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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Xiao Yonghong, Cambridge, MA (US);
Richard W. Gedrich, Guilford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Xiao Yonghong, Cambridge, MA (US);
Richard W. Gedrich, Guilford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Bayer Aktiensegellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/37 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12N 9/64 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/10 (2006.01); C12N 1/21 (2006.01); C12P 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Reagents that regulate human transmembrane serine protease activity and reagents that bind to human transmembrane serine protease gene products can be used to regulate extracellular matrix degradation. Such regulation is particularly useful for treating COPD, metastasis of malignant cells, tumor angiogenesis, inflammation, atherosclerosis, neurodegenerative diseases, and pathogenic infections.