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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2016
Ablynx N.v., Zwijnaarde, BE;
Guy Hermans, Merelbeke, BE;
Peter Verheesen, Ghent, BE;
Edward Dolk, Utrecht, NL;
Hendricus Renerus Jacobus Mattheus Hoogenboom, Maastricht, NL;
Michael John Scott Saunders, Brussels, BE;
Hans De Haard, Oudelande, NL;
Renee de Bruin, Amsterdam, NL;
Ablynx N.V., Ghent-Zwijnaarde, BE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to amino acid sequences that block the interaction between (a target on) an antigen presenting cell (APC) and (a target on) a T-cell. More particularly, the present invention relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against (as defined herein) a target on an APC (also referred to herein as 'APC target') or a target on a T-cell (also referred to herein as 'T-cell target'). The invention further relates to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid sequences.