US Patent 7138498 Antibodies to MCP-4

Patent 7138498 was granted and assigned to Human Genome Sciences on November, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Human Genome Sciences

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

71384980

Patent Inventor Names

Yuling Li0

Mark D. Adams0

Ralph Alderson0

Solange H. Gentz0

David Parmelee0

Edward R. Appelbaum0

Haodong Li0

John R. White0

Date of Patent

November 21, 2006

Patent Application Number

106467700

Date Filed

August 25, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Prema Mertz

Patent abstract

Human chemokine polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding such chemokine polypeptides and a procedure for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing such chemokine polypeptides for the treatment of leukemia, tumors, chronic infections, autoimmune disease, fibrotic disorders, wound healing and psoriasis. Antagonists against such chemokine polypeptides and their use as a therapeutic to treat rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune and chronic inflammatory and infective diseases, allergic reactions, prostaglandin-independent fever and bone marrow failure are also disclosed.