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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2002
Applicants:
Carla J. Shatz, Boston, MA (US);
Joshua Syken, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Inventors:
Carla J. Shatz, Boston, MA (US);
Joshua Syken, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Assignee:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/567 (2006.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Class I major histocompatibility complex, is required in the activity-dependent refinement and plasticity of connections in the developing and adult central nervous system, demonstrating that molecules can perform critical roles in both systems. Similarities in the cellular signaling mechanisms of the immune and nervous systems provide for development of therapeutic and diagnostic agents in abnormal neuronal cellular function.