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US 10,946,066 B2Granted
Methods for organ regeneration
AssigneeCornell University
InventorsShahin Rafii, Bi-Sen Ding, Sina Y. Rabbany
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Abstract
A method of enhancing or initiating regeneration of an organ in a subject in need thereof comprising the administration of endothelial cells specific to said organ, or inductive endothelial cells specific to said organ, into the area of the body in which organ regeneration is desired in said subject.
Claims8
A method of enhancing or initiating lung regeneration , comprising administering a substantially purified population of matrix metalloproteinase-14 positive (MMP14+) inductive pulmonary endothelial cells to a subject in need of lung regeneration, wherein
- the subject has a defect in or deficiency of non-endothelial cells within the lung, and
- wherein following the administration, the proliferation or function of non-endothelial cells within the lung is enhanced or improved.
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