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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
May. 07, 2009
Applicants:
Grant Mcfadden, London, CA;
Karim Essani, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventors:
Grant McFadden, London, CA;
Karim Essani, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Assignee:
Viron Therapeutics, Inc., London, Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/12 (2006.01); A61K 39/275 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides gp38 polypeptides, which play a role in immunomodulation, nucleic acid molecules encoding these polypeptides, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods employing these polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules. The invention also provides methods for identifying compounds that modulate the biological activities of gp38 nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides, and therapeutic methods employing these compounds.