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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Masafumi Tsujimoto, Osaka, JP;
Fuyuki Iwasa, Minoo, JP;
Nobuo Tsuruoka, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroshi Nakazato, Ibaraki, JP;
Kenju Miura, Osaka, JP;
Nobuhiro Ishida, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Tatsuya Kurihara, Osaka, JP;
Kozo Yamaichi, Ibaraki, JP;
Nozomi Yamaguchi, Kyoto, JP;
Suntory Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides novel megakaryocyte differentiation factors, which are useful as therapeutic agents due to their accelerating effects on the differentiation of megakaryocytes and their thrombopoietic effects. The megakaryocyte differentiation factors of the present invention include the megakaryocyte differentiation factor having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 34. The present invention also provides DNA coding for the megakaryocyte differentiation factors of the present invention, expression vectors containing the DNA, hosts transformed with the expression vectors, and processes for production of the megakaryocyte differentiation factors using transformed hosts. The present invention further provides specific antibodies to the megakaryocyte differentiation factors of the present invention.