Human myoblast cell lines and their uses
US6514756B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2510/04
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Described is a human muscular cell line which is able to proliferate and generated from primary human muscular cells by a process comprising the step of:a) pre-treating a culture of said primary human muscular cells or a suspension thereof with at least one glucocorticoid,b) optional step comprising obtaining a suspension of said pre-treated culture of step a),c) transferring into the pre-treated cells of the suspension of step a) or b) at least one nucleic acid vector which is not of retroviral origin and which is competent to immortalize said pre-treated cells andd) culturing the transferred cells of step c).Furthermore, human muscular cells derived from said cell lines are provided as well as pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions comprising the same.
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