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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2002
Masamichi Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Akiko Furuya, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyasu Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Hideharu Anazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Hanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Takatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Masamichi Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Akiko Furuya, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyasu Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Hideharu Anazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Hanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Takatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides monoclonal antibodies and humanized antibodies which react specifically with a human interleukin-5 receptor α chain. The invention also provides hybridomas and transformants which produce the antibodies, the monoclonal antibodies and humanized antibodies, a method for detecting an interleukin-5 receptor α chain immunologically by means of these antibodies, as well as a method for diagnosing and treating diseases such as chronic bronchial asthma by means of the monoclonal antibodies and humanized antibodies. The present invention is useful for diagnosis or treatment of diseases such as chronic bronchial asthma.