US Patent:
20030114379, Jun 19, 2003
Inventors:
Haodong Li - Gaithersburg MD, US
Steven Ruben - Olney MD, US
Krzysztof Grzegorzewski - Gaithersburg MD, US
Craig Rosen - Laytonsville MD, US
Vikram Patel - Germantown MD, US
Reinder Gentz - Rockville MD, US
Assignee:
Human Genome Sciences, Inc.
International Classification:
A61K038/17
Abstract:
There are disclosed therapeutic compositions and methods using isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding a human myeloid progenitor inhibitory factor-1 (MPIF-1) polypeptide (previously termed MIP-3 and chemokine 8 (CK8 or ckb-8)), as well as MPIF-1 polypeptide itself, as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same.