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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2002
Haodong LI, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Mark D. Adams, Rockville, MD (US);
Haodong Li, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Mark D. Adams, Rockville, MD (US);
Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
Human Ckβ-9 polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding such chemokine polypeptides and a procedure for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing such Ckβ-9 polypeptides for the treatment of leukemia, tumors, chronic infections, autoimmune disease, fibrotic disorders, wound healing and psoriasis. Antagonists against such polypeptides and their use as a therapeutic to treat rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune and chronic inflammatory and infective diseases, allergic reactions, prostaglandin-independent fever and bone marrow failure are also disclosed. Diagnostic assays are also disclosed which detect the presence of mutations in the Ckβ-9 coding sequence and over-expression of the Ckβ-9 protein.