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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. 29, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yu-Chung Yang, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Frances K Bennett, Melrose, MA (US);
Stephan R Paul, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Genetics Institute, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C07K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 6952 ; 435 411 ; 435325 ; 4352523 ; 4353201 ; 530351 ; 536 231 ; 536 235 ; 424 852 ; 4241981 ; 514-8 ; 514 12 ; 514885 ; 514887 ;
Abstract
A novel mammalian cytokine, IL-11, and processes for producing it are disclosed. IL-11 may be used in pharmaceutical preparations for stimulating and/or enhancing cells involved in the immune response and cells involved in the proper functioning of the hematopoietic system.