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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:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jose M Ribeiro, Tucson, AZ (US);
Richard G Titus, Needham, MA (US);
Charles B Shoemaker, Weston, MA (US);
Heinz G Remold, Brookline, MA (US);
Ethan A Lerner, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
The President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435325 ; 4352523 ; 43525411 ; 4353201 ; 435419 ; 536 235 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are proteins derived from the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis capable of inducing vasodilation in mammals and data characterizing the proteins and nucleic acids encoding the proteins. Also disclosed is a method for temporarily inactivating the immune system in a mammal comprising administering to the mammal the Lutzomyia protein, CGRP, calcitonin, or active immune suppressing analogs thereof.