Method for isolation and purification of microvesicles from cell culture supernatants and biological fluids
AssigneeUniversity of Miami
InventorsEvangelos V. Badiavas, Arsalan Q. Shabbir, Stephen C. Davis
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AssigneeUniversity of Miami
InventorsEvangelos V. Badiavas, Arsalan Q. Shabbir, Stephen C. Davis
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The present invention relates to the fields of medicine, cell biology, molecular biology and genetics. In particular, the present invention provides methods to isolate and purify microvesicles from cell culture supernatants and biological fluids. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions of microvesicles to promote or enhance wound healing, stimulate tissue regeneration, remodel scarred tissue, modulate immune reactions, alter neoplastic cell growth and/or mobility, or alter normal cell growth and/or mobility. The present invention also provides compositions of microvesicles to be used as diagnostic reagents, and methods to prepare the compositions of microvesicles.
A topical composition for treating wounds comprising an aqueous concentrate of a heterogeneous population of purified, intact microvesicles,
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