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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2007
Takashi Matsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Muramatsu, Aichi, JP;
Masatoshi Hayashibara, Tokyo, JP;
Takanori Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsukasa Uno, Yokohama, JP;
Sadatoshi Sakuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Matsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Muramatsu, Aichi, JP;
Masatoshi Hayashibara, Tokyo, JP;
Takanori Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsukasa Uno, Yokohama, JP;
Sadatoshi Sakuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Medical Therapies Limited, , AU;
Abstract
It is intended to provide an antibody which inhibits the function of midkine. An antibody which recognizes an epitope consisting of amino acid residues 62 to 104 of midkine or a fragment thereof; DNA encoding the antibody or a fragment thereof; a recombinant vector which contains the DNA; a transformant which has the vector or a hybridoma which produces the antibody; a method for producing the antibody by allowing the transformant or hybridoma to produce the antibody or a fragment thereof and collecting the resulting antibody or fragment thereof; a pharmaceutical composition containing the antibody or a fragment thereof as an active ingredient; and a diagnostic agent containing the antibody or a fragment thereof as an active ingredient.