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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey M. Greve, Brandford, CT (US);
Alan McClelland, Old Saybrook, CT (US);
Gary Davis, Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Bayer Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/816 ; A61K 3/800 ; C07K 1/4705 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/816 ; A61K 3/800 ; C07K 1/4705 ;
Abstract
A method for substantially inhibiting initiation or spread of infection by rhinovirus or Coxsackie A virus of host cells expressing the major human rhinovirus receptor (ICAM-1), comprising the step of contacting the virus with a soluble polypeptide comprising the HRV binding site in domains I and II of ICAM-1; which polypeptide is capable of binding to the virus and reducing infectivity thereof; the contact being under conditions which permit the virus to bind to the polypeptide.