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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1998
Filed:
May. 11, 1994
Fujio Suzuki, Toyonaka, JP;
Yuji Hiraki, Takatsuki, JP;
Kazuhiro Takahashi, Machida, JP;
Junko Suzuki, Hino, JP;
Jun Kondo, Machida, JP;
Atsuko Kohara, Machida, JP;
Akiko Mori, Yokohama, JP;
Ei Yamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A novel human chondromodulin-I protein having a molecular weight of about 26,000 dalton on SDS-PAGE and capable of stimulating the growth of chondrocytes with or without FGF, promoting the differential potency of these cells, and inhibiting the growth of vascular endothelial cells, a DNA encoding this protein, expression vector containing the DNA, a transformant capable of producing recombinant chondromodulin-I protein, a process for producing chondromodulin-I protein by culturing the transformant and a pharmaceutical composition containing chondromodulin-I protein as an active ingredient.