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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:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michele Solimena, Hamden, CT (US);
Constance A. F. M. Berghs, New Haven, CT (US);
Ronald A. Dirkx, Jr., New Haven, CT (US);
Assignee:
Yale University, New Haven, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/106 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/106 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
The invention is directed to polypeptide or fragments thereof which interact with autoantigens of autoimmune diseases such as type I diabetes, and nucleic acid sequences which encode those polypeptide. The invention is also directed to methods for screening for autoimmune diseases such as type I diabetes, and methods and compositions for modulating hormone and neuropeptide secretion using proteins which interact with autoantigens of autoimmune diseases.