US PATENT SUBCLASS 530 / 351-- .~ Lymphokines, e.g., interferons, interlukins, etc.

US PATENT SUBCLASS 530 / 351
.~ Lymphokines, e.g., interferons, interlukins, etc.

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530 /	HD	CHEMISTRY: NATURAL RESINS OR DERIVATIVES; PEPTIDES OR PROTEINS; LIGNINS OR REACTION PRODUCTS THEREOF

350	DF	PROTEINS, I.E., MORE THAN 100 AMINO ACID RESIDUES {14}
351		.~ Lymphokines, e.g., interferons, interlukins, etc.

DEFINITION

Classification: 530/351

Lymphokines, e.g., interferons, interleukins, etc.:

(under subclass 350) Proteins which are soluable immune mediators produced by the cells of immune system.

(1) Note. Examples. Interferon, interleukins, T Cell Growth Factor (TCGF), migration inhibitory factor (MIF), lymphotoxin (LT), macrophage factors (monokines, Mk; macrophage activation or inhibition factor, MAF).

(2) Note. This subclass is intended to collect both lymphocyte factors (lymphokines, LK) and macrophage factor (monokines, MK).

(3) Note. Mesh tree number: D24.611.632.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

930, Peptide or Protein Sequence,

140, 145 for lymphokine peptide or protein sequences.