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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Astellas Pharma Inc., Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
ASTELLAS PHARMA INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
[Problem] Provided is an anti-human BDCA-2 antibody for preventing or treating an autoimmune disease by binding to a human BDCA-2 to control the function of a plasmacytoid dendritic cell through human BDCA-2. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have investigated anti-human BDCA-2 antibodies, and as a result, they have provided an anti-human BDCA-2 antibody comprising a heavy chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 1 to 120 of SEQ ID NO: 2 and a light chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 1 to 109 of SEQ ID NO: 4, a heavy chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 1 to 120 of SEQ ID NO: 6 and a light chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 1 to 108 of SEQ ID NO: 8, and a heavy chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 1 to 122 of SEQ ID NO: 10 and a light chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 1 to 108 of SEQ ID NO: 12.