Abstract: The invention relates to the method of preventing and treating sepsis using chemokines selected from mature or modified KC [SEQ ID NO: 1], gro.alpha. [SEQ ID NO:2], gro.beta. [SEQ ID NO: 3] or gro.gamma. [SEQ ID NO: 4] or multimers thereof, alone or in conjunction with an anti-infective agent. This invention also relates to a new gro.beta. dimer chemokine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 29, 1997
Date of Patent:
March 28, 2000
Assignee:
Smithkline Beecham Corporation
Inventors:
Peter Lawrence DeMarsh, Kyung Oh Johanson