Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; – Proteins – i.e. – more than 100 amino acid residues – Blood proteins or globulins – e.g. – proteoglycans – platelet...
Patent
1989-06-21
1992-01-07
Moskowitz, Margaret
Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins;
Proteins, i.e., more than 100 amino acid residues
Blood proteins or globulins, e.g., proteoglycans, platelet...
43524027, A61K 3900, C12N 500
Patent
active
050793446
ABSTRACT:
Antigenic epitopes associated with the extracellular segment of the domain which anchors immunoglobulins to the B cell membrane are disclosed. For IgA, the epitopes are present on IgA-bearing B cells but not the secreted, soluble form of IgA. The epitope can be exploited for therapy and prophylacsis. For example, antibodies specific for the epitopes associated with the anchor and peptide encompassing the epitope domain of IgA can be used to increase secretory IgA production for the purposes of treating patients susceptible with infectious diseases and IgE-mediated allergic diseases.
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Chang Nancy
Chang Tse-wen
DeConti, Jr. Giulio A.
Feisee Lila
Mirabel Eric P.
Moskowitz Margaret
Tanox Biosystems, Inc.
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