Inventors:
Gregory J. LaRosa - West Roxbury MA, US
Christopher J. Horvath - Taunton MA, US
Walter Newman - Boston MA, US
S. Tarran Jones - Radlett, GB
Siobhan H. O'Brien - Bishops Stortford, GB
Theresa O'Keefe - Waltham MA, US
International Classification:
C07K 16/28
US Classification:
4241331, 5303873, 536 2353, 4353201, 435328, 435 696, 435375, 4352523, 43525233, 43525231, 43525411, 4352542, 43525423, 4352543, 43525421, 4352544
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a humanized antibody or functional fragment thereof which binds to a mammalian (e.g., human) CC-chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) or a portion of the receptor and blocks binding of a ligand to the receptor. The invention further relates to a method of inhibiting the interaction of a cell bearing mammalian CCR2 with a ligand thereof, and to use of the antibodies and fragments in therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic methods.