Method of promoting hematopoiesis using derivatives of human chorionic gonadotropin
Patent Number: 5968513
Date of First Priority Issue: Monday June 24th, 1996
Date Issued: Tuesday October 19th, 1999
Assignee: University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (College Park, MD)
Inventors: Gallo, Robert C. (Bethesda, MD); Bryant, Joseph (Rockville, MD); Lunardi-Iskandar, Yanto (Gaithersburg, MD)
From Class: Expansion
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This patent teaches that the pregnancy associated protien hCG is a stimulator of hematopoiesis. This is an interesting concept since numerous cancers actually secrete hCG. I wonder if during pregnancy, or cancer, there is a high enough gradient of hCG to stimulate hematopoiesis.
It is known that pregnant mice have an increase in spleen size, I wonder if the hCG has anything to do with this?
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