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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1996
Robert C Gallo, Bethesda, MD (US);
Joseph Bryant, Rockville, MD (US);
Yanto Lunardi-Iskandar, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, College Park, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of treating or preventing diseases or disorders associated with hematopoietic deficiency by administration of human chorionic gonadotropin, .beta.-human chorionic gonadotropin or a peptide containing a sequence of a portion of .beta.-human chorionic gonadotropin. The invention also relates to methods of treating or preventing diseases or disorders associated with hematopoietic deficiency by administration of hematopoietic cells, the numbers of which have been increased by contacting the cells with human chorionic gonadotropin, .beta.-human chorionic gonadotropin or a peptide containing a sequence of a portion of .beta.-human chorionic gonadotropin. The invention also provides assays for the utility of particular human chorionic gonadotropin preparations in the treatment or prevention of hematopoietic deficiencies or in the increasing of hematopoietic cell numbers in vitro. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of administration of are also provided.