	US 12,234,267 B2
	Identification of mutations in channelopsin variants having improved light sensitivity and methods of use thereof
Zhuo-Hua Pan, Troy, MI (US); Tushar Ganjawala, Canton, MA (US); Qi Lu, Detroit, MI (US); and Gary Abrams, Detroit, MI (US)
Assigned to Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on May 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/324,501.
Application 17/324,501 is a division of application No. 16/328,916, granted, now 11,041,004, previously published as PCT/US2017/049158, filed on Aug. 29, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/380,871, filed on Aug. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0089660 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. C07K 14/405 (2006.01); A61K 35/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61P 27/02 (2006.01)

CPC C07K 14/405 (2013.01) [A61P 27/02 (2018.01); A61K 35/00 (2013.01); A61K 38/00 (2013.01)]

11 Claims

1. A method of treating an ocular disease or disorder treatable by restoring light sensitivity to retinal neurons, the method comprising administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 3-10, wherein the nucleic acid is operably linked to a promoter and the polypeptide is expressed in a cell membrane of a retinal neuron of the subject following administration.