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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jacques Theze, Paris, FR;
Ralph Eckenberg, St. Germain en Laye, FR;
Jean-Louis Moreau, Paris, FR;
Jean-Claude Mazie, Asnières-sur-Seine, FR;
Assignee:
Institut Pasteur, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/10 ; C12N 1/526 ; C12N 1/563 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/10 ; C12N 1/526 ; C12N 1/563 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to the use as therapeutic agents of IL-2 peptides and derivatives having biological activity and anti-IL-2 antibodies which mimic or modulate the biological activities of IL-2. The invention also relates to DNA sequences encoding the IL-2 peptides, and to methods of using the IL-2 peptides and derivatives and anti-IL-2 antibodies to modulate or mimic or antagonize the biological activities of IL-2 in vivo and to assay for the presence and activity of the IL-2 receptor.