Anti-CD19 Antibody Therapy for Transplantation

The invention relates to immunotherapeutic compositions and methods for the treatment and prevention of GVHD, humoral rejection, and post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder in human subjects using therapeutic antibodies that bind to the human CD19 antigen and that preferably mediate human ADCC. The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising human or humanized anti-CD19 antibodies of the IgG1 or IgG3 human isotype. The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising human or humanized anti-CD19 antibodies of the IgG2 or IgG4 human isotype that preferably mediate human ADCC. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising chimerized anti-CD19 antibodies of the IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, or IgG4 isotype that mediate human ADCC. In preferred embodiments, the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising monoclonal human, humanized, or chimeric anti-CD19 antibodies.

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Patents:
US 20,090,246,195   [MORE INFO]

Inventor(s): TEDDER THOMAS F [US]

Type of Offer: Licensing



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