Patent · US Expired

Anti-CD4 antibody homologs useful in prophylaxis and treatment of AIDS, ARC and HIV infection

US5871732A · kind A · utility

19Cited by
7References
21Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateNov 27, 1991
Grant dateFeb 16, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 27, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07K2319/02
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Anti-CD4 antibody homologs, DNA sequences and recombinant DNA molecules encoding them, prophylactic, immunotherapeutic and diagnostic compositions comprising those antibody homologs, and methods for preventing or treating diseases in mammals, including humans, caused by infective agents whose primary targets are CD4.sup.+ lymphocytes. Such diseases include acquired immune deficiency syndrome ("AIDS"), AIDS related complex, and human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.