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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2011
Applicants:
Francesco Tedesco, Trieste, IT;
Roberto Marzari, Trieste, IT;
Inventors:
Francesco Tedesco, Trieste, IT;
Roberto Marzari, Trieste, IT;
Assignee:
Adienne SRL, Bergamo, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01); C07K 16/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention refers to recombinant antibodies of human origin specific for the C5 component of the activated complement and characterized by the ability to inhibit the conversion of the C5 alpha chain to C5a and C5b. Moreover the present invention refers to the nucleotide sequences coding for such antibodies and to the therapeutic use of both polypeptide and nucleotide sequences, in particular for the therapy of diseases involving tissue damage deriving from uncontrolled activation of the complement system.