Inhibitor and stimulator of stem cell proliferation and uses thereof
Patent Number: 6784155
Date of First Priority Issue: Wednesday April 3rd, 1996
Date Issued: Tuesday August 31st, 2004
Assignee: Wellstat Therapeutics Corporation (Gaithersburg, MD)
Inventors: Wolpe, Stephen D. (Rockville, MD); Tsyrlova, Irena (Gaithersburg, MD)
From Class: Expansion
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The connection between the brain and the immune system is well-known, such as the experiments of Pavlovian conditioning of immune responses. Here the inventor covers the use of opiates and certain peptides for stimulation of bone marrow stem cell proliferation.
Specific peptide sequences of hematopoietic stem cell stimulators are disclosed including peptide fractions of hemoglobin chains that have hematopoietic stem cell regulatory activity.
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