HEPARIN COMPOSITIONS AND SELECTIN INHIBITION

摘要

The disclosure provides in vitro and in vivo methods for identifying Heparins and Heparinoids that modulate the activity of selectins. The disclosure also provides Heparins and Heparinoids that modulate the activity of selectins. The identification and isolation of these heparin formulations has the potential to mediate a wide variety of pathologies mediated by P- and/or L-selectin, including hematogenous metastasis, diseases associated with inflammation (e.g., asthma, arthritis, allergic dermatitis), ischemia-reperfusion injury, or other pathologies such as sickle cell anemia. Selectin inhibition can be achieved at plasma concentrations lower than those that cause excessive anticoagulation or unwanted bleeding in a human subject.