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Stem Cell Related Patent Number US6908986
| Title: | Chemokine alpha 3 | | Inventors: | Ni, Jian; Germantown, MD, USA
Li, Haodong; Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Su, Jeffrey; Clinton, NJ, USA | | Summary: | Described herein are novel human chemokine alpha-3 polypeptides and polynucleotides, and the DNA (RNA) encoding such chemotactic cytokines. Further disclosed is a procedure for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Diagnostic assays are provided, such as for detecting diseases related to mutations in the nucleic acid sequences and altered concentrations of the polypeptides, and for detecting mutations in the polynucleotides encoding the chemotactic cytokines, and for detecting altered levels of the polypeptide in a host. Therapeutic applications of such chemotactic cytokines are provided, such as for the treatment of leukemia, tumors, chronic infections, T-cell mediated auto-immune disease, fibrotic disorders, sepsis, wound healing, psoriasis, and in the stimulation of stem cell mobilization. Also included are antagonists against such chemotactic cytokines and their applications in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, auto-immune and chronic and acute inflammatory and infective diseases, allergic reactions, prostaglandin-independent fever, and bone marrow failure. | | Abstract: | Human chemokine Alpha-3 polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding such chemotactic cytokines and a procedure for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing such chemotactic cytokines for the treatment of leukemia, tumors, chronic infections, auto-immune disease, fibrotic disorders, sepsis, wound healing and psoriasis and to stimulate stem cell mobilization. Antagonists against such chemotactic cytokines and their use as a therapeutic to treat rheumatoid arthritis, auto-immune and chronic and acute inflammatory and infective diseases, allergic reactions, prostaglandin-independent fever, ARDS and bone marrow failure are also disclosed. Also disclosed are diagnostic assays for detecting diseases related to mutations in the nucleic acid sequences and altered concentrations of the polypeptides. Also disclosed are diagnostic assays for detecting mutations in the polynucleotides encoding the chemotactic cytokines and for detecting altered levels of the polypeptide in a host. | | US Patent Website: | Click Here for Full Text of Patent | | Title Number: | US6908986 | | Application Number: | US2002000141938 | | Date Filed: | 10/05/2002 | | Date Published: | 21/06/2005 | | Assignee: | Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD, USA |
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