Methods of identifying agents that modulate the binding between MDC and an MDC receptor
US6498015B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 26, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 24, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07K2319/02
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides purified and isolated polynucleotide sequences encoding a novel human macrophage-derived C-C chemokine designated Macrophage Derived Chemokine (MDC), and polypeptide analogs thereof. Also provided are materials and methods for the recombinant production of the chemokine, and purified and isolated chemokine protein, and polypeptide analogs thereof. Also provided are antibodies reactive with the chemokine and methods of making and using all of the foregoing.
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