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Immunobiology Research Institute, Inc.

Michael D Culler

Gideon Goldstein

Jaw-Kang Chang

John J Siekierka

Ding Chang

Mary A Talle

Crafford A Harris

Ponniah Shenbagamurthi

Akira Arimura

Diane R Setcavage

Method for accurately measuring thymopoietin (TP) in human serum or plasma by dissociating TP from protein complexes, releasing bound TP in a unbound form, extracting TP, preparing it for assay, and measuring TP levels in a suitable assay.

Method of measuring thymopoietin proteins in plasma and serum including

The invention provides a novel means of diagnosing, or confirming a diagnosis of, affective disorders, such as depression, based on the blood levels of arginine vasopressin and thymopoietin, either alone or in combination.

Method for the diagnosis of depression based on monitoring blood levels

The present invention provides novel nucleotide and amino acid sequences for human thymopoietin .alpha., .beta., and .gamma., methods of recombinantly expressing same, and diagnostic and therapeutic uses thereof.

Recombinant human thymopoietin proteins and uses therefor

A synthetic peptide growth hormone releasing factor having substantially the following amino acid sequence: ##STR1## methods of inducing growth in an animal and growth inducing pharmaceutical compositions, including animal feed compositions, are disclosed.

Synthetic peptides

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Michael D Culler