Method for stimulating connective tissue growth or wound healing
US7105481B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 1, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 28, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Q2600/158
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
PDGF-D, a new member of the PDGF/VEGF family of growth factors, as well as the nucleotide sequence encoding it, methods for producing it, antibodies and other antagonists to it, transfected and transformed host cells expressing it, pharmaceutical compositions containing it, and uses thereof in medical and diagnostic applications, including methods for stimulating growth of a connective tissue or healing a wound in a mammal, which methods comprise administering to the mammal an effective amount of PDGF-D polypeptides or polynucleotides encoding the PDGF-D polypeptides.
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