US Patent Issued to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY on July 29 for "Blood-brain barrier permeability regulator and use thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,167, issued on July 29, was assigned to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (Hangzhou, China).

"Blood-brain barrier permeability regulator and use thereof" was invented by Fuqiang Hu (Hangzhou, China), Lijuan Wen (Hangzhou, China), Hong Yuan (Hangzhou, China), Kai Wang (Hangzhou, China) and Tingting Meng (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to use of SC79 or an analogue thereof in the preparation of a blood-brain barrier permeability regulator. The blood-brain barrier permeability regulator comprises SC79 or an analogue thereof as an active ingredient, which down-regulates expression of tight junction protein...