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Title:
ANTIBODY AGAINST HUMAN PROSTAGLANDIN E2 RECEPTOR EP4
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/043634
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is an antibody, which binds to the subtype EP4 of human PGE2 receptor and inhibits the function of EP4, or a functional fragment thereof. Also provided is a drug comprising said antibody or a functional fragment thereof. Mice were immunized with the subtype EP4 of human PGE2 receptor and a monoclonal antibody suppressing an increase in intracellular cAMP due to EP4 was screened. The CDR sequence of the monoclonal antibody thus obtained was determined.

Inventors:
TAKAYAMA KIYOSHI (JP)
SHIMIZU TOMOKO (JP)
URUSHIBATA YUJI (JP)
SUGIMOTO YUKIHIKO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2011/072190
Publication Date:
April 05, 2012
Filing Date:
September 28, 2011
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Assignee:
NB HEALTH LAB CO LTD (JP)
UNIV KUMAMOTO NAT UNIV CORP (JP)
TAKAYAMA KIYOSHI (JP)
SHIMIZU TOMOKO (JP)
URUSHIBATA YUJI (JP)
SUGIMOTO YUKIHIKO (JP)
International Classes:
C12N15/09; A61K39/395; A61P29/00; A61P35/00; A61P37/02; C07K16/28; C07K17/00; C12N1/15; C12N1/19; C12N1/21; C12N5/10; G01N33/53; C12P21/08
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WO2010013498A12010-02-04
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JP3118460B22000-12-18
US4816567A1989-03-28
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See also references of EP 2623594A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
OKUHARA, Koji et al. (JP)
Yasushi Okuhara (JP)
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