| abstract |
Purified Frazzled proteins, including WG67-16, WG67-19 and WA628, and processes for producing them are disclosed. DNA molecules encoding the Frazzled proteins, including WG67-16, WG67-19 and WA628, are also disclosed. The proteins may be used in modulating the binding of Wnt genes to their receptor. They are useful in the modulation of cellular formation, growth, differentiation, proliferation and/or maintenance of a variety of adult and embryonic tissues and organs. Also, they are useful in the treatment of various disorders associated with defects in cellular formation, growth, differentiation, proliferation and/or maintenance of a variety of adult and embryonic tissues and organs including, for example, haematopoietic, gut, neuronal, muscle, brain, lung, pancreas, liver, spleen, kidney, intestines and/or other tissues and organs. In addition, the proteins may be used for inducing formation, growth, differentiation, proliferation and/or maintenance of haematopoietic, gut, neuronal, brain and muscle tissues and of chondrocytes and/or cartilage tissue, and for other tissue repair, such as pancreatic tissue repair. These proteins are also useful for augmenting the activity of other tissue and organ regenerating and differentiation factors. |