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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:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig A Rosen, Laytonsville, MD (US);
Joseph J Kenny, Frederick, MD (US);
Assignee:
Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 6952 ; 435 712 ; 4353201 ; 435325 ; 4352523 ; 435471 ; 536 231 ; 536 235 ; 536 243 ; 536 2431 ; 530351 ;
Abstract
The present invention concerns a novel human cytokine. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding interleukin-19 (IL-19). IL-19 polypeptides are also provided, as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further concerns therapeutic methods for modulating cytokine production.