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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Livtech, Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Yanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Kanke, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoya Tsurushita, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shankar Kumar, Pleasanton, CA (US);
LIVTECH, INC., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides: antibodies specifically reacting against hDlk-1 and having anti-tumor activity in vivo (anti-hDlk-1 antibodies, and in particular, humanized anti-hDlk-1 antibodies); fragments of the antibodies; hybridomas that produce the antibodies; a complex of the antibody or antibody fragment and an agent; a pharmaceutical composition, a tumor therapeutic agent, a tumor diagnostic agent and an agent for inducing apoptosis in tumor cells, each of which comprises the aforementioned antibody or the like; a method for treating tumor, a method for detecting tumor, a method for inducing apoptosis in tumor cells, a kit for detecting and/or diagnosing tumor and a kit for inducing apoptosis in tumor cells, each of which comprises the use of the aforementioned antibody or the like; etc.