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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Methods for inhibiting the rejection of a transplant organ in a subject with 5c8-specific antibodies
Seth Lederman, New York, NY (US);
Leonard Chess, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Michael J. Yellin, Riverdale, NY (US);
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
This invention provides for a method for inhibiting rejection of a transplant organ in a subject which comprises administering to the subject an antibody capable of binding to a protein which is specifically recognized by monoclonal antibody 5c8 produced by the hybridoma having ATCC Accession No. HB 10916. The present invention further provides for a method for inhibiting rejection of a transplant organ in a subject, which comprises administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising a monoclonal antibody capable of binding to a protein which is specifically recognized by monoclonal antibody 5c8 produced by the hybridoma having ATCC Accession No. HB 10916. In one embodiment of the invention, the transplant organ is a heart, a kidney or a liver. In another embodiment, the monoclonal antibody is 5c8 produced by the hybridoma having ATCC Accession No. HB 10916.