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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:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
James J. Lee, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Nancy A. Lee, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/509 ; C12N 1/563 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/509 ; C12N 1/563 ;
Abstract
A transgenic mouse is provided, the cells of which contain and express IL-5 in a cell type- or tissue-specific manner and in an amount which results in an IL-5-associated pathology. Also provided are expression cassettes comprising an IL-5 gene, operably linked to a cell type- or tissue-specific transcriptional control sequence and methods of using transgenic mice comprising the expression cassettes