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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2004
Shun-ichi Harada, Ambler, PA (US);
Viera Kasparcova, Collegeville, PA (US);
Helmut Glantschnig, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Shun-ichi Harada, Ambler, PA (US);
Viera Kasparcova, Collegeville, PA (US);
Helmut Glantschnig, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides rhesus monkey dickkopf-1 (rhDkk-1) and nucleotide sequences encoding it. Also provided herein are recombinant vectors, and recombinant hosts comprising rhDkk-1-encoding nucleotide sequences. Isolated rhDkk-1 can be used to screen and identify novel osteoanabolic compounds that stimulate bone formation for the treatment of osteoporosis or other disorders characterized by insufficient bone mass.
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