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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2013
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Fumiyoshi Okano, Kamakura, JP;
Takanori Saito, Kamakura, JP;
Takayoshi Ido, Kamakura, JP;
Yoshitaka Minamida, Kamakura, JP;
TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides an antibody targeting a cancer antigenic protein specifically expressed on the surface of cancer cells and use thereof in a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for cancer. Specifically, this invention provides an antibody or a fragment thereof which has immunological reactivity with a partial CAPRIN-1 polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 5 or an amino acid sequence having 80% or higher sequence identity to the amino acid sequence, and a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of cancer, comprising the antibody or fragment thereof as an active ingredient.