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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2007
Applicants:
Wei Han, Shanghai, CN;
Jing Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Di Xiang, Shanghai, CN;
Shunying Zhu, Shanghai, CN;
Inventors:
Wei Han, Shanghai, CN;
Jing Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Di Xiang, Shanghai, CN;
Shunying Zhu, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
General Regeneratives, Ltd., Hong Kong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 45/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/18 (2006.01); A61K 38/16 (2006.01); C07K 14/475 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to uses of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) in promoting bone marrow regeneration, increasing peripheral white blood cells, and increasing platelet levels in subjects if administered prior to treatment with chemotherapeutic agents. Thus, particular embodiments of the invention are directed to uses of IL-1Ra as an adjuvant or ancillary therapy to alleviate the hematopoietic toxicities associated with chemotherapy.