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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2011
Applicants:
Gino Luigi Vairo, Northcote, AU;
Andrew Nash, Kew, AU;
Eugene Maraskovsky, Kew, AU;
Nick Wilson, Brighton East, AU;
Samantha Busfield, Brunswick, AU;
Inventors:
Gino Luigi Vairo, Northcote, AU;
Andrew Nash, Kew, AU;
Eugene Maraskovsky, Kew, AU;
Nick Wilson, Brighton East, AU;
Samantha Busfield, Brunswick, AU;
Assignee:
CSL Limited, Parkville, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01); A61K 39/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method for treating lupus, Sjörgen's syndrome or scleroderma, the method comprising administering to the mammal an immunoglobulin which binds an interleukin 3 receptor α (IL-3Rα) chain and which depletes or at least partly eliminates plasmacytoid dendritic cells (p DCs) and basophils to which it binds.