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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1994
Michael A Gimbrone, Jr, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for selectively targeting a therapeutic agent to a site of activated endothelium by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an E-selectin (formerly called ELAM-1) specific monoclonal antibody conjugated to a therapeutic agent. An immunoconjugate comprising an E-selectin specific monoclonal antibody and a therapeutic agent is also provided. A method is also provided for the treatment of a vascular smooth muscle cell proliferative disorder, vasculitis, inflammation, post-reperfusion injury, microbial infections, acute or chronic allograft rejection, and leukemia, as well as for the inhibition of metastatic spread of tumor cells, by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an E-selectin antibody, or antibody fragment, either alone, or conjugated to a therapeutic agent.