Compositions and Methods for Reducing Skin Pigmentation
AssigneeYale University
InventorJohn Mason Pawelek
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention provides compositions and methods for reducing skin pigmentation. The invention comprises inhibitors of sialyltransferase, inhibitors of oligosaccharide formation or oligosaccharide activity, and methods of using such inhibitors. In certain embodiments, the invention comprises inhibiting the formation and/or activity of Neu5Ac(α2,6)Gal/GalNAc-containing oligosaccharides.
Claims22
1-22. (canceled)
A method for reducing skin pigmentation comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of an inhibitor selected from a group consisting of an inhibitor of sialyltransferase activity, an inhibitor of oligosaccharide formation and an inhibitor of oligosaccharide activity.
34-35. (canceled)
37-41. (canceled)
43-44. (canceled)
49-74. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.