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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1997
Frank Koentgen, Lower Templestowe, AU;
Gabriele Maria Suess, Lower Templestowe, AU;
David Mathew Tarlinton, Blackburn, AU;
Herbert Rudolf Treutlein, Moonee Ponds, AU;
Amrad Operations Pty. Ltd., , AU;
Abstract
The present invention is directed generally to catalytic antibodies and, more particularly, to a novel method of producing same. The method of the present invention is predicated in part on the exploitation of the products of catalysis to induce B cell mitogenesis. In a preferred embodiment, a growth factor having an ability to induce B cell mitogenesis is linked to a target antigen to which catalytic antibodies are sought. B cell mitogenesis is then dependent on the catalytic cleavage of the antigen portion of the growth factor by catalytic antibodies on the surface of B cells. The method of the present invention is useful for generating catalytic antibodies for both therapeutic and diagnostic purposes.