Inventors:
Man Sung Co - Cupertino CA, US
Maximiliano Vasquez - Palo Alto CA, US
Beatriz Carreno - Acton MA, US
Abbie Cheryl Celniker - Newton MA, US
Mary Collins - Natick MA, US
Samuel Goldman - Acton MA, US
Gary S. Gray - Brookline MA, US
Andrea Knight - Hampton NH, US
Denise O'Hara - Reading MA, US
Bonita Rup - Reading MA, US
Geertruida M. Veldman - Sudbury MA, US
Assignee:
Genetics Institute, LLC - Cambridge MA
International Classification:
A61K039/395
C07K016/28
C12N015/13
US Classification:
4241531, 4241301, 4241331, 4241411, 4241431, 4241441, 4241731, 435 696, 4352523, 4353201, 435326, 435328, 435332, 435334, 435343, 4353431, 435346, 435440, 435455, 5303871, 5303873, 5303881, 5303882, 53038822, 5303887, 53038873, 536 231, 536 234, 536 235, 536 2353
Abstract:
The invention relates to a humanized anti-B7-2 antibody that comprises a variable region of nonhuman origin and at least a portion of an immunoglobulin of human origin. The invention also pertains to methods of treatment for various autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection, inflammatory disorders and infectious diseases by administering humanized anti-B7-2 and/or anti-B7-1 antibodies.