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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark A. Labow, Westfield, NJ (US);
Craig Stephen Mickanin, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Umesh Bhatia, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Novartis, East Hanover, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/348 ; C12Q 1/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/348 ; C12Q 1/68 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides various methods for utilizing a polypeptide encoding a chemokine (MEC) and a polypeptide translated therefrom. The MEC chemokine is underexpressed in tumors, making the chemokine a useful marker for diagnosis and prognosis of adverse bodily reactions.