Chorionic somatomammotropin hormone splice variants

摘要

The invention is based on the discovery that INSP100 is a splice variant of human chorionic somatomammotropin hormone 2 (HCS-B; Q14407) and that INSP104 is a splice variant of human chorionic somatomammotropin hormone 1 (hCS-A;P01243). The invention relates to the use of these proteins and nucleic acid sequences from the encoding genes in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of disease. ;This invention relates to novel proteins, termed INSP100 and INSP104, herein identified as novel splice variants of human Chorionic somatomammotropin hormone 2 (hCS-B; Q14407) and human Chorionic somatomammotropin hormone 1 (hCS-A; P01243) respectively and to the use of these proteins and nucleic acid sequences from the encoding genes in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease. The variants have an altered A-B loop and are therefore predicted to possess altered receptor binding properties. All publications, patents and patent applications cited herein are incorporated in full by reference.