Isolated renal cells and uses thereof

US8318484B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Tengion, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Sharon C. Presnell · San Diego, US
• Andrew Bruce · Lexington, US
• Shay M. Wallace · Winston-Salem, US
• Sumana Choudhury · Kernersville, US
• Russell W. Kelley · Winston-Salem, US
• Manuel J. Jayo · Winston-Salem, US
• Jessica J. Reinsch · Charlotte, US
• Patricia D. Tatsumi · Greensboro, US
• Timothy A. Bertram · Golconda, US
• Eric S. Werdin · Lewisville, US
• Oluwatoyin A. Knight · Winston-Salem, US
• H. Scott Rapoport · Winston-Salem, US
• Roger M. Ilagan · Burlington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 12, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 27, 2012
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2500/02
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention is directed to isolated renal cells, including tubular and erythropoietin (EPO)-producing kidney cell populations, and methods of isolating and culturing the same, as well as methods of treating a subject in need with the cell populations.