Inventors:
Aimee S. Payne - Merion Station PA, US
John R. Stanley - Gladwyne PA, US
Donald L. Siegel - Lansdale PA, US
Ken Ishii - Tokyo, JP
International Classification:
A61K 39/395, C07K 16/18, C07K 16/42, C07K 2/00, C07H 21/00, C07H 21/02, A61K 38/02, A61K 31/7088, A61K 31/713, G01N 33/566, G01N 33/53, A61K 31/7105, A61P 17/00, A61P 29/00
US Classification:
4241311, 5303891, 5303873, 5303872, 530300, 536 2353, 536 245, 514 11, 514 187, 514 44 A, 514 44 R, 530322, 436501, 435 792
Abstract:
This invention relates to compositions and methods for the use of anti-autoimmune reagents that specifically bind to anti-desmoglein antibodies, which are responsible for pemphigus foliaceus. In addition, the invention relates to methods and compositions for inhibiting the expression or function of a variable region of an anti-desmoglein (anti-Dsg) pathogenic autoantibody.