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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2004
Applicants:
Daria Onichtchouk, Goettingen, DE;
Ulrike Burk, Goettingen, DE;
Inventors:
Daria Onichtchouk, Goettingen, DE;
Ulrike Burk, Goettingen, DE;
Assignee:
Evotec International GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/06 (2006.01); C12N 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention discloses the protein pleiotrophin secreted by the developing pancreas, and polynucleotides, which identify and encode this protein. The invention also relates to the use of these sequences in the diagnosis, study, prevention, and treatment of pancreatic diseases (e.g. diabetes), obesity, and/or metabolic syndrome.