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Stem Cell Related Patent Number US6919206
| Title: | Medium containing flt3 ligand for culturing hematophoietic cells | | Inventors: | Lyman, Stewart D.; Seattle, WA, USA
Beckmann, M. Patricia; Poulsbo, WA, USA | | Summary: | This invention describes isolated ligands for flt 3 receptors capable of transducing self-renewal signals in the regulation of growth, proliferation or differentiation of progenitor cells and stem cells. Further disclosed are flt3-L as an isolated protein, the DNA encoding the flt3-L, host cells transfected with cDNAs encoding flt3-L, compositions comprising flt3-L, methods of improving gene transfer to a mammal using flt3-L, and methods of improving transplantations using flt3-L. Therapeutic applications are included, such as in the treatment of anaemia, AIDS and cancer. | | Abstract: | Ligands for flt3 receptors capable of transducing self-renewal signals to regulate the growth, proliferation or differentiation of progenitor cells and stem cells are disclosed. The invention is directed to flt3-L as an isolated protein, the DNA encoding the flt3-L, host cells transfected with cDNAs encoding flt3-L, compositions comprising flt3-L, methods of improving gene transfer to a mammal using flt3-L, and methods of improving transplantations using flt3-L. Flt3 -L finds use in treating patients with anemia, AIDS and various cancers. | | US Patent Website: | Click Here for Full Text of Patent | | Title Number: | US6919206 | | Application Number: | US1997000994468 | | Date Filed: | 19/12/1997 | | Date Published: | 19/07/2005 | | Assignee: | Immunex Corporation, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA |
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