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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. 30, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter S Linsley, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark A Kay, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher B Wilson, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey Ledbetter, Seattle, WA (US);
Alejandro A Aruffo, Seattle, WA (US);
Diane L Hollenbaugh, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 9321 ; 435 691 ; 4353201 ; 435325 ; 514 44 ; 424 931 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method for enhancing the expression of a gene of interest by a cell, the cell (a) comprises a recombinant nucleic acid sequence encoding and (b) is capable of expressing the gene of interest, the method comprising contacting the cell with an amount of a soluble CTLA4 molecule effective to enhance the expression of the gene of interest by the cell.