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Method for preventing and/or treating renal disease

US6306827A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 24, 1998
Grant dateOct 23, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K38/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A preventative and/or therapeutic agent to treat and/or prevent organ failure due to mercury exposure, contains as the active ingredient a mutant tumor cytotoxic factor protein (TCF-II). The therapeutic agent comprises a mutant TCF-II protein according to SEQ ID NO. 2 in which amino acid residues Arg-Lys-Arg-Arg have been replaced by Ala-Ala-Ala-Ala, or in which amino acids Lys-Ile-Lys-Thr-Lys-Lys have been replaced by Ala-Ile-Ala-Thr-Ala-Ala (SEQ ID NO. 3).

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