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US 9,066,937 B2Granted
Lipoxygenase and its use in wound healing
AssigneeMedizinische Hochschule Hannover
InventorsPeter Vogt, Bjoern Menger, Kerstin Reimers-Fadhlaoui
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Abstract
Epidermal lipoxygenase obtained from axolotl is utilized in pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions. The compositions have use in wound healing, bone healing or conditioning of injured tissue, e.g. in wound dressings.
Claims7
A composition containing a vector comprising a heterologous nucleic acid molecule encoding the recombinant polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 having lipoxygenase enzyme activity.
A wound dressing containing
- a substrate containing polymers;
- and, positioned on or associated with said substrate, a composition comprising
- i) the polypeptide of SEQ ID No. 2 having lipoxygenase enzyme activity, or
- ii) the nucleic acid molecule encoding said polypeptide of SEQ ID No. 2.
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