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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2016
National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, TW;
Hsien-Sheng Yin, Hsinchu, TW;
Wen-Ting Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
The present invention provides a mutant chicken interleukin-1β protein as a chicken interleukin-1β antagonist, which has a substituted peptide at position 117 and/or 118 of wild-type chicken interleukin-1β peptides. The mutant chicken interleukin-1β protein is created by using point mutation in a method genetic engineering; it can significantly inhibit proliferation of avian virus, such as avian influenza virus, avian reovirus and Marek's disease virus, and avian inflammation response. Therefore, the mutant chicken interleukin-1β protein of the present invention can be used as antiviral and anti-inflammatory medication.