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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
May. 19, 2000
Todd G. Kirchgessner, North Wales, PA (US);
Bonnie Hsiang, Trenton, NJ (US);
Yingjie Zhu, Killingworth, CT (US);
Yuli Wu, Newtown, PA (US);
Zhaoqing Wang, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Jean S. Lynch, Ringoes, NJ (US);
Xin Huang, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Wen-Pin Yang, Princeton, NJ (US);
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
The current invention discloses nucleic acid and amino acid sequences for novel organic anion transfer proteins (“OATPs”). The invention encompasses the OATPs described herein, together with vectors containing the cDNA sequences, host cells containing the vectors and polypeptides having all or part of an OATP. Also encompasses are uses for OATPs for targeting drugs to specific organs and for modulating the concentration of endogenous substrates.