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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Elaine C DeFreitas, Villanova, PA (US);
J Todd Abrams, Narberth, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530351 ; 424 851 ;
Abstract
A lymphokine is taught which can be used to activate and stimulate CD3.sup.+, CD4.sup.+ T cells, as well as Sezary leukemic T cells. The lymphokine can be obtained from mitogen-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells or urine of Sezary Syndrome patients. The lymphokine upregulates interleukin-2 receptors.