ANTIBODY AGAINST VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM GROWTH FACTOR AND METHOD OF ANTIBODY PRODUCTION IN PLANT Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC C12N15/82 C12N15/13 A61K39/395 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: by means of expression vector into plant cell introduced are nucleotide sequences, coding light and heavy chains of antibody, binding human VEGF. Antibody against human VEGF can be used, in particular, for reduction of microvascular permeability of human tumours and treatment of diabetic and age-related neovascular retinopathy.

EFFECT: antibody production in plant cells provides possibility of its obtaining in industrial scale, at a significantly lower cost than in obtaining in expression system on mammalian cell culture base, presence in obtained preparation of antibody of causative agents of prion, mycoplasmal and viral diseases of mammals is excluded.

39 cl, 11 dwg, 2 ex