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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1995
Martha B. Ladner, Oakland, CA (US);
Janelle N. Van Arsdell, Oakland, CA (US);
George A. Martin, Berkeley, CA (US);
Ernest S. Kawasaki, Richmond, CA (US);
Mazie Yee Coyne, Danville, CA (US);
Robert F. Halenbeck, San Rafael, CA (US);
Kirston E. Koths, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Chiron Corporation, Eneryville, CA (US);
Abstract
A colony stimulating factor, CSF-1, is a lymphokine useful in regulating the immune system, is a lymphokine useful in overcoming the immunosuppression induced by chemotherapy or resulting from other causes. CSF-1 is obtained in usable amounts by recombinant methods, including cloning and expression of the murine and human DNA sequences encoding this protein. Both “long” and “short” forms of this protein and muteins corresponding to the cDNA-encoded forms are disclosed.