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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Applicant:
Bernhard Singer, Essen, DE;
Inventor:
Bernhard Singer, Essen, DE;
Assignee:
Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01); C07K 16/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to the use of substances which are specific to CEACAM8 for the manufacture of a medicament for the prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of human autoimmune diseases and/or gout. Another object of the invention concerns the use of CEACAM8-specific substances for apoptosis induction in-vitro. The invention also relates to a method for screening substances which induce apoptosis and a method for inducing apoptosis in human granulocytes.