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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Takashi Yokota, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ken-ichi Arai, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Timothy Mosmann, Atherton, CA (US);
Donna Rennick, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Schering Corporation, Madison, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; A61K / ; C07K / ; C12P / ; C12P / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
535351 ; 435 6952 ; 435 712 ; 435 91 ; 4351723 ; 4352402 ; 43525233 ; 424 852 ; 935 18 ; 935 29 ; 935 32 ; 935 41 ; 935 56 ; 935 58 ; 935 62 ; 935 70 ; 935 73 ; 935 81 ;
Abstract
Mammalian proteins and muteins thereof, designated interleukin-4s (IL-4s), are provided which exhibit both B cell growth factor activity and T cell growth factor activity. Compounds of the invention include native human and murine IL-4s, muteins thereof, and nucleic acids which are effectively homologous to disclosed cDNAs, and/or which are capable of coding for mammalian IL-4s and their muteins.