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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Alejandro A. Aruffo, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Diane Hollenbaugh, Newton, PA (US);
Anthony W. Siadak, Seattle, WA (US);
Karen K. Berry, Princeton, NJ (US);
Linda Harris, Seattle, WA (US);
Barbara A. Thorne, Issaquah, WA (US);
Jurgen Bajorath, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for the treatment of T cell mediated disorders is described. The method involves administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-human CD40 antibody. Disease states suitable for treatment with this method include graft versus host disease and transplant rejection and auto immune disease such as type I diabetes, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and myesthenia gravis.