Abstract: The invention concerns a nucleic acid molecule which includes a nucleic acid sequence coding for a chemokine, a neuropeptide precursor or at least one neuropeptide, as well as a host cell which contains this nucleic acid molecule. In addition the invention concerns a polypeptide molecule which functions as chemokine or neuropeptide or contains at least one neuropeptide, as well as fragments thereof which include at least one neuropeptide, and a procedure for the manufacture of the polypeptide molecule or of a fragment thereof. In addition the invention concerns antibodies, demonstration procedures and test-kits as well as pharmaceutical preparations.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 2, 2002
Publication date:
November 20, 2003
Applicant:
Hans Werner Mueller
Inventors:
Hans Werner Muller, Frank Bosse, Mark Gleichmann, Clemens Gillen, Johannes Auer