A TRUNCATED INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR GENE FOR THE TREATMENT OF ARTHRITIS - Patent 0563239

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EP 0 563 239 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	06.10.1993 Bulletin 1993/40

(21)	Application number: 92902630.0

(22)	Date of filing: 09.12.1991

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61K 35/ 24^{( . )}
A61K 48/ 00^{( . )}
C07K 14/ 715^{( . )}
C12N 7/ 00^{( . )}
C12N 15/ 867^{( . )}

A61K 35/ 76^{( . )}
A61P 29/ 00^{( . )}
C12N 5/ 10^{( . )}
C12N 15/ 09^{( . )}
A61K 38/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1991/009231

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1992/011359 (09.07.1992 Gazette 1992/17)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

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Priority:

20.12.1990 US 19900630981

(71)	Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
	Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GLORIOSO, Joseph, C. Cheswick, PA 15024 (US) EVANS, Christopher, H. Pittsburgh, PA 15211 (US) ROBBINS, Paul, D. Pittsburgh, PA 15232 (US) BANDARA, Geethani Pittsburgh, PA 15232 (US)

(74)	Representative: Baillie, Iain Cameron
	c/o Ladas & Parry Altheimer Eck 2 D-80331 München D-80331 München (DE)

(54)	A TRUNCATED INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR GENE FOR THE TREATMENT OF ARTHRITIS