Patent ID: 7041802

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 368 of SEQ ID NO:4; (b) a protein whose amino acid sequence consists of amino acid residues 18 to 368 of SEQ ID NO:4; (c) a protein whose amino acid sequence consists of amino acid residues 52 to 135 of SEQ ID NO:4; (d) a protein whose amino acid sequence consists of a fragment of SEQ ID NO:4, wherein said fragment is at least 30 contiguous amino acid residues in length; and (e) a protein whose amino acid sequence consists of a fragment of SEQ ID NO:4, wherein said fragment is at least 50 contiguous amino acid residues in length.