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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2013
Opsona Therapeutics Limited, Dublin, IE;
Nils Kuklik, Essen, DE;
Wolf-Dieter Schubert, Bellville, ZA;
Opsona Therapeutics Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the identification of a TLR2 binding epitope wherein binding of a binding member to the epitope serves to inhibit TLR2 activation and/or signalling. Polypeptide fragments of TLR2 and three-dimensional structures comprising one or more amino acid residues His318, Pro320, Gln321 or Arg321, Tyr323, Lys347, Phe349, Leu371, Glu375, Tyr376 and His398 of TLR2 which define the identified epitope are provided for use in generating binding members. Also provided are binding members which bind to the identified epitope and methods of using same for the treatment and/or prevention of conditions associated with TLR2 activation and/or signalling.