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Title:
Apo-2 LIGAND
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2007169280
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide identification, isolation and recombinant production of a new cytokine designated as Apo-2 ligand which induces mammalian cell apoptosis and to provide a method for using an Apo-2 ligand antibody and its composition.

The present invention provides an Apo-2 ligand (a polypeptide having a specific amino acid sequence) which induces mammalian cell apoptosis and the composition containing an Apo-2 ligand chimera, a nucleic acid encoding the Apo-2 ligand and the antibody to the Apo-2 ligand and provides methods for using Apo-2 ligand to induce apoptosis and to treat pathological conditions such as cancer.


Inventors:
ASHKENAZI AVI J
CHUNTHARAPAI ANAN
KIM KYUNG JIN
Application Number:
JP2006343397A
Publication Date:
July 05, 2007
Filing Date:
December 20, 2006
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Assignee:
GENENTECH INC
International Classes:
A01K67/027; C07K16/18; A61K38/00; A61K39/395; A61K45/00; A61K47/48; A61P13/08; A61P13/10; A61P35/00; A61P35/02; A61P43/00; C07K14/52; C07K14/525; C07K14/705; C07K16/24; C12N5/10; C12N15/02; C12N15/09; C12N15/28; C12P21/08
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masatake Shiga
Takashi Watanabe
Yasuhiko Murayama
Shinya Mitsuhiro