Methods and kits for stimulating production of megakaryocytes and thrombocytes
Patent Number: 6051415
Date of First Priority Issue: Wednesday February 23rd, 1994
Date Issued: Tuesday April 18th, 2000
Assignee: Immtech International, Inc. (Evanston, IL)
Inventor: Potempa, Lawrence A. (Deerfield, IL)
From Class: Differentiation
Comments: No comments
C reactive protein is produced by the liver in times of inflammation. This patent discloses various mutants of CRP that are capable of stimulating production of increased platelets. Given that TPO, another agent that stimulates platelet production, can stimulate self renewal of primitive hematopoietic stem cells, it would be interesting to see if these CRP mutants have similar activity.
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