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A method for repairing defects and inducing vascularization in mammalian tissue, preferably skin, involves administering to the tissue a recombinant replication defective virus, preferably adenovirus, carrying a selected growth factor gene, preferably VEGF or PDGF, under operative control of regulatory sequences which direct the expression of the growth factor(s). Also provided is a method for infecting a tissue to be transplanted with such recombinant adenoviruses prior to transplantation and, as a composition, an infected culture of human tissue to be transplanted which is infused with a selected growth factor prior to transplantation. Screening methods for the treatment of angiogenic disorders, e.g., hemangiomas and cancers, also employ an animal model on which is engrafted a full thickness human tissue infused with a growth factor.
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The invention provides a novel solution isofocusing device and method that can reproducibly fractionate charged molecules into well-defined pools. This approach can be applied to complex charged molecule samples, such as eukaryotic proteome samples where reproducible resolution and quantitation of greater than 10,000 protein components is feasible.
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An isolated nucleic acid sequence of a mitotic checkpoint gene, chfr, encodes a Chfr protein having a Forkhead-associated domain and a Ring Finger. This protein is required for regulation of the transition of cells from prophase to metaphase during mitosis. The chfr nucleic acid and Chfr polypeptide are useful in diagnosing tumorigenic cells and in screening for drugs which can inhibit the activity of Chfr in a cancer cell, thereby rendering the cell more sensitive to additional anti-tumor therapies.
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TALL-104 cells, and other cytotoxic T cell lines, may be modified to increase the cytotoxicity thereof, to enhance growth properties, and/or to provide a preferred phenotype, e.g., expression of cell surface antigens, function, e.g., change in cytokine production profile, by culturing the cells in an effective amount of IL-15, optionally followed by gamma irradiation to halt proliferation.
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Mice in which enhanced wound healing occurs can be used to identify genes and gene products which are involved in enhanced wound healing in mammals, including humans. Methods and compositions for treating wounds, including central and peripheral nerve wounds, are also provided.
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Novel DNA molecules for in vitro and in vivo expression of HCMV gB, gB transmembrane-deleted derivatives, pp65, pp150, and IE-exon-4 proteins are described. Preferably, the molecules are plasmids. Also described are methods of using these DNA molecules to induce immune responses to HCMV, and the use of a plasmid of the invention to prime immune responses to HCMV vaccines.
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A partial murine cDNA clone, a human cDNA clone, and a partial human genomic clone, each encoding a Box-dependent myc-interacting polypeptide termed Bin1, are provided. Also provided are methods of using the nucleic acid sequences, polypeptides, and antibodies directed against same in the diagnosis and treatment of cancers and hyperplastic disease states.
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The human tumor-associated antigen CO-029 is a monoclonal antibody-defined, 27-30 kDa cell surface glycoprotein. A full-length cDNA clone for CO-029 is described. When transiently expressed in COS cells, the cDNA clone direct the synthesis of an antigen reactive with monoclonal antibody CO-029 in mixed hemadsorption and immunoblot assays. Sequence analysis reveals that CO-029 belongs to a family of cell surface antigens which includes the melanoma-associated antigen ME491, the leukocyte cell surface antigen CD37, and the Sm23 antigen of the parasitic helminth Schistosoma mansoni.
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L'invention se rapporte à un nouveau procédé de traitement de la polyarthrite rhumatoïde chez un mammifère. Le procédé consiste, par étapes, à obtenir un échantillon de synoviale prélevé chez un mammifère; à identifier dans ledit échantillon les parties variables du récepteur de lymphocytes T; et à administrer audit mammifère une quantité efficace d'anticorps sur au moins une desdites parties variables du récepteur de lymphocytes T ou des fragments antigéniques de celles-ci. L'invention concerne également un nouveau procédé pour traiter la polyarthrite rhumatoïde chez un mammifère et consistant, par étapes, à administrer audit mammifère une quantité efficace d'anticorps sur les parties variables du récepteur de lymphocytes T sélectionnés dans le groupe constitué par Valpha17, Valpha1, Vbeta12, Vbeta14, Vbeta17 et Vbeta7 et des fragments antigéniques de ceux-ci. L'invention comprend en outre un nouveau procédé destiné à immuniser un mammifère afin d'empêcher l'apparition d'une polyarthrite rhumatoïde ou afin de traiter une polyarthrite rhumatoïde évolutive. Le procédé consiste à administrer audit mammifère les parties variables du récepteur de lymphocytes T sélectionnées dans le groupe se composant de Valpha17, Valpha1, Vbeta12, Vbeta14, Vbeta17, Vbeta7 et des fragments antigéniques de celui-ci. L'invention concerne également des kits comprenant les parties variables du récepteur de lymphocytes T d'un mammifère sélectionnées dans le groupe se composant de Valpha17, Valpha1, Vbeta12, Vbeta14, Vbeta17 et Vbeta7 et des fragments antigéniques de celui-ci ou des anticorps sur lesdites parties variables.