HUMANIZED MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY RAISED AGAINST AILIM, CO-STIMULATING MOLECULE FOR SIGNAL TRANSFER AND ITS PHARMACEUTICAL APPLYING Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, immunobiology, pharmacy.

SUBSTANCE: humanized monoclonal antibody (monAb) or its fragments comprises heavy and/or light chain with the binding rate constant with AILIM 1.0 x 10³ (1/M x s) and above, and the dissociation rate constant between monAb and AILIM 1.0 x 10^-3 (1/s) or less. MonAb shows also a nucleotide sequence encoding variable region of light and/or heavy chain and corresponding amino acid sequences. Invention relates to DNA and it part encoding monAb or its fragments, and vectors comprising nucleotide sequences encoding antibody or its fragments. The humanized monAb can be prepared by using a genetically recombinant host. MonAb is comprised as a component of pharmaceutical compositions used for inhibition or induction of AILIM-mediated transfer of signal into cell for induction of antibody-dependent cytotoxicity against AILIM-expressing cell and others. Invention can be effective in treatment of different autoimmune diseases associated with AILIM-mediated transfer of co-stimulating signal. Invention can be used in medicine for treatment of diseases associated with AILIM-mediated transfer of co-stimulating signal.

EFFECT: valuable medicinal properties of antibody.

75 cl, 78 dwg, 14 ex