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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1999
Anthony Rosen, Columbia, MD (US);
Livia Casciola-rosen, Columbia, MD (US);
Donald W. Nicholson, Montreal, CA;
Felipe A. Andrade, Baltimore, MD (US);
Sophie Roy, Montreal, CA;
Nancy A. Thornberry, Westfield, NJ (US);
Anthony Rosen, Columbia, MD (US);
Livia Casciola-Rosen, Columbia, MD (US);
Donald W. Nicholson, Montreal, CA;
Felipe A. Andrade, Baltimore, MD (US);
Sophie Roy, Montreal, CA;
Nancy A. Thornberry, Westfield, NJ (US);
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of producing autoantigens, compositions comprising autoantigenic fragments and methods of using autoantigenic fragments in the treatment of a condition associated with an autoimmune response. Also provided are assays for the detection or assessment of an autoimmune response.