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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sudhir Paul, Omaha, NE (US);
Michael J Powell, Gaithersberg, MD (US);
Richard J Massey, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignee:
IGEN International, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4351885 ; 514 14 ; 530327 ;
Abstract
Specific, selective inhibitors of catalytic antibodies both synthetic and naturally occurring, their use and compositions thereof are disclosed. In particular, an inhibitor preventing the hydrolysis of the peptide bond between amino acid residues 16 and 17 in the neurotransmitter vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) by an anti-VIP catalytic autoantibody is disclosed.