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5316933 Recombinant natural killer cell activator  
A recombinant natural killer cell activating factor is disclosed, preferably having a peptide of the following amino acid sequence in its molecule. The invention provides a cDNA coding for a...
5317087 Purification of the IL-2 receptor  
Interleukin-2 receptor derived from normal and malignant cells has been purified by use of various techniques including affinity chromatography in conjunction with a monoclonal antibody directed to...
5314995 Therapeutic interleukin-2-antibody based fusion proteins  
The present invention relates to antibody-based fusion proteins wherein a portion of an immunoglobulin molecule is linked to a biologically active ligand. In particular embodiments of the...
5312621 Method of treating fibrotic disorders  
A novel method of treating fibrotic disorders in humans comprises the administration of a sufficient quantity of a composition containing a human alpha- or beta-interferon to raise the total...
5306627 Process for producing a human neutrophil chemotactic factor peptide and a recombinant expression vector for the said polypeptide  
An expression vector in which a DNA encoding a human neutrophil chemotactic factor polypeptide is inserted, a transformant (a host cell transformed with the expression vector), and a process for...
5298603 GM-CSF protein, its derivatives, the preparation of proteins of this type, and their use  
Expression of a gene coding for human granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (CSF) in bacteria results in CSF proteins which are biologically active. Modification of the natural or of a...
5292654 Mutant EPO receptor and uses therefor  
A mutant erythropoietin receptor of mammalian origin which is hypersensitive to erythropoietin, DNA encoding the mutant erythropoietin receptor and uses therefor. An assay method for identifying...
5290917 Modified polypeptides of IL-1α  
Novel polypeptides having a modified amino acid sequence of human interleukin 1α polypeptides in which a certain amino acid residue(s) in said amino acid sequence is(are) exchanged for other amino...
5288852 Human tumor necrosis factor polypeptides  
A novel cloned DNA encoding a human tumor necrosis factor (TNF), a vector having said DNA inserted thereinto, a host transformed with said vector and a novel human TNF polypeptide, and processes...
5286847 Interleukin-1 muteins, their preparation and method of use to inhibit interleukin-1 activity  
Disclosed are novel muteins of IL-1 compounds which can be used to regulate excess IL-1 produced in various diseases in humans and animals. The IL-1 muteins can be prepared by site-directed...
5278287 Human cytokine  
A novel human cytokine, JE factor, and processes for producing it are disclosed. JE may be used in pharmaceutical preparations for stimulating and/or enhancing immune responsiveness and in wound...
5273889 Gamma-iterferon-leukotoxin gene fusions and uses thereof  
New chimeric proteins, DNA encoding the same, and the use of these proteins in stimulating immunity against respiratory diseases such as pneumonia, including shipping fever pneumonia, are...
5272082 Cytotoxic T-ALL cell lines and uses therefor  
The invention provides cytotoxic T-ALL cell lines, and modified cytotoxic T-ALL cell lines which contain a heterologous DNA sequence. The DNA sequence may encode a product capable of stabilizing or...
5262309 Terminal modifications of tumor necrosis factor  
This invention relates to a novel physiologically active polypeptide containing modified amino acids on both terminals at the amino-terminus and the carboxy-terminus in the amino acid sequence of...
5256769 Mutual separation of proteins  
A protein of interest or a Met-protein, e.g. the N-Met analog of the protein of the interest can be efficiently separated from a mixture thereof by subjecting the mixture to a separation procedure...
5248769 Process for recovering refractile bodies containing heterologous proteins from microbial hosts  
A refractile material containing a heterologous protein is recovered from a host microorganism cell culture transformed to produce the protein. One recovery process involves first reducing the...
5247070 N-terminal muteins of tumor necrosis factor  
A polypeptide which is a tumor necrosis factor polypeptide having an amino acid sequence represented by from the 1st Ser to the 155th Leu as shown by SEQ ID NO:1 in the Sequence Listing, or its...
5238823 Interleukin-2-leukotoxin gene fusions and uses thereof  
New chimeric proteins, DNA encoding the same, and the use of these proteins in stimulating immunity against respiratory diseases such as pneumonia, including shipping fever pneumonia, are...
5221620 Cloning and expression of transforming growth factor β2  
cDNA clones coding for TGF-β2 which are used to construct expression vectors capable of directing the high-level expression of mature, biologically active TGF-β2, as well as precursor TGF-β2...
5218092 Modified granulocyte-colony stimulating factor polypeptide with added carbohydrate chains  
A polypeptide or glycosylated polypeptide with at least one new carbohydrate chain produced by means of recombinant DNA technique, which has protease resistance and thermal stability and is...
5215895 DNA encoding a mammalian cytokine, interleukin-11  
A novel mammalian cytokine, IL-11, and processes for producing it are disclosed. IL-11 may be used in pharmaceutical preparations for stimulating and/or enhancing cells involved in the immune...
5212087 ARS sequence which is efficacious in yarrowia lipolytica  
The present invention relates to ars sequences which are efficacious in Yarrowia lipolytica, as well as to plasmids carrying these sequences. The strains of Y. lipolytica transformed with the said...
5212073 Process for producing human JE cytokine  
A novel human cytokine, JE factor, and processes for producing it are disclosed. JE may be used in pharmaceutical preparations for stimulating and/or enhancing immune responsiveness and in wound...
5210029 Method of producing interleukin-2  
The present invention provides an improvement in a method for producing physiologically active proteins by cultivating Escherichia coli having an expression vector which contains a structural gene...
5206344 Interleukin-2 muteins and polymer conjugation thereof  
Muteins of IL-2 in which one of the amino acids of the mature native sequence of IL-2 is replaced by a cysteine residue are prepared and conjugated through the replaced cysteine residue to a...
5182196 Expression systems for overproduction of desired proteins  
Recombinant DNA molecules comprising DNA sequences derived from bacteriophage T4 that are useful in expressing desired polypeptides in unexpectedly high yields, hosts and expression systems...
5179199 Protein purification  
A method of removing an organic solvent from a mixture that includes a compound having a polypeptide segment and the organic solvent, the method including the steps of contacting the mixture with...
5171675 Macrophage colony stimulating factor-γ  
A macrophage colony stimulating factor, M-CSFγ, which is a primary translation product of an alternative mRNA splicing event and is a precursor to biologically active M-CSF. DNA sequences encoding...
5169765 Method for stimulating production of bone marrow cell growth factors using dithiocarbamates  
A process is provided for obtaining one or more bone marrow cell growth factors having granulocyte/macrophage progenitor cell colony stimulating activity, said process comprising: (a) adding to the...
5166322 Cysteine added variants of interleukin-3 and chemical modifications thereof  
Cysteine added variants ("CAVs") of interleukin-3 are provided having one or more cysteine residues substituted for selected naturally occurring amino acid residues, or inserted into the...
5157106 N-terminal deletions of lymphotoxin, their preparation and use  
Polypeptides which differ from lymphotoxin by the absence of amino acids at the N-terminal end of the lymphotoxin are described. The polypeptides can be prepared by gene manipulation and are...
5155211 Megakaryocyte stimulatory factor  
A megakaryocyte stimulatory factor (MSF), purified to homogeneity, is an acidic protein (pI=5.1) with an Mr=15,000 which stimulates PF4-like protein synthesis in rat promegakaryoblast cells by as...
5139936 Use of the GAL1 yeast promoter  
A DNA segment contains a GAL1 promoter of Saccharomyces cerevisae linked to a gene other than the galoctokinase gene, for directing the expression of the gene within a yeast cell. A GAL1 promoter...
5136024 Extraction of granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor from bacteria  
A method of extracting granulocyte/macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) from GM-SCF-expressing bacterial cells comprising treating a suspension of GM-CSF-containing bacterial cells with an...
5126250 Method for the reduction of heterogeneity of monoclonal antibodies  
Novel methods for reducing the heterogeneity of secreted monoclonal antibodies are disclosed. The first method comprises incubating the heterogeneous antibodies at low pH for a length of time...
5116943 Oxidation-resistant muteins of Il-2 and other protein  
A biologically active reference therapeutic protein is protected against oxidation by a method involving substituting a conservative amino acid for each methionyl residue susceptible to chloramine...
5112961 DNA encoding subunits of a high affinity GM-CSF receptor  
Nucleic acids encoding the β chain of the human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) receptor, as well as the β chain itself, are provided. The β chain may be expressed with...
5108910 DNA sequences encoding fusion proteins comprising GM-CSF and IL-3  
A DNA sequence encoding fusion protein is disclosed which comprises GM-CSF and IL-3. Such fusion proteins more biologically active than GM-CSF or IL-3 alone or GM-CSF and IL-3 combined.
5106733 Bovine granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor  
Cloning and expression of DNA segments encoding bovine GM-CSF, and processes for producing recombinant bovine GM-CSF as a product of recombinant cell culture, are disclosed.
5104651 Stabilized hydrophobic protein formulations of G-CSF  
A stable pharmaceutically acceptable formulation containing a pharmaceutically acceptable amount of a protein is disclosed. Also disclosed are associated means and methods for preparing such...
5094960 Removal of process chemicals from labile biological mixtures by hydrophobic interaction chromatography  
A method of removing lipid soluble chemicals from a biological material containing the lipid soluble chemicals comprising subjecting the biological material containing the lipid soluble chemicals...
5082927 Selectively cytotoxic IL-4-PE40 fusion protein  
The present invention provides a chimeric protein IL4-PE40 which selectively kills IL4 receptor bearing cells. A mutant form of the protein is also provided.
5082657 Leukoregulin, an antitumor lymphokine, and its therapeutic uses  
Leukoregulin is identified, a biologically active lymphokine of molecular weight of about 120,000 to 140,000 with subunits of about 30,000 to 35,000, having the isoelectric focusing pH's of between...
5082783 Enhanced secretion of heterologous proteins by hosts using substituted promoters  
Improved secretion of heterologous proteins by hosts such as yeast by using promoters of at most intermediate strength with heterologous DNA secretion signal sequences is disclosed. A promoter of...
5081228 Interleukin-1 receptors  
Mammalian Interleukin-1 receptor proteins (IL-1Rs), DNAs and expression vectors encoding mammalian IL-1Rs, and processes for producing mammalian IL-1Rs as products of cell culture, including...
5081028 Preparation of transformed hosts which express binding factor related polypeptides  
The invention concerns polypeptides related to human immunoglobulin E binding factors (IgE-Bfs), mRNa, DNAs and hybrid vectors coding for said polypeptides, hosts containing said hydrid vectors,...
5081021 DNA encoding HTNF variants exhibiting enhanced activity  
Novel DNA's encoding variants of TNF which comprise substitutions and/or deletions in the n-terminal portion of the TNF polypeptide resulting in enhanced cytotoxic activity are taught.
5078996 Activation of macrophage tumoricidal activity by granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor  
Macrophages and precursor monocytes are activated to exhibit tumoricidal activity by stimulation solely with granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor. A patient suffering from tumors can be...
5073627 Fusion proteins comprising GM-CSF and IL-3  
A fusion protein is disclosed which comprises GM-CSF and IL-3. Such fusion proteins more biologically active than GM-CSF or IL-3 alone or GM-CSF and IL-3 combined.
5071761 Hybrid interferons  
Novel hybrid interferons are produced which are derived from lymphoblastoid interferons α-2 and α-3 belonging to the interferon αB and αD groups, respectively. The novel hybrid interferons...