ANTIBODIES AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE SKIN DISEASES

    公开(公告)号:WO2019171267A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-12

    申请号:PCT/IB2019/051761

    申请日:2019-03-05

    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an antibody or antibody fragment specific for IL-17C in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of autoimmune skin diseases. In one embodiment, the antibody or antibody fragment specific for IL-17C comprises a HCDR1 region of amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 7, a HCDR2 region of amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 8, a HCDR3 region of amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, a LCDR1 region of amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 13, a LCDR2 region of amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14 and a LCDR3 region of amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 15. In another embodiment, the antibody or antibody fragment specific for IL-17C comprises a variable heavy chain of SEQ ID NO: 17 and a variable light chain of SEQ ID NO: 16. In some embodiments the autoimmune skin disease is selected from pemphigus vulgaris, bullous pemphigoid, vasculitis, pyoderma gangrenosum and Sweet's disease.

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