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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2003
Applicant:
Ginette Serrero, Columbia, MD (US);
Inventor:
Ginette Serrero, Columbia, MD (US);
Assignee:
A & G Pharmaceutical, Inc., Columbia, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/06 (2006.01); C12N 5/08 (2006.01); C12N 5/12 (2006.01); A61K 39/395 (2006.01); C07K 16/00 (2006.01); C12P 21/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods of increasing the proliferation of non-tumorigenic B cells. The methods involve administering PCDGF and optionally other B cells stimulators (e.g., IgM, LPS) to B cells resulting in an increase in B cell proliferation. The methods of the invention can be used, for example, to establish B cells lines, to sort B cells from a mixed population of cells, or to activate resting B cells.