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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kunitaka Hirose, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Inoguchi, Gunma, JP;
Michinori Hakozaki, Fukushima, JP;
Keiko Ishioka, Tokyo, JP;
Yukako Ishida, Tokyo, JP;
Kouji Matsushima, Chiba, JP;
Kouji Kuno, Ishikawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kureha Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/500 ; A61K 4/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/500 ; A61K 4/700 ;
Abstract
A human ADAMTS-1 protein, a gene encoding the same, a pharmaceutical composition containing the protein as an active ingredient, and a method for immunologically analyzing the human ADAMTS-1 protein are disclosed. The protein can decrease the number of leukocytes and platelets, and at the same time, increase the number of erythrocytes.