Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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Elizabeth McNally
Northwestern University at Chicago, Department: Internal Medicine/medicine
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Ikaika Therapeutics
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
Elizabeth McNally is the inventor on a patent related to using antibodies against LTBP4 as a therapeutic for muscular dystrophy. That patent has been assigned to a company that she is co-founder of, Ikaika Therapeutics, which is collaborating with another entity to develop anti-LTBP4 antibodies based on that intellectual property. This grant is looking to assess whether antibodies against LTBP4 have therapeutic potential. The grant will test similar technology to that being pursued by Ikaika Therapeutics and Ikaika Therapeutics could be perceived as benefitting from the work performed in this grant.
Regulating fibrosis and growth through latent TGFbeta binding proteins
PROJECT NARRATIVE Muscular dystrophy is a disease where muscle is lost and replaced by fibrosis. We identified the LTBP4 gene and showed that it improves muscular dystrophy in mice and humans with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. We will define the mechanism by which LTBP4 improves muscular dystrophy and test an approach to manipulate LTBP4 to treat muscular dystrophy.
Filed on May 14, 2018.
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