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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2002
Kazuhisa Sugimura, Kagoshima-ken, JP;
Toshihiro Nakashima, Kumamoto-ken, JP;
Masaharu Torikai, Kumamoto-ken, JP;
Kazuhisa Sugimura, Kagoshima-ken, JP;
Toshihiro Nakashima, Kumamoto-ken, JP;
Masaharu Torikai, Kumamoto-ken, JP;
Judicial Foundation the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Res., Kumamoto-ken, JP;
Abstract
An antibody or an antibody fragment is provided that is efficacious for treating allergic diseases in which IgE is involved. A human antibody and a fragment thereof to a receptor (FcεRI) having high affinity to Fc portion of IgE was obtained using phage antibody display technique. The human anti-IgE receptor antibody and a fragment thereof of the invention has an activity to inhibit the binding between IgE and IgE receptor and hence is expected to be useful as a medicament for treating allergic diseases caused by the binding between IgE and IgE receptor.