Methods for using the obese gene and its gene product to stimulate hematopoietic development
Patent Number: 6355237
Date of First Priority Issue: Wednesday September 14th, 1994
Date Issued: Tuesday March 12th, 2002
Assignee: Progenitor, Inc. (Columbus, OH)
Inventors: Snodgrass, H. Ralph (Powell, OH); Cioffi, Joseph (New Albany, OH); Zupancic, Thomas Joel (Worthington, OH); Shafer, Alan Wayne (Lancaster, OH)
From Class: Expansion
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Leptin inhibits obesity. In this patent leptin is used in combination with other hematopoietic cytokines for the stimulation of hematopoietic stem cell function. Given the similarity between hematopoietic stem cells and neuronal stem cells, it would be interesting to assess the effects of leptin on neuronal stem cells.
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