CDC-derived exosomes for treatment of ventricular tachyarrythmias

    公开(公告)号:US11351200B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-07

    申请号:US16305011

    申请日:2017-06-02

    摘要: Described herein are compositions and methods related to use of exosomes, including cardiosphere derived cell (CDC)-derived exosomes for treatment and prevention of heart related disease and conditions, such as ventral arrhythmias, such as tachycardias. CDC-derived exosomes delivered by endocardial injection can diminish the total amount of isolated late potentials associated with an isthmus of slow conduction, while reducing the isoelectric interval between late abnormal ventricular activity and decreasing the incidence of inducible ventricular arrhythmias, thereby providing a biological treatment for arrhythmias which otherwise requires therapeutic interventions with adverse effects.

    GENETIC MODIFICATION OF PIGS FOR XENOTRANSPLANTATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220167599A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17675693

    申请日:2022-02-18

    发明人: Megan Sykes

    摘要: The invention provides for transgenic donor animals (e.g., pigs) whose cells, tissues and organs have a better long-term survival when transplanted into a human patient. The transgenic donor animal carries one or more human transgenes which is expressed only when the endogenous gene of the donor animal is knocked out shortly before a graft is harvested for transplantation. This “genetic switch” allows the donor animal to remain healthy during the majority of its lifetime, while still allowing expression of the human transgene for optimal transplant tolerance in a human recipient. The transgene may encode a cytokine receptor, an adhesion molecule, or a complement regulatory protein.