Patent ID: 6878388

Claim:
A method for inhibiting adhesion, migration, or invasion of a non-cancer proliferative cell, comprising administering to the cell a vanadium compound having the following structure: wherein, R 1 and R 2 are each independently a monodentate ligand or together form a bidentate ligand; R 3 and R 4 are each independently a monodentate ligand or together form a bidentate ligand; and R 5 is a monodentate ligand, or is absent; wherein each monodentate ligand is halo, OH 2 , O 3 SCF 3 , N 3 , CN, OCN, SCN, SeCN, or a cyclopentadienyl ring that can be substituted with one or more (C 1 -C 3 )alkyl; and each bidentate ligand is acetonylacetonate, 2,2′-bipyridine, hexafluoroacetylacetonate, diethyl dithiocarbamate, N-phenyl benzohydroxamic acid, acethydroxamic acid, phenanthroline, or a derivative thereof.