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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:
Dec. 03, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sirpa Jalkanen, 20760 Piispanristi, FI;
Marko Salmi, Turku, FI;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
43524027 ; 435 7021 ; 4351722 ; 530300 ; 530350 ; 53038822 ; 530395 ;
Abstract
A novel endothelial cell molecule, VAP-1, is described that mediates lymphocyte binding in man. Further described are anti-VAP-1 monoclonal antibodies and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases by the administration of VAP-1 binding compounds, such as anti-VAP-1 antibodies.