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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2001
Zoltan Nagy, Wolfratshausen, DE;
Christoph Brunner, Bad Heilbrunn, DE;
Michael Tesar, Weilheim, DE;
Elisabeth Thomassen-wolf, München, DE;
Robert Rauchenberger, Farchant, DE;
Zoltan Nagy, Wolfratshausen, DE;
Christoph Brunner, Bad Heilbrunn, DE;
Michael Tesar, Weilheim, DE;
Elisabeth Thomassen-Wolf, München, DE;
Robert Rauchenberger, Farchant, DE;
GPC Biotech AG, Munich, DE;
Morphosys AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to polypeptide compositions which bind to cell surface epitopes and, in multivalent forms, cause or lead to the killing of cells including lymphoid tumor cells, and in the case of monovalent forms, cause immunosuppression or otherwise inhibit activation of lymphocytes. The invention further relates to nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides, methods for the production of the polypeptides, methods for killing cells, methods for immunosuppressing a patient, pharmaceutical, diagnostic and multivalent compositions and kits comprising the polypeptides and uses of the polypeptides.