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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2008
Clark Pan, Sudbury, MA (US);
Andreas M. Knorr, Erkrath, DE;
Michael Schauer, Wuppertal, DE;
Claudia Hirth-dietrich, Wuppertal, DE;
Sabine Kraft, Planegg, DE;
Barbara Krebs, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Clark Pan, Sudbury, MA (US);
Andreas M. Knorr, Erkrath, DE;
Michael Schauer, Wuppertal, DE;
Claudia Hirth-Dietrich, Wuppertal, DE;
Sabine Kraft, Planegg, DE;
Barbara Krebs, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Bayer Healthcare LLC, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
Human antibodies that bind to TIMP-1 can be used as reagents to diagnose and treat disorders in which TIMP-1 is elevated, such as liver fibrosis, alcoholic liver disease, cardiac fibrosis, acute coronary syndrome, lupus nephritis, glomerulosclerotic renal disease, benign prostate hypertrophy, colon cancer, lung cancer, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.