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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1998
Hung-Teh Kao, Hackensack, NJ (US);
Paul R. Hartig, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Theresa Branchek, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Synaptic Pharmaceutical Corporation, Paramus, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of obtaining a composition which comprises determining whether a chemical compound binds to a human 5-HT receptor expressed on the surface of a mammalian cell transfected with a vector adapted for expressing the receptor in the cell, and if the compound binds to the receptor, admixing the compound with a carrier. The present invention further provides a method of obtaining a composition which comprises determining whether a chemical compound binds to and activates or binds to and inhibits activation of a human 5-HT receptor expressed on the surface of a mammalian cell, wherein the human 5-HT receptor is expressed on the surface of a mammalian cell transfected with a vector adapted for expressing the receptor in the cell, and if the compound binds to and activates or binds to and inhibits activation of the receptor, admixing the compound with a carrier.