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Described is a purified osteogenic factor that when delivered to bone in association with a physiologically acceptable delivery vehicle is capable of inducing new bone growth at the bone surface. The osteogenic factor is water soluble, and is characterized physically by a molecular weight of about 2.5 kD when measured by gel filtration under dissociating conditions and an isoelectric point in the pH range from about 4.6 to 7.2. Use of the purified factor in treating bone defects is described. Also described is a method for obtaining the purified factor from mammalian bone.
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The invention relates to a purified somatostatin receptor which is purified at least about 30,000-fold over the receptor which is membrane-bound. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing the receptor and antibodies to the receptor.
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The present invention provides the process for treating the animal hairs by solubilization wherein the animal hairs can be treated in a short time without any complicated operations and special apparatuses, and the process for recovering the solubilized product of the animal hairs wherein said product can be recovered simply and efficiently from the solution thereof. The former is the process for treating animal hairs by solubilization which comprises solubilizing the animal hairs in a weak alkaline liquid medium in the presence of an oxidizing agent whose concentration is high. The latter is the process for recovering a solubilized product of animal hairs which comprises admixing a solution of said product with an organic acid or an aqueous solution thereof to precipitate said product.
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Methods and compositions are provided for the treatment and repair of defects in the cartilage or bone of humans and other animals as in full-thickness defects in joints. The defect in bone is filled with a matrix having pores large enough to allow cells to populate the matrix and to form blood vessels. The matrix filling the bone defect contains an angiogenic factor and also contains an osteogenic factor in an appropriate delivery system. To induce cartilage formation, a defect in cartilage is filled with a matrix having pores sufficiently large to allow cartilage repair cells to populate the matrix. The matrix filling the defect in cartilage contains a proliferation agent and also contains a transforming factor in an appropriate delivery system. The matrix may also contain a chemotactic agent to attract cartilage repair cells. In a full-thickness defect, the defect sites in bone and cartilage are separated from each other by a membrane, which is sealed to the cartilage-bone-junction and which prevents blood vessels and associated cells from penetrating from one site to the other.
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Methods are disclosed for separating hemoglobin from erythrocytes by contacting erythrocytes with a hypotonic buffer solution at a rate sufficient to render the release of hemoglobin from said erythrocytes without significant lysis. The hemoglobin is then separated from the erythrocytes. Methods are also disclosed for purifying hemoglobin solutions of DNA, endotoxins and phospholipids by contacting the hemoglobin solutions with an anion exchange medium.
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Provided are PEGylated "interleukin-6" derivatives (PEG IL-6) having an extended plasma half-life, as well as enhanced in-vivo IL-6 biological activities.Methods for producing the modified glycosylated and unglycosylated IL-6 proteins or polypeptides, as well as, for their use in treating hematopoietic disorders and difficiencies, particularly acute thrombocytopenia, are also provided.
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The present invention relates to processes for purifying annexines. The overall process includes the steps of preparing a homogenized cell preparation and adjusting the pH to about 8.0 to 10.0, adding at least one bivalent cation, adding a phospholipid, washing the insoluble cell residue to remove the soluble constituents, and extracting the annexines from the cell residue with a chelating agent. This process initially promotes the adsorption of the annexines onto the insoluble cell residue or membrane of the host organism. The adsorption step makes it possible to eliminate unwanted soluble matter from the homogenized material by simple washing. Desorption is accomplished by using a chelating agent.
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The invention relates to a process for separating proteins from a fraction of human or animal plasma.According to this process, a solubilized fraction of cryoprecipitated plasma is subjected to a single stage of chromatography on a moderately ionic anion exchange resin permitting hydrophobic interactions to take place, which does not adsorb certain proteins and fixes others, which are then eluted by increasing the ionic strength of the buffer by the addition of NaCl.The process according to the invention makes it possible, in particular, to obtain a Factor VIII concentrate of high purity that can be used for the treatment of haemophilia A. The process also makes it possible to obtain concentrates of fibrinogen, Von Willebrand's factor and fibronectin.
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It is well known that the transfusion of human blood and blood constituents, or the transplantation of corneas and sclerae, carries a substantial risk of transmission of AIDS and many other diseases. This disclosure describes a method of disinfecting certain blood constituents--particularly the red cells, platelets and proteins--or disinfecting corneal and scleral tissues, to make them safer for human transfusion or transplantation, while respectively maintaining their biologic or optical function. A sterilizing solution is prepared from, e.g., a commercially available disinfectant (such as LD.RTM. of Alcide Corporation) containing primarily lactic acid and sodium chlorite. Normal saline solution is used as diluent instead of distilled water. The blood constituent or cornea or sclera is exposed to the disinfectant for a time sufficient to inactivate or reduce the infectivity of disease agents. The normal-saline environment prevents or deters hemolysis of the red blood cells or damage to the corneal or scleral epithelium or endothelium, disruption of the platelets, or denaturation of the proteins. The blood cells or platelets (or both), or the cornea or sclera (or both) are then washed with normal saline solution until the disinfectant concentration is insignificant. Plasma proteins are precipitated out as with ammonium sulfate, resuspended and dialyzed to remove residual disinfectant and coagulant, and reconstituted. The blood constitutents or eye parts are then safe for human transfusion or transplantation.
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A cell mediated immune response system glycoprotein having a molecular weight of about 90,000 and having at least one sialic acid moiety as a biologically active site is disclosed. The glycoprotein is specifically bound by wheat germ agglutinin and also by the hydrophobically binding ligand Blue A (Cibacron Blue F3G-A) but does not bind to lysine. The glycoprotein is a necessary cofactor with Interleukin-1 in the biosynthesis of T-cell growth factor (I1-2). A process for producing a serum-free and mitogen-free I1-2 in vitro by adding the glycoprotein to a serum-free- and mitogen-free Interleukin-1 preparation is described. The method for producing the serum-free and mitogen-free Interleukin-1 is also described. A chemically defined T-cell growth culture medium containing the new glycoprotein as the only protein substance is used in the above process and also provides a means for studying regulation of T-cell lymphocyte growth. Inhibitors for the formation of T-cell blasts in cell mediated immunological response provide a powerful new tool for preventing host-graft rejection. These inhibitors are alkylating agents for serine esterase enzymes which have been found to be involved in the cell mediated immunological response system which generates natural Killer (NK) cells, the latter being responsible for graft rejection in a host.
摘要翻译:公开了具有约90,000分子量并具有至少一个唾液酸部分作为生物活性部位的细胞介导的免疫应答系统糖蛋白。 糖蛋白与小麦胚芽凝集素特异性结合,也可通过疏水结合配体蓝A(Cibacron Blue F3G-A)结合,但不结合赖氨酸。 糖蛋白是白细胞介素-1在T细胞生长因子生物合成中的必需辅因子(I1-2)。 描述了通过将糖蛋白加入到无血清和无丝分裂素的白介素-1制剂中来在体外产生无血清和无丝分裂素的I1-2的方法。 还描述了产生无血清和无丝分裂素的白细胞介素-1的方法。 在上述方法中使用含有新糖蛋白作为唯一蛋白质的化学定义的T细胞生长培养基,并且还提供研究T细胞淋巴细胞生长调节的方法。 在细胞介导的免疫应答中形成T细胞母细胞的抑制剂为预防宿主移植物排斥提供了强大的新工具。 这些抑制剂是已经被发现参与细胞介导的免疫应答系统的丝氨酸酯酶的烷化剂,其产生天然杀伤(NK)细胞,后者负责宿主中的移植排斥反应。