Uses of recombinant colony stimulating factor-1
Patent Number: 5837229
Date of First Priority Issue: Tuesday November 17th, 1998
Date Issued: Tuesday November 17th, 1998
Assignee: Chiron Corporation (Emeryville, CA)
Inventors: Ralph, Peter (Orinda, CA); Chong, Kong T. (Union City, CA)
From Class: Expansion
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Covered in this patent is the use of the cytokine currently named M-CSF, for the expansion of hematopoietic stem cells and their differentiation along the myeloid lineage. Mice that are knocked out for M-CSF do not have functional macrophages, but also do not have tumor associated angiogenesis.
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