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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:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Achilles A Demetriou, Bel Air, CA (US);
Julia Y Ljubimova, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C07H / ; C07H / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 911 ; 4352523 ; 4353201 ; 536 2431 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a gene that encodes proteins associated with liver neoplastic diseases, such as liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Significantly, these proteins are not expressed in normal, non-neoplastic liver. In accordance with the present invention there also are provided antibodies that are capable of binding to the invention proteins, as well as methods and kits for screening for liver neoplastic diseases.