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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1999
Reinhard Ebner, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Marianne Murphy, Richmond, GB;
Steven M. Ruben, Olney, MD (US);
Jing-Shan Hu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
D. Roxanne Duan, Bethesda, MD (US);
Kimberly A. Florence, Rockville, MD (US);
Craig A. Rosen, Laytonsville, MD (US);
Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel IL-20 protein which is a member of the cytokine polypeptide family. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human IL-20 protein. IL-20 polypeptides are also provided as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying agonists and antagonists of IL-20 activity. Also provided are diagnostic methods for detecting immune system-related disorders and therapeutic methods for treating immune system-related disorders.