoproteins. Quantification of peptide phosphorylation rates was achieved via the use of stable isotope labeled synthetic peptides. Half of these peptides immediately or rapidly showed robust and site-specific phosphorylation after incubation with serum-starved HEK293 cell lysate. A method and substrates for obtaining 90 simultaneous activity measurements in a single-reaction format were developed and validated. Activating kinase pathways through insulin or EGF stimulation reproducibly altered the phosphorylation rates of peptides derived from known pathway protein substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: Steven P. Gygi, Kazuishi Kubota, Judit Villen, Yonghao Yu