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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2009
Nancy Wisnewski, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kevin S. Brandt, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Nancy Wisnewski, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kevin S. Brandt, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Heska Corporation, Loveland, CO (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to canine COX-1 and COX-2 proteins; to canine COX-1 and COX-2 nucleic acid molecules, including those that encode such COX-1 and COX-2 proteins, respectively; to antibodies raised against such proteins; and to compounds that inhibit the activity of such proteins. The present invention also includes methods to obtain such proteins, nucleic acid molecules, antibodies, and inhibitory compounds. The present invention also includes therapeutic compositions comprising such inhibitory compounds, particularly those that specifically inhibit COX-2 activity, as well as the use of such therapeutic compositions to treat animals.