Patent ID: 8778967

Claim:
A method to obtain isolated progenitor and/or stem cells from a subject, comprising a) administering to said subject a compound of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or pro-drug forms thereof; and including any stereoisomeric forms thereof; wherein n 4 is 2-4; each R 1 is independently H, halo, alkyl, alkoxy, or CF 3 , R 3 is H, alkyl, alkyenyl, arylalkyl, or aryl; two R 4 groups taken together with the ring to which they are attached form an aromatic ring; and each R 6 is independently H, arylalkyl arylacyl or arylsulfonyl, wherein the aryl moieties thereof optionally contain one or more nitrogen atoms, in an amount effective to mobilize said progenitor and/or stem cells into the peripheral blood of in said subject, and b) harvesting said progenitor and/or stem cells.