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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2003
Applicants:
Katsunari Tezuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryo Abe, Chiba, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01); C07K 16/00 (2006.01); C07K 16/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An antibody against AILIM (alternatively called JTT-1 antigen, JTT-2 antigen, ICOS and 8F4) was found to have a significant therapeutic effect on arthrosis, for example, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, graft versus host disease, graft immune rejection, inflammation (hepatitis and inflammatory bowel diseases), diseased condition accompanied by the excessive production of an antibody against a foreign antigen triggered by immunological sensitization by the antigen.