Patent ID: 6861227

Claim:
An isolated antibody or fragment thereof that specifically binds to a protein selected from the group consisting of: (a) amino acid residues +1 to 371 of SEQ ID NO:2; (b) amino acid residues +23 to +371 of SEQ ID NO:2; (c) amino acid residues +1 to +231 of SEQ ID NO:2; (d) amino acid residues +23 to +225 of SEQ ID NO:2; (e) a protein consisting of a portion of SEQ ID NO:2, wherein said portion comprises at least 30 contiguous amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:2; and (f) a protein consisting of a portion of SEQ ID NO:2, wherein said portion comprises at least 50 contiguous amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:2.