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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2020
Ablynx N.v., Ghent-Zwijnaarde, BE;
Judith Baumeister, Mechelen, BE;
Marie-Paule Lucienne Armanda Bouche, Gentbrugge, BE;
Carlo Boutton, Wielsbeke, BE;
Marie-Ange Buyse, Merelbeke, BE;
Veerle Snoeck, Zingem, BE;
Stephanie Staelens, Wevelgem, BE;
Bruno Dombrecht, Heusden, BE;
Peter Schotte, De Pinte, BE;
Cedric Jozef Neotere Ververken, Merelbeke, BE;
Gerald Beste, Ghent, BE;
Guy Hermans, Merelbeke, BE;
Soren Steffensen, Etterbeek, BE;
Alexander Szyroki, Goldenstedt, DE;
Tinneke Denayer, De Pinte, BE;
Ablynx N.V., Ghent-Zwijnaarde, BE;
Abstract
This invention provides, and in certain specific but non-limiting aspects relates to: assays that can be used to predict whether a given ISV will be subject to protein interference as described herein and/or give rise to an (aspecific) signal in such an assay (such as for example in an ADA immunoassay). Such predictive assays could for example be used to test whether a given ISV could have a tendency to give rise to such protein interference and/or such a signal; to select ISV's that are not or less prone to such protein interference or to giving such a signal; as an assay or test that can be used to test whether certain modification(s) to an ISV will (fully or partially) reduce its tendency to give rise to such interference or such a signal; and/or as an assay or test that can be used to guide modification or improvement of an ISV so as to reduce its tendency to give rise to such protein interference or signal; —methods for modifying and/or improving ISV's to as to remove or reduce their tendency to give rise to such protein interference or such a signal; —modifications that can be introduced into an ISV that remove or reduce its tendency to give rise to such protein interference or such a signal; ISV's that have been specifically selected (for example, using the assay(s) described herein) to have no or low(er)/reduced tendency to give rise to such protein interference or such a signal; modified and/or improved ISV's that have no or a low(er)/reduced tendency to give rise to such protein interference or such a signal.