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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karel Gerrit Odink, Rheinfelden, CH;
Roger Clerc, Basel, CH;
Nico Cerletti, Bottmingen, CH;
Josef Bruggen, Riehen, CH;
Lajos Tarcsay, Grenzach-Wyhlen, DE;
Clemens Sorg, Munster, DE;
Walter Wiesendanger, Munchenstein, CH;
Assignee:
Novartis Corporation, Summit, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 695 ; 435 914 ; 43525233 ; 4353201 ; 435325 ; 536 235 ; 536 253 ; 530351 ; 530412 ; 530413 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns polypeptides related to human macrophage migration inhibition factor, in particular the polypeptides called MRP-8 and MRP-14, processes for their preparation, mRNAs, DNAs and hybrid vectors coding for those polypeptides, hosts transformed with such a hybrid vector, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies to those polypeptides, and diagnostic methods for inflammatory conditions and cystic fibrosis.