Concanavalin A dimers as therapeutic agents
US4889842A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 3, 1987 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K38/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Homogeneous dimeric forms of concanavalin A, including the dimer form of native concanavalin A and dimeric derivatives of concanavalin A, are effective immunoregulatory agents with a good balance of high activity and low toxicity. Immunoregulatory pharmaceutical materials composed of one or a mixture of such isolated dimeric materials are disclosed as are methods of inducing immunoregulation in mammals by administering to such mammals an effective immunoregulatory amount of such pharmaceutical materials.
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