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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:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1999
Steven D. Rosen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher M. Sassetti, Richmond, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Podocalyxin like proteins (e.g. PCLP and PCLP-2) having selectin ligand activity are provided. Also provided are nucleic acid compositions encoding novel PCLP-2 proteins. The subject polypeptide and nucleic acid compositions find use in a variety of applications, including research, diagnostic, and therapeutic agent screening applications, as well as in treatment therapies for disease conditions associated with podocalyxin like protein activity. In particular, methods of treating diseases associated with podocalyxin like protein selectin binding activity and/or chemokine presenting activity are provided, where such diseases include inflammation and the like.