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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
May. 13, 1998
Yoshio Hayashi, Tokushima 770, JP;
Hiromu Sugino, Tokushima, JP;
Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Other;
Abstract
Screening of the autoantibodies and autoantigens which are specific to Sjogren's syndrome, particularly primary Sjogren's syndrome, and provision of a prophylactic and therapeutic drug for Sjogren's syndrome, particularly primary Sjogren's syndrome, and a highly sensitive diagnostic agent for Sjogren's syndrome. The .alpha.-fodrin or .alpha.-fodrin fragment of the invention is an antigen to the autoantibodies specifically found in Sjogren's syndrome and this autoantigen finds application as a prophylactic and therapeutic drug for autoimmune diseases, particularly Sjogren's syndrome, or a diagnostic agent for such diseases.