Immunological Reagents
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170166642A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-15

    申请号:US15272707

    申请日:2016-09-22

    申请人: MabQuest SA

    IPC分类号: C07K16/28

    摘要: This disclosure relates to binding agents with specificity for programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and to methods for using the same to treat, prevent and/or ameliorate an infectious disease (e.g., human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)), cancer and/or autoimmunity. In addition, this disclosure identifies a novel binding patch (“P2”) on PD-1 that is linked with a previously unidentified functional activity of PD-1 that is distinct from the interaction site involved with either the PD-L1 or PD-L2 ligands. Furthermore, we demonstrate that antibodies that interact with this region of PD-1 are able to act as antagonists of PD-1 and that this antagonism is further enhanced with the addition of antibodies that act through the blockade of the PD-1/PD-L1/L2 interaction.