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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
William J LaRochelle, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Jacalyn Pierce, Potomac, MD (US);
Roy A Jensen, Franklin, TN (US);
Stuart A Aaronson, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Potent neutralizing monoclonal antibodies to the human .alpha. PDGF receptor (.alpha. PDGFR) and fragments thereof are described. These monoclonal antibodies specifically bind to an epitope on .alpha. PDGFR, inhibits PDGF binding with PDGF, antagonizes PDGF, and does not bind .beta. PDGFR receptor. A hybridoma cell line producing such a monoclonal antibody, methods of in vivo imaging of a pathological conditions and methods of inhibiting the growth of a neoplasia expressing .alpha. PDGFR, which use these monoclonal antibodies are also described. In vitro assays for detecting the presence of .alpha. PDGFR and for evaluating the binding affinity of a test compound are also described.