Increasing antibody affinity by altering glycosylation of immunoglobulin variable region
US6933368B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 25, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07K16/2896
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for producing mutationally-altered immunoglobulins and compositions containing such mutationally-altered immunoglobulins, wherein the mutationally-altered immunoglobulins have at least one mutation that alters the pattern of glycosylation in a variable region and thereby modifies the affinity of the immunoglobulin for a preselected antigen. The methods and compositions of the invention provide immunoglobulins that possess increased affinity for antigen. Such glycosylation-altered immunoglobulins are suitable for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
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