Human Interleukin 12 gene expression regulating sequences

• Main Authors: DE CHAFFOY DE COURCELLES, DIDIER ROBERT GUY G, VAN DIJCK, PATRICK JOZEF GERARDUS, ROEVENS, PETER WALTER MARIA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 14.01.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SPIRITS; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention relates to human interleukin 12 (IL12) gene expression regulating sequences, including the IL-12p35 subunit gene promoter sequence, and the first intron sequence of the human IL-12p40 subunit gene, preferably operably linked to the first exon of the human IL-12p40 subunit gene and further upstream to the human IL-12p40 subunit gene promoter sequence. Further, the invention relates more particularly to DNA constructs containing such a sequence and a reporter gene, to vectors and host cells containing such a DNA construct, to a method of screening for compounds which affect the production of IL-12 in such cells, in particular human cells, to non-proteinaceous compounds obtainable by such a method, and to transgenic non-human mammalian animals which express a reporter gene under the control of one of said IL-12 gene expression regulating sequences.