DNA encoding various forms of colony stimulating factor-1
US5573930A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 28, 1992 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 28, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S930/145
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A colony stimulating factor, CSF-1, is a lymphokine useful in regulating the immune system is a lymphokine useful in overcoming the immunosuppression induced by chemotherapy or resulting from other causes. CSF-1 is obtained in usable amounts by recombinant methods, including cloning and expression of the murine and human DNA sequences encoding this protein. Both "long" and "short" forms of this protein and muteins corresponding to the cDNA-encoded forms are disclosed.
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