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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2003
Applicants:
Scott M. Silbiger, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Raymond A. Koski, Old Lyme Road, CT (US);
Inventors:
Scott M. Silbiger, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Raymond A. Koski, Old Lyme Road, CT (US);
Assignee:
Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates in general to metalloproteinase inhibitors and to polynucleotides encoding such inhibitors. In particular, the invention relates to novel mammalian inhibitors of metalloproteinase, which are designated as type three or TIMP-3, to fragments, derivatives, and analogs thereof, and to polynucleotides encoding the same. Novel methods of producing such compositions and novel methods of using such compositions are also provided.