Antibodies specific for lipopolysaccharide binding protein

US5698680A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE · US

Inventors

• Richard J. Ulevitch · Del Mar, US
• Peter Tobias · Minneapolis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 10, 1994
• Grant date: Dec 16, 1997
• Expiry date: May 10, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2400/50
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Antibodies that bind to a lipopolysaccharide binding protein, LBP, which is present in acute phase serum of an animal host, but is substantially absent from the normal serum of the host and antibodies that bind to LBP, are described.