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Patent Inventor Names
Hideki Sano0
Daniel K. Hsu0
Fu-Tong Liu0
Date of Patent
March 6, 2007
0Patent Application Number
098054490
Date Filed
March 13, 2001
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention relates to methods of modulating cell migration, particularly, monocyte, neutrophil or macrophage migration, using galectin-3, galectin-3 binding polypeptide, or galectin-3 receptor binding polypeptide. Specifically provided are methods for increasing cell migration to sites of inflammation, infection or a tumor. Also provided are methods for identifying agents that modulate galectin-3 mediated migration, compositions containing galectin-3 or a functional subsequence thereof, and microfabricated devices that deliver galectin-3 or functional galectin-3 subsequences.
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