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Title:
ANTIBODY CONSTANT REGION VARIANT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/107110
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed is a constant region which can grant an antibody desirable properties particularly as a pharmaceutical by means of an amino acid sequence modification. The disclosed variant constant region considerably decreases heterogeneity by being used in antibody production. Namely, by introducing the disclosed modification into the heavy-chain constant regions of an antibody, homogeneity of the antibody can be maintained at a high level. More concretely, it is possible to prevent a decrease in homogeneity caused by disulfide bond linkage differences in the heavy chain of an antibody molecule. Furthermore, in a preferred embodiment, it is possible to prevent a decrease in homogeneity caused by a C-terminal deletion in a constant region of an antibody, and to improve the pharmacokinetics of the antibody.

Inventors:
IGAWA TOMOYUKI (JP)
MAEDA ATSUHIKO (JP)
SHIRAIWA HIROTAKE (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2010/054769
Publication Date:
September 23, 2010
Filing Date:
March 19, 2010
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Assignee:
CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD (JP)
IGAWA TOMOYUKI (JP)
MAEDA ATSUHIKO (JP)
SHIRAIWA HIROTAKE (JP)
International Classes:
C07K16/00; A61K39/395; C12N15/09; C12P21/08
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WO2005056606A22005-06-23
WO2009041613A12009-04-02
WO2009041621A12009-04-02
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SHIMIZU, Hatsushi et al. (JP)
Spring water Original aim (JP)
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