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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2004
Stephen Noel Fitzgerald, London, GB;
Richard Joseph Fagan, London, GB;
Christine Power, Thoiry, FR;
Melanie Yorke, Confignon, CH;
Jadwiga Bienkowska, Cambridge, MA (US);
Stephen Noel Fitzgerald, London, GB;
Richard Joseph Fagan, London, GB;
Christine Power, Thoiry, FR;
Melanie Yorke, Confignon, CH;
Jadwiga Bienkowska, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ares Trading S.A., Aubonne, CH;
Abstract
This invention relates to the novel protein, termed INSP163, herein identified as a secreted protein containing a jelly-roll fold, in particular, as a member of the TNF (tumor necrosis factor)-like family of cytokines, specifically as a C1q-like protein and to the use of this protein and nucleic acid sequence from the encoding gene in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease.