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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:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuo Hanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoo Yamasaki, Toyko, JP;
Akiko Furuya, Toyko, JP;
Akira Tanaka, Tochigi, JP;
Assignee:
Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5303871 ; 5303879 ; 5303881 ; 5303882 ; 53038823 ; 53038885 ; 5303877 ; 435326 ;
Abstract
Described is a monoclonal antibody capable of specifically binding to fibroblast growth factor-8 (FGF-8) which is related to growth factors of hormone-dependent tumor cells such as prostatic cancer and breast cancer, and inhibits the FGF-8 activity. The monoclonal antibody is useful in analyzing the role and biological function of FGF-8 in hormone-dependent tumor cells such as prostatic cancer and breast cancer and can be beneficial in the treatment of these cancers.