Latent phase viral interleukin-10-(VII-10) and uses thereof
AssigneeThe University of Sydney
InventorsBarry Slobedman, Allison Denise Abendroth, Christina Anne Jenkins
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention relates to a purified nucleic acid sequence encoding a homologue of human interleukin 10 (IL-10), wherein said IL-10 homologue is expressed during the latent phase of infection by a virus of the herpesvirideae group. The present invention also relates to uses of this polypeptide, in particular for diagnosing disease states and screening for modulator and inhibitor compounds of such polypeptides and in turn the virus itself, screening for infection in vertebrates and biological tissue, cleansing of infected biological tissues, and in the treatment and/or prophylaxis and/or diagnosis of disease caused by a virus of the herpesvirideae group.
Claims11
An isolated nucleic acid comprising a continuous sequence as defined in SEQ ID NO:1 or a fragment thereof, wherein the fragment is less than 150 nucleotides in length and comprises SEQ ID NO:
- 4 and SEQ ID NO:
- 9.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.