Stem cell factor and compositions
Patent Number: 6207802
Date of First Priority Issue: Monday October 16th, 1989
Date Issued: Tuesday March 27th, 2001
Assignee: Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Inventors: Zsebo, Krisztina M. (Thousand Oaks, CA); Bosselman, Robert A. (Thousand Oaks, CA); Suggs, Sidney V. (Newbury Park, CA); Martin, Francis H. (Thousand Oaks, CA)
From Class: Expansion
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This is one of the composition of matter patents on the stem cell stimulatory cytokine called "stem cell factor". Since the receptor for this cytokine, c-kit, is present on numerous other types of stem cells (ie cardiac, muscle, kidney stem cells), it is of interest whether this cytokine can also be of use in expanding non-hematopoietic stem cells.
View this patent on the USPTO website.
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