Conserved T-cell receptor sequences
US6303750A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 6, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K38/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Four unique transcripts have been isolated from the .beta. chain of the T cell receptor in T cells in the synovial tissue of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. Two of these transcripts were isolated from fresh synovial tissue and two were isolated from a T cell line derived from the synovial tissue. The sequences of the four transcripts are highly homologous, with a conserved amino acid sequence of IGQ_N in the highly diverse V-D junction. The .alpha. chain and the antigenic specificity of the T cell line derived transcripts has also been characterized.
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