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US 6,187,563 B1Granted
βIV-spectrin-polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding same
AssigneeYale University
InventorsMichele Solimena, Constance A. F. M. Berghs, Ronald A. Dirkx, Jr.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to polypeptide or fragments thereof which interact with autoantigens of autoimmune diseases such as type I diabetes, and nucleic acid sequences which encode those polypeptide. The invention is also directed to methods for screening for autoimmune diseases such as type I diabetes, and methods and compositions for modulating hormone and neuropeptide secretion using proteins which interact with autoantigens of autoimmune diseases.
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An isolated nucleic acid comprising a sequence that encodes a polypeptide with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.
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