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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2008
Applicants:
Herbert Y. Lin, Watertown, MA (US);
Jodie Babitt, Newton Highlands, MA (US);
Clifford J. Woolf, Newton, MA (US);
Tarek A. Samad, Guilford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Herbert Y. Lin, Watertown, MA (US);
Jodie Babitt, Newton Highlands, MA (US);
Clifford J. Woolf, Newton, MA (US);
Tarek A. Samad, Guilford, CT (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/18 (2006.01); C07K 14/475 (2006.01); C12N 15/62 (2006.01); C12N 15/63 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C07K 14/71 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/71 (2013.01); C07K 2319/30 (2013.01); C07K 2319/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a hemojuvelin (HJV) fusion protein (e.g., a human HJV.Fc) protein, polynucleotides and vectors encoding such proteins, and methods for making such proteins. Also provided are methods for treating iron-related disorders which include administration of a HJV fusion protein to a patient in need thereof.