FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: invention concerns anti-PSMA antibodies which contain variable sites of heavy and light chains; the antibody does not contain fucosyl residues. Amino acid sequences of said chains are presented in the formula. Antibodies under the invention are a monoclonal antibody, a humanised or chimeric antibody, a human antibody. Also, there is described a method of inhibition of PSMA+ cell growth, such as tumour cells by contact of said cells with the anti-PSMA antibodies.
EFFECT: antibodies show higher, antibody-dependent prostate cancer cell cytotoxicity as compared with a fucosyl antibody form.
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Dates
2011-06-20—Published
2006-02-17—Filed