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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Emma E. Moore, Seattle, WA (US);
Julia E. Novak, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Assignee:
ZymoGenetics, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/819 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/819 ;
Abstract
A method for promoting the expression of myelin or Protein Zero in Schwann cells using Zcyto7 or IL-17. Zcyto7 or IL-17 are further used to promote myelination of the peripheral nervous system. This is particularly useful in treating diseases dymyelinating diseases such as diabetic neuropathy, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, chronic demyelinating disease, acute demyelinating polyneuropathy and human immunodeficiency viral demyelinating neuropathy or demyelination caused by trauma.