Inventors:
Ningyan Zhang - Ambler PA, US
Fubao Wang - Dresher PA, US
Andrew Bett - Lansdale PA, US
Anna Demartis - Rome, IT
Maurizio Nuzzo - Rome, IT
Paolo Monaci - Rome, IT
Stephen Blacklow - Cambridge MA, US
Jon Aster - Lexington MA, US
International Classification:
A61K 39/395, C12N 1/20, A61P 35/00, A61K 49/00, A61K 51/10, C12N 9/96, C07K 16/28, G01N 33/53
US Classification:
424 149, 5303891, 5303873, 4352521, 4352528, 4352525, 4352533, 435 792, 435 723, 424 91, 4241721, 4241781, 5303917, 5303913, 435188
Abstract:
The present invention relates to mammalian antibodies, preferably fully human monoclonal antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to a cell surface receptor, wherein the receptor protein is a Notch1 receptor protein. Some of the disclosed antibodies bind Notch1 to the exclusion of other members of the Notch receptor family, while other antibodies bind Notch 1 and Notch3. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the Notch antibodies as well as methods of use thereof are also disclosed. Also included are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of using the antibodies and compositions thereof for treatment and diagnosis of pathological hyperproliferative oncogenic disorders associated with expression of Notch1 or Notch3 including aberrant activation of each of these receptors.