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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
May. 13, 2009
Kalyani Penta, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Srinivas Kothakota, Pacifica, CA (US);
Lewis T. Williams, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Kevin Hestir, Kensington, CA (US);
Shannon Marshall, Baltimore, MD (US);
Jeffrey Finer, Foster City, CA (US);
Yan Wang, Redwood City, CA (US);
Kalyani Penta, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Srinivas Kothakota, Pacifica, CA (US);
Lewis T. Williams, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Kevin Hestir, Kensington, CA (US);
Shannon Marshall, Baltimore, MD (US);
Jeffrey Finer, Foster City, CA (US);
Yan Wang, Redwood City, CA (US);
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides pharmaceutical polypeptide compositions that promote proteoglycan synthesis, and promote the activity of chondrocyte cells, thereby treating arthritis. Methods of providing these compositions to treat arthritis are also provided.