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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1996
Bernhard Fleckenstein, Wiesenthau, DE;
Jens-christian Albrecht, Fuerth, DE;
Frank Neipel, Uttenreuth, DE;
Alvin Friedman-kien, New York, NY (US);
Yao-qi Huang, New York, NY (US);
Bernhard Fleckenstein, Wiesenthau, DE;
Jens-Christian Albrecht, Fuerth, DE;
Frank Neipel, Uttenreuth, DE;
Alvin Friedman-Kien, New York, NY (US);
Yao-Qi Huang, New York, NY (US);
Behring Diagnostics GmbH, Marburg, DE;
New York University, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to viral interleukin-6 (v-IL-6), which can be obtained by recombinant expression of the DNA of human herpesvirus type 8 (HHV-8), and which may be used in diagnosis and treatment of human diseases such as kaposi sarcoma, Castleman's disease, multiple myeloma, kidney cell carcinoma, mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis or B cell lymphoma.