Method of reconstituting hematopoietic cells using monoclonal antibodies to the stem cell factor receptor
Patent Number: 5906938
Date of First Priority Issue: Wednesday May 1st, 1991
Date Issued: Tuesday May 25th, 1999
Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
Inventors: Broudy, Virginia C. (Seattle, WA); Lin, Nancy (Seattle, WA)
From Class: Use
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This patent provides antibodies that stimulate the receptor c-kit and allow for enhancement of hematopoiesis.
This patent may be useful not only for stimulation of hematopoiesis, but for stimulating other tissue specific stem cells that also express c-kit...these include endogenous cardiac and other muscle stem cells.
View this patent on the USPTO website.
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