摘要 |
<p>Pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of diseases or conditions associated with induction of the cytokine cascade by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), the composition comprising a heparin-binding protein (HBP) which, in glycosylated form, has an apparent molecular weight of 28 kD (as determined by SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions), the protein being produced in the azurophil granules of polymorphonuclear leukocytes, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent. The heparin-binding protein is produced in host cells containing a DNA sequence encoding N-terminally extended HBP or encoding HBP preceded by and fused to a DNA sequence encoding another protein. Also disclosed is a process wherein the culture medium contains a sulphated polysaccharide.</p> |