Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated

Congfen Li

Haoran Zhao

X Charlene Liao

Peter Chu

Jorge Pardo

Esteban Masuda

Ying-Ping Jiang

Jun Wu

Collin Spencer

The present invention relates to regulation of lymphocyte activation and migration. More particularly, the present invention is directed to nucleic acids encoding EDG family GPCR proteins, e.g., EDG-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8, which are involved in modulation of lymphocyte activation and migration. The invention further relates to methods for identifying and using agents, including small organic molecules, antibodies, peptides, cyclic peptides, nucleic acids, antisense nucleic acids, sphingolipid analogs, and ribozymes, that modulate lymphocyte activation or migration via modulation of EDG GPCRs and EDG related signal transduction; as well as to the use of expression profiles and compositions in diagnosis and therapy related to lymphocyte activation and suppression, and lymphocyte migration.

EDG: modulators of lymphocyte activation and migration

The present invention relates to regulation of lymphocyte activation. More particularly, the present invention is directed to nucleic acids encoding PAK2, which is involved in modulation of lymphocyte activation. The invention further relates to methods for identifying and using agents, including small organic molecules, peptides, circular peptides, antibodies, lipids, antisense nucleic acids, and ribozymes, that modulate lymphocyte activation via modulation of PAK2; as well as to the use of expression profiles and compositions in diagnosis and therapy related to lymphocyte activation and suppression.

PAK2: modulators of lymphocyte activation

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