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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2006
Søren Berg Padkær, Værløse, DK;
Peter Reumert Wagtmann, Rungsted Kyst, DK;
Pieter Spee, Allerød, DK;
Stefan Zahn, Ballerup, DK;
Kristian Kjærgaard, Ballerup, DK;
Søren Berg Padkær, Værløse, DK;
Peter Reumert Wagtmann, Rungsted Kyst, DK;
Pieter Spee, Allerød, DK;
Stefan Zahn, Ballerup, DK;
Kristian Kjærgaard, Ballerup, DK;
Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Inmate Pharma S.A.S., Marseilles, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to agents and methods that are capable of augmenting NK-mediated killing of target cells by reducing inhibitory KIR signalling without reducing the binding of KIR to HLA-C. As described herein, transduction of negative signaling via KIR, 5 upon binding of KIR to its HLA class I ligand, can involve a ligand-binding induced, conformational reorientation of the KIR molecules allowing interactions to form between adjacent KIRs in specific domains, leading to accelerated clustering. Methods and agents such as mono-clonal antibodies for reducing KIR-mediated inhibition of NK cell cytotoxicity without reducing or blocking HLA-binding by, e.g., reducing or blocking dimerization of KIR, are provided.