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Method for enhanced growth and proliferation of mast cells

US5164317A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH LTD · GB

Inventors

Lothar Hultner · Munich, DE
Jochen Moeller · Eichenau, DE
Catherine Uyttenhove · Brussels, BE
Jacques Van Snick · Brussels, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 25, 1991
Grant date	Nov 17, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 25, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N2501/23
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The glycoprotein known as P40, characterized by a molecular weight of from about 30 to 40 kilodaltons and an isoelectric point of about 10, previously recognized as a helper T cell growth factor, also enhances growth and proliferation of mast cells and their maintenance viability and differentation status in vitro.

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