Patent ID: 7601514

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid comprising: (a) a nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide shown in FIG. 16 (SEQ ID NO: 16); (b) a nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide shown in FIG. 16 (SEQ ID NO: 16), lacking its associated signal peptide; (c) the nucleic acid sequence shown in FIG. 15 (SEQ ID NO: 15); (d) the full-length coding sequence of the nucleic acid sequence shown in FIG. 15 (SEQ ID NO: 15); or (e) the full-length coding sequence of the cDNA deposited under ATCC accession number PTA-1179, wherein the isolated nucleic acid encodes a polypeptide which inhibits the proliferation of T-lymphocytes.