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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2002
Applicants:
Alexander Steinkasserer, Erlangen, DE;
Matthias Lechmann, Bamberg, DE;
Elisabeth Zinser, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Alexander Steinkasserer, Erlangen, DE;
Matthias Lechmann, Bamberg, DE;
Elisabeth Zinser, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C07K 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides for the use of soluble forms of CD83 and nucleic acids encoding them for the treatment of diseases caused by the dysfunction or undesired function of a cellular immune response involving T cells. The invention moreover provides soluble CD83 molecules specifically suited for said purpose, antibodies against said specific soluble CD83 proteins and assay methods and kits comprising said antibodies.