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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:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mu-En Lee, Newton, MA (US);
Edgar Haber, Salisbury, NH (US);
Mukesh Jain, West Newton, MA (US);
Shaw-Fang Yet, Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530350 ; 530350 ; 435-6 ; 435 691 ; 435 922 ; 536 231 ; 536 235 ; 536 255 ; 514 44 ; 514-2 ; 935 23 ; 424 9321 ;
Abstract
A substantially pure DNA comprising a sequence encoding a smooth muscle cell LIM (SmLIM) polypeptide, methods of diagnosing vascular injury by detecting a decrease in SmLIM gene expression, and methods of inhibiting vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation.