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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2002
Applicants:
Gabriel Nuñez, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Naohiro Inohara, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yasunori Ogura, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gabriel Nuñez, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Naohiro Inohara, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yasunori Ogura, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to intracellular signaling molecules, in particular the Nod2 protein and nucleic acids encoding the Nod2 protein. The present invention provides methods of identifying modulators of Nod2 signaling. In particular, the present invention additionally provides methods of screening immune modulators such as adjuvants using Nod2. The present invention further provides methods of altering Nod2 signaling.