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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:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary D Shipley, Portland, OR (US);
Mark R Pittelkow, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul W Cook, Vancouver, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 436 63 ; 435 29 ;
Abstract
Keratinocyte autocrine factor (KAF) can be isolated from human keratinocytes and is an effective and selective mitogen for keratinocytes in comparison to fibroblasts. Methods of purifying KAF using sulfated glycosaminoglycans, methods to inhibit the effect of KAF using sulfated glycosaminoglycans, and methods to assay for stimulators and inhibitors of KAF activity and production are described.