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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2001
Michael J. Taylor, Corvallis, OR (US);
Marcus E. Kehrli, Jr., Terre Haute, IN (US);
Eun-kyung Lee, Taegu, KR;
Simon Mwangi, Ames, IA (US);
Michael J. Taylor, Corvallis, OR (US);
Marcus E. Kehrli, Jr., Terre Haute, IN (US);
Eun-Kyung Lee, Taegu, KR;
Simon Mwangi, Ames, IA (US);
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Ames, IA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding a bovine tumor necrosis factor receptor-I (TNF-RI). Also within the invention is a soluble bovine TNF-RI, which is a potent inhibitor of bovine tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α). The invention demonstrates that soluble bovine TNF-RI has therapeutic value as an inhibitor of TNF in cattle suffering from coliform mastitis or other inflammatory disease.