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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1997
Applicants:
Edward R. Lavallie, Harvard, MA (US);
Lisa A. Racie, Acton, MA (US);
Gary Hattersley, Stow, MA (US);
Inventors:
Edward R. LaVallie, Harvard, MA (US);
Lisa A. Racie, Acton, MA (US);
Gary Hattersley, Stow, MA (US);
Assignee:
Genetics Institute, LLC, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C12P 27/06 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Purified human SDF-5 proteins and processes for producing them are disclosed. DNA molecules encoding the human SDF-5 proteins are also disclosed. The proteins may be used in regulating the binding of Wnt genes to their receptor. In preferred embodiments, the proteins may be used for inducing formation, growth, differentiation, proliferation and/or maintenance of chondrocytes and/or cartilage tissue, and for other tissue repair, such as pancreatic tissue repair.