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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2006
Applicants:
Takuya Tamatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsunari Tezuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Sakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaharu Takigawa, Okayama, JP;
Inventors:
Takuya Tamatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsunari Tezuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Sakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaharu Takigawa, Okayama, JP;
Assignee:
Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 16/00 (2006.01); C12P 21/08 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/06 (2006.01); C07K 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A human monoclonal antibody useful for the treatment of various diseases caused by human connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and preventing the onset of the above diseases; medicinal uses thereof; and various monoclonal antibodies having various characteristics against various mammalian CTGFs useful for detecting and assaying CTGFs present in body fluids of mammals suffering from various diseases.