Amgen Inc.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Columbia University

Keith E Langley

Thomas Charles Boone

Yves A DeClerck

Xuliang Jiang

Wayne A Hendrickson

Henri Stephen Lichenstein

Rashid Syed

Mark M Zukowski

Yueh-Rong Ann Hsu

A novel metalloproteinase inhibitor, analogs thereof, polynucleotides encoding the same, and methods of production, are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating disorders caused by excessive amounts of metalloproteinase are also disclosed.

Metalloproteinase inhibitor

Methods for detecting metalloproteinase inhibitors

This invention provides a computer based method for preparing a stem cell factor (SCF) analog comprising the steps of: (a) providing computer expression of the three dimensional structure of an SCF molecule using its crystal structure; (b) selecting from the computer expression of step (a) at least one site on the SCF molecule for alteration; (c) preparing a SCF molecule having an alteration at said at least one selected site; and (d) optionally, testing the SCF molecule for a desired characteristic. This invention also provides SCF analogs and SCF ligand analogs prepared according to the above-described method. Compositions comprising SCF analogs or SCF ligand analogs prepared according to the above-described method effective to treat a subject and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier are provided, as are methods of treating a subject comprising administration of pharmaceutical compositions comprising the prepared SCF analogs and SCF ligand analogs prepared by the described methods. This invention also provides methods for designing compounds capable of binding to the SCF receptor site and compounds designed by the above-described methods.

Conjugated ligands for the stimulation of blood cell proliferation by effecting dimerization of the receptor for stem cell factor

Antibodies to the metalloproteinase inhibitor

A novel metalloproteinase inhibitor, analogs thereof, polynucleotides encoding the same, and methods of production, are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating disorders caused by excessive amounts of metalloproteinase are also disclosed. In particular, a method for inhibiting tumor cell dissemination in a mammal comprising administering an effective amount of such metalloproteinase inhibitors is described.

Method of inhibiting tumor cell dissemination with a metalloproteinase

Disclosed are DNA sequences encoding N-acetylmuramidase M1, polypeptide products of recombinant expression of these DNA sequences, peptides whose sequences are based upon the amino acid sequences deduced from these DNA sequences, antibodies specific for such proteins and peptides, procedures for the detection and quantitation of such proteins and nucleic acids related thereto, as well as procedures relating to the development of bacteriolytic methods, therapeutic agents, and compositions utilizing N-acetylmuramidase M1.

Nucleic acid encoding N-acetylmuramidase M1

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Keith E Langley