Nanotubes as Mitochondrial Uncouplers

Authors

Patrick G. Sullivan, University of KentuckyFollow

US Patent Number

8357845

Publication Date

1-22-2013

Abstract

A method of uncoupling mitochondria in a subject including administering nanotubes to the subject in a therapeutically effective amount, wherein the nanotubes are self-rectifying is provided. A method of decreasing reactive oxygen species and decreasing detrimental loading of Ca²⁺ into mitochondria is provided, including administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of nanotubes into the subject. A method of reducing weight, treating cancer, reducing the effects of traumatic brain injury, or reducing the effects of ageing, in a subject including administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of nanotubes into the subject is also provided.

Assignees

University of Kentucky Research Foundation

Application Number

13/035,649

Filing Date

2011-02-25

Recommended Citation

Sullivan, Patrick G., "Nanotubes as Mitochondrial Uncouplers" (2013). Neuroscience Faculty Patents. 3.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/neurobio_patents/3