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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2005
James P. Fandl, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Gang Chen, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Nicholas Papadopoulos, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Thomas H. Aldrich, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
James P. Fandl, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Gang Chen, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Nicholas Papadopoulos, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Thomas H. Aldrich, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
A fusion polypeptide comprising (A)-M-(A'), wherein A and A′ are each polypeptides capable of binding a target receptor. The fusion polypeptides of the invention form multimeric proteins which activate the target receptor. A and A′ may be each be an antibody or fragment derived from an antibody specific for a target receptor, such as the same or different ScFv fragments, and/or a ligand or ligand fragment or derivative capable of binding the target protein, M is a multimerizing component, and X and Y are independently a number between 1-10.