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US 6,858,583 · App. 10/463,699 · Granted Feb 22, 2005

Hemoglobin alpha chain peptide fragments useful for inhibiting stem cell proliferation

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Patent No.
US 6,858,583
App. No.
10/463,699
Granted
Feb 22, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed and claimed are methods for the isolation and use of stem cell inhibiting factors for regulating the abnormal stem cell cycle and for accelerating the post-chemotherapy peripheral blood cell recovery. Also disclosed and claimed are the inhibitors of stem cell proliferation.

Claims (1)

1. A pharmaceutical composition consisting essentially of (a) at least one INPROL selected from the group consisting of alpha-chain of hemoglobin, beta-chain of hemoglobin, gamma-chain of hemoglobin, delta-chain of hemoglobin, epsilon-chain of hemoglobin, zeta-chain of hemoglobin, SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NQ:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:13, and SEQ ID NO:14 and (b) at least one stimulatory compound selected from the group consisting of IL-1, IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-9, IL-11, IL-13, IL-14, IL-15, G-CSF, GM-CSF, M-CSF, erythropoietin, thrombopoietin, stem cell factor and flk2/flt3 ligand.