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Vanilloid receptor

US6887978B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Novartis AG · CH

Inventors

Peter McIntyre · Mounds View, US
Iain Fraser James · London, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 23, 2002
Grant date	May 3, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 23, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07K14/705
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The isolated nucleic acid encoding human vanilloid receptor, said receptor, its preparation, cells expressing said receptor and an assay for testing compounds for their potential to decrease pain in humans. The receptor is involved in detection of noxious stimuli in mammalian organisms.

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