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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2017
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Fujita, Kamakura, JP;
Fumiyoshi Okano, Kamakura, JP;
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to identify cancer antigen proteins specifically expressed on the surface of cancer cells and to provide a use of antibodies targeting such proteins as therapeutic and/or preventive agents for cancer. The present invention relates to, for example, a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of a cancer, which comprises, as an active ingredient, an antibody or fragment thereof having an immunological reactivity with an MCEMP1 protein having an amino acid sequence shown in any one of the even numbered SEQ ID NOS: 2 to 8 or an amino acid sequence having 80% or more sequence identity with the amino acid sequence, or with a fragment of the MCEMP1 protein comprising 7 or more consecutive amino acids.