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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2003
Gillian Payne, Waban, MA (US);
Thomas Chittenden, Sudbury, MA (US);
Viktor Goldmakher, Newton, MA (US);
Philip Chun, Malden, MA (US);
Kristin Sneider-mulready, Framingham, MA (US);
Carol A. Vater, Cambridge, MA (US);
Gillian Payne, Waban, MA (US);
Thomas Chittenden, Sudbury, MA (US);
Viktor Goldmakher, Newton, MA (US);
Philip Chun, Malden, MA (US);
Kristin Sneider-Mulready, Framingham, MA (US);
Carol A. Vater, Cambridge, MA (US);
Immunogen Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to antibodies, antibody fragments, conjugates of antibodies and antibody fragments with cytotoxic agents, and hybridomas producing the antibodies and antibody fragments, where the antibodies and antibody fragments recognize extracellular epitopes of plasma membrane proteins that are not released into the extracellular fluid, and to methods for the detection, monitoring and treatment of malignancies such as breast cancer and ovarian cancer using the antibodies, antibody fragments and conjugates.