Patent ID: 7364865

Claim:
An isolated antibody or fragment thereof that specifically binds to a protein selected from the group consisting of: (a) a protein whose amino acid sequence consists of amino acid residues 1 to 120 of SEQ ID NO:4; (b) a protein whose amino acid sequence consists of amino acid residues 22 to 120 of SEQ ID NO:4; (c) a protein whose amino acid sequence consists of amino acid residues 45 to 120 of SEQ ID NO:4; (d) a protein whose amino acid sequence consists of a portion of SEQ ID NO:4, wherein said portion is at least 30 contiguous amino acid residues in length; and (e) a protein whose amino acid sequence consists of a portion of SEQ ID NO:4, wherein said portion is at least 50 contiguous amino acid residues in length.