Process for preparation of cytokines using Sendai virus expression system
AssigneeNippon Biocaptal Limited
InventorsChieko Kai, Atsushi Kato
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Abstract
The present invention provides a process for preparing a cytokine inexpensively in large amounts by expressing the cytokine in a hen's egg using Sendai virus vector. The cytokine obtained by the present process is expected to be useful as medication because it has sugar chains very similar to those of mammals.
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A process for preparing a cytokine, comprising infecting a chicken egg with a recombinant Sendai virus containing a gene encoding the cytokine and recovering the expressed cytokine.
A chicken egg that has been infected with a recombinant Sendai virus that contains a gene encoding a cytokine that results in the production of said cytokine.
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