Patent · US Expired

Retinoid suppression of ventricular muscle cell hypertrophy

US6060311A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

Kenneth R. Chien · Cambridge, US
Ming Dong Zhou · Sydney, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 10, 1998
Grant date	May 9, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N33/9453
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention provides a method of suppressing ventricular muscle cell hypertrophy induced by an .alpha..sub.1 -adrenergic agonist or endothelin, by providing an effective amount of a retinoic acid compound.

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