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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kouji Matsushima, Ishikawa Prefecture, JP;
Assignee:
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4241451 ; 4241301 ; 4241581 ; 4241331 ; 424809 ; 5303871 ; 5303873 ; 5303881 ; 53038823 ; 435325 ; 435326 ; 435328 ; 435335 ;
Abstract
A method for ameliorating at least one of the symptoms of nephritis is disclosed. Administration of antibodies or immunologically reactive fragments thereof which are immunoreactive with the IL-8 of the subject suppresses the elevated excretion of protein and infiltration of neutrophils associated with this condition.