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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2007
Marco Prinz, Freiburg, DE;
Wolfgang Bruck, Rosdorf, DE;
Alexander Mildner, Hemmingen, DE;
Matthias Mack, Regensburg, DE;
Marco Prinz, Freiburg, DE;
Wolfgang Bruck, Rosdorf, DE;
Alexander Mildner, Hemmingen, DE;
Matthias Mack, Regensburg, DE;
GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAT GOTTINGEN STIFTUNG OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS, Gottingen, DE;
UNIVERSITAT REGENSBURG, Regensburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to the use of an antibody which can specifically bind to chemokine receptor CCR2 for producing a medicament utilized for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and/or rheumatoid arthritis in a subject that is preferably a primate or a human. In another embodiment, the invention relates to the use of an antibody which can specifically bind to chemokine receptor CCR2 for producing a medicament that is utilized for depleting monocytes in subjects suffering from multiple sclerosis and/or rheumatoid arthritis. The invention further relates to corresponding in vitro methods and therapeutic methods. And antibody which binds to CD 14, for example, can be used in addition to the antibody that can bind to CCR2.