Integrin ligand dissociators
AssigneeThe Burnham Institute
InventorsJeffrey W. Smith, Dana D. Hu
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of disaggregating a ligand:integrin receptor complex. Specifically, the invention provides a method of disaggregating an existing platelet thrombus in a blood vessel in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a compound which dissociates fibrinogen bound to a first site on platelet glycoprotein IIB-IIIa, by binding a second interacting site on the platelet glycoprotein IIB-IIIa, thereby disaggregating the platelet thrombus. The present invention also provides a method of screening compounds for the ability to dissociate a ligand from its integrin receptor by binding an interacting second site, comprising contacting the compound with an existing ligand:integrin receptor complex and determining if the complex dissociates.
Claims9
A method of disaggregating an existing platelet thrombus in a blood vessel in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a compound which dissociates fibrinogen bound to a first site on platelet glycoprotein IIb-IIIa, by binding a second interacting site on platelet glycoprotein IIb-IIIa, thereby disaggerating the platelet thrombus.
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