US Patent Issued to The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois on April 8 for "Inhibitors of Beta integrin-G protein Alpha subunit binding interactions" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,900, issued on April 8, was assigned to The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Ill.).

"Inhibitors of Beta integrin-G protein Alpha subunit binding interactions" was invented by Xiaoping Du (Willowbrook, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compounds that inhibit a binding interaction between a Beta integrin and a G protein subunit, as well as compositions, e.g., pharmaceutical compositions, comprising the same, and related kits. In some embodiments, the compound is an antibody or antibody analog, and, in other embodiments, the compound is a peptide or peptide analog. Also provided are methods ...