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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:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey D. Milbrandt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Robert H. Baloh, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/00 ; C12N 5/08 ; C12N 1/563 ; C12N 1/585 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/00 ; C12N 5/08 ; C12N 1/563 ; C12N 1/585 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
A novel growth factor, artemin, which belongs to the GDNF/neurturin/persephin family of growth factors, is disclosed. The human and mouse amino sequences have been identified. Human and mouse artemin genomic DNA sequences have been cloned and sequenced and the respective cDNA sequences identified. In addition, methods for treating degenerative conditions using artemin, methods for detecting artemin gene alterations and methods for detecting and monitoring patient levels of artemin are provided.