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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1992
Martha B Ladner, Oakland, CA (US);
Janelle A Noble, Berkeley, CA (US);
George A Martin, Berkeley, CA (US);
Ernest S Kawasaki, Waltham, MA (US);
Mazie Y Coyne, Danville, CA (US);
Robert F Halenbeck, San Rafael, CA (US);
Kirston E Koths, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Cetus Oncology Corporation, Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
A colony stimulating factor, CSF-1, is a lymphokine useful in regulating the immune system is a lymphokine useful in overcoming the immunosuppression induced by chemotherapy or resulting from other causes. CSF-1 is obtained in usable amounts by recombinant methods, including cloning and expression of the murine and human DNA sequences encoding this protein. Both 'long' and 'short' forms of this protein and muteins corresponding to the cDNA-encoded forms are disclosed.