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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2004
Andreas Zophel, Vienna, AT;
Horst Johann Ahorn, Weigelsdorf, AT;
Birgit Jung, Laupheim, DE;
Renate Konopitzky, Bad Voeslau, AT;
Karl-heinz Heider, Stockerau, AT;
Norbert Kraut, Baden, AT;
Peter Seither, Lustadt, DE;
Thomas Waerner, Vienna, AT;
Hartmut Beug, Vienna, AT;
Martin Jechlinger, Vienna, AT;
Ido M. Tamir, Vienna, AT;
Andreas Weith, Eberhardzell, DE;
Stefan Gruenert, Vienna, AT;
Andreas Zophel, Vienna, AT;
Horst Johann Ahorn, Weigelsdorf, AT;
Birgit Jung, Laupheim, DE;
Renate Konopitzky, Bad Voeslau, AT;
Karl-Heinz Heider, Stockerau, AT;
Norbert Kraut, Baden, AT;
Peter Seither, Lustadt, DE;
Thomas Waerner, Vienna, AT;
Hartmut Beug, Vienna, AT;
Martin Jechlinger, Vienna, AT;
Ido M. Tamir, Vienna, AT;
Andreas Weith, Eberhardzell, DE;
Stefan Gruenert, Vienna, AT;
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim, DE;
Abstract
The functional characterization of ILEI to be a novel cytokine involved in epithelial/mesenchymal transition and the identification of biologically active ILEI provides the basis for generating ILEI inhibitors, in particular anti-ILEI antibodies, that are useful in the therapy of cancer, fibrosis and COPD.