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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1998
Henry C Marsh, Jr, Reading, MA (US);
Richard A Smith, Relgate Surrey, GB;
Chang-Jing Grace Yeh, Newton, MA (US);
John Lifter, Wellesly, MA (US);
Anne Mary Freeman, Bucks, GB;
Michael L Gosselin, Revere, MA (US);
Avant Immunotherapeutics, Inc., Needham, MA (US);
Abstract
Provided are methods of making preparations of recombinant soluble Complement Receptor type 1 (sCR1) defined with respect to the distribution of sCR1 glycoforms and therapeutic methods using them. The preparations are suitable for treatment of allograft or xenograft rejection, diseases involving inflammation or inappropriate complement activation, and thrombotic or shock state conditions. Preferred methods employ sCR1 glycoforms that are sialylated, have a pI of .ltoreq.5.1, or have a sialic acid: mannose molar ratio of .gtoreq.0.25.