Ampsource Biopharma Shanghai Inc.

Zhu Wang

Qiang Li

Si Ruo Chen

Yuncheng Zheng

Yongjuan Gao

Yuanli Li

Xinlu Ma

Lu Yang

Naichao Sun

Zhao Dong

Zirui Li

Bill Nai-Chau Sun

Cecily Rou-Yun Sun

A linker peptide for constructing a fusion protein. The linker peptide comprises a flexible peptide and a rigid peptide. The flexible peptide consists of one or more flexible units. The rigid peptide consists of one or more rigid units. The flexible unit comprises two or more amino acid residues selected from Gly, Ser, Ala, and Thr. The rigid unit comprises a human chorionic gonadotropin &#x3b2;-subunit carboxy-terminal peptide (CTP) bearing a plurality of glycosylation sites. The linker peptide can more effectively eliminate mutual steric hindrance of two fusion molecules, decreasing a reduction/loss of polymerization or activity resulting from improper folding of an active protein or a conformational change. On the other hand, the negatively charged, highly sialylated CTP can resist renal clearance, further prolonging a half-life of a fused molecule and enhancing bioavailability of a fused protein. Furthermore, a protective effect of a glycosylated side chain CTP can lower the protease sensitivity of the linker peptide, making a linker region of the fusion protein less degradable.

Linker peptide for constructing fusion protein

The invention provides an antibody and/or an antigen binding fragment that binds to NGF, and the amino acid sequences of the heavy chain and light chain variable regions of the antibody. The NGF antibody and/or its antigen binding fragment provided by the invention has high affinity for NGF and can effectively block the binding between NGF receptor and NGF. This antibody and/or its antigen binding fragment can inhibit the binding activity of NGF and its receptor in vitro, and is suitable for the treatment of pain diseases which are related to the haughty expression or increased expression of NGF.

Anti-human NGF antibodies and methods using same

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Shanghai, China

Zhu Wang