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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:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jian Ni, Rockville, MD (US);
Guo-Liang Yu, Berkeley, CA (US);
Ping Fan, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Reiner L. Gentz, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9395 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9395 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel member of the tumor necrosis factor family of receptors. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human TR9 receptor. TR9 polypeptides are also provided as are antibodies vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying agonists and antagonists of TR9 receptor activity.