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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2012
Ben K. Seon, Williamsville, NY (US);
Hirofumi Toi, Hokkaido, JP;
Ben K. Seon, Williamsville, NY (US);
Hirofumi Toi, Hokkaido, JP;
Health Research, Inc., Buffalo, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are compositions and methods that relate to prophylaxis and therapy of angiogenesis associated disease and includes novel knockin mice which express novel human/mouse chimeric endoglin, vectors for use in making such mice, and murine embryonic stem cells comprising the novel human/mouse transgene. Also provided are anti-human endoglin monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) which can be used as antiangiogenic agents for prophylaxis or therapy of human tumor angiogenesis and human angiogenesis-associated diseases having excessive vascularization. The mAbs do not cross react with murine endoglin. Also provides are methods for using the anti-human endoglin mAbs for prophylaxis or therapy of human tumor angiogenesis and for angiogenesis-associated diseases having excessive vascularization.