Peptides derived from glutamic acid decarboxylase

US5674978A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Allan J. Tobin · Los Angeles, US
• Mark G. Erlander · Encinitas, US
• Daniel L. Kaufman · Santa Monica, US
• Michael J. Clare-Salzler · Gainesville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 1993
• Grant date: Oct 7, 1997
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S435/975
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Isolated polypeptides useful in ameliorating GAD-associated autoimmune disease as well as diagnostic and therapeutic methods of using the peptides are disclosed.