HUMAN COLONIST MULATING FACTORS

摘要

This invention relates to a biologically active recombinant human M-CSF obtained by expressing a human M-CSF gene coding for the amino acid sequence of the formula (1) in its entirety or devoid of a portion thereof; a process for preparing the recombinant human M-CSF; an expression plasmid containing the human M-CSF gene defined above; and a transformant haboring the above expression plasmid. There is also disclosed the use of human M-CSF for the treatment of leukopenia and against infectious diseases.