Suppressor and progenitor cells

Patent Number: 5985656

Date of First Priority Issue: Thursday June 12th, 1986

Date Issued: Tuesday November 16th, 1999

Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, CA)

Inventor: Strober, Samuel S. (Portola Valley, CA)

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This patent covers a type of bone marrow immune suppressive cell that appears to be related to what is currently called the NKT cell. This suppressor cell may also be related to the classical "natural suppressor cell" which is a myeloid progenitor with immune suppressive properties.

The cells in this patent are useful for the treatment of autoimmunity and transplant rejection.

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