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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2005
Steven M. Ruben, Brookeville, MD (US);
Gil H. Choi, Rockville, MD (US);
Tristan Vaughan, Cambridge, GB;
David Hilbert, Bethesda, MD (US);
Steven M. Ruben, Brookeville, MD (US);
Gil H. Choi, Rockville, MD (US);
Tristan Vaughan, Cambridge, GB;
David Hilbert, Bethesda, MD (US);
Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to antibodies and related molecules that immunospecifically bind to B Lymphocyte Stimulator. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for detecting or diagnosing a disease or disorder associated with aberrant B Lymphocyte Stimulator expression or inappropriate function of B Lymphocyte Stimulator comprising antibodies or fragments or variants thereof or related molecules that immunospecifically bind to B Lymphocyte Stimulator. The present invention further relates to methods and compositions for preventing, treating or ameliorating a disease or disorder associated with aberrant B Lymphocyte Stimulator expression or inappropriate B Lymphocyte Stimulator function comprising administering to an animal an effective amount of one or more antibodies or fragments or variants thereof or related molecules that immunospecifically bind to B Lymphocyte Stimulator.