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Selective inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cells to improve safety and efficacy of anti-restenotic therapy

总结

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of death in the US and throughout the world. While balloon angioplasty and/or stent implantation is a common surgical treatment, the occurrence of restenosis in these patients leads to future complications and additional surgical intervention. To this end, therapies that utilize drug-eluting stents (DES) non-selectively reduce vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) growth, minimizing restenosis, but also inhibit growth of vascular endothelial cells (VEC), leading to post-operative thrombosis and death. This technology describes a microRNA-based (miRNA-based) approach to prevent restenosis by inhibiting proliferative VSMCs, while selectively promoting reendothelialization and persevering VEC function. As such, this technology retains the patency maintenance required of CAD treatments while lowering the risk of post-operative thromboses, ultimately improving long-term patient outcomes.

技术优势

Reduce restenosis associated with surgical interventions for coronary artery diseaseLowers the risk of post-operative thrombosis associated with drug eluting stentsCan achieve restenosis reduction and minimize post-operative complications in a single comprehensive treatment Simple process to incorporate the miRNA into the p27 vector Patent Information:Patent Pending (WO/2013/152230)Tech Ventures Reference: IR CU12261

技术应用

Inhibition of VSMC proliferation in other contexts, such as atherosclerosis, arterial injury and vascular access failure in hemodialysis patientsDepletion of mixed cultures of VSMC in laboratory experimentation A model of defective growth in VSMCSelective inhibition of growth of any number of cell types

详细技术说明

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*Abstract

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*Inquiry

Peter GolikovColumbia Technology VenturesTel: (212) 854-8444Email: TechTransfer@columbia.edu

*IR

CU12261

*Principal Investigation

*Publications

Marx SO, Jain-Totary H, Marks AR. "Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation in Restenosis" Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. 2011; 4: 104-111.Santulli G, Wronska A, Uryu K, Diacovo TG, Gao M, Marx SO, Kitajewski J, Chilton JM, Akat KM, Tuschl T, Marks AR, Totary-Jain H. "A selective microRNA-based strategy inhibits restenosis while preserving endothelial function" The Journal of clinical investigation. 2014; 124(9): 4102-14.

国家/地区

美国