Methods of modulating muscle contraction
CA 2241389 A1 · Owner: Mak, Alan S. · Inventors: Mak, Alan S.; Cote, Graham P.; Van Eyk, Jennifer E.
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Methods of modulating calcium independent smooth muscle contraction and of, modulating cardiac muscle contraction by the administration of a PAK modulating agent are described. A method of treating a subject having a state characterized by smooth muscle contraction, (e.g. hypertension, asthma irritable bowel syndrome, incontinence and menstrual cramps) or cardiac contractile dysfunction (e.g. heart failure and myocardial stunning) is also described. The method involves the administration to a subject, of a, therapeutically effective amount of a PAK modulating agent e.g. a PAK inhibitor or, stimulator. Assays e.g. screening tests, to identify PAK modulating agents or agents that modulate …
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- Filed June 23, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 23, 2018.
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