Methods for treating autoimmune diseases with 5C8-specific antibodies

US6592868B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · US

Inventors

• Seth Lederman · New York, US
• Leonard Chess · Scarsdale, US
• Michael J. Yellin · Yonkers, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 1995
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2003
• Expiry date: Jun 7, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A50/30
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention provides methods of treating autoimmune diseases, including those selected from the group consisting of rheumatoid arthritis, Myasthenia gravis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Graves' disease, idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura, hemolytic anemia and diabetes mellitus with 5C8-specific antibodies.