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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:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Alessandro Moretta, Genoa, IT;
Cristina Bottino, Genoa, IT;
Roberto Biassoni, Genoa, IT;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Innate Pharma, S.A., Marseille, FR;
Universita Di Genova, Genova, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/537 (2006.01); C07K 16/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to polypeptides having a triggering NK activity and an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical over its entire length to the polypeptide having SEQ ID NO: 1, and any immunogenic fragments thereof, as well as to the polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies directed against said polypeptides, and immuno-reactive fragments thereof. Application for detecting NK cells in a sample, for their removal from a sample or for enrichment of NK cells, and for NK cell natural cytotoxicity regulation.