IP Library Granted Patent US 7,229,617
Granted Patent B2
US 7,229,617 · App. 10/723,383 · Granted Jun 12, 2007

Methods and compositions for inducing apoptosis in cancer cells

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Patent No.
US 7,229,617
App. No.
10/723,383
Granted
Jun 12, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

Anti-DR4 or Anti-DR5 antibody agonists, combined with apoptosis-inducing agents, synergistically induce apoptosis in cancer cells.

Claims (16)

1. An isolated cell that expresses an antibody, wherein the antibody comprises the complementarity determining regions of the heavy variable region displayed in FIG. 24 (SEQ ID NO:4) and the light variable region displayed in FIG. 25 (SEQ ID NO:5), and wherein the antibody has the binding specificity of an antibody comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising the sequence displayed in FIG. 24 (SEQ ID NO:4) and a light chain variable region comprising the sequence displayed in FIG. 25 (SEQ ID NO:5).

2. An antibody comprising the complementarity determining regions of the heavy variable region (SEQ ID NO:8) and light variable region (SEQ ID NO:10) of FIG. 35 , wherein antibody has the binding specificity of an antibody comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising the sequence displayed in FIG. 35 (SEQ ID NO:8) and a light chain variable region comprising the sequence displayed in FIG. 35 (SEQ ID NO:10).

3. An antibody comprising the complementarity determining regions of the heavy variable region displayed in FIG. 24 (SEQ ID NO:4) and the light variable region displayed in FIG. 25 (SEQ ID NO:5), wherein antibody has the binding specificity of an antibody comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising the sequence displayed in FIG. 24 (SEQ ID NO:4) and a light chain variable region comprising the sequence displayed in FIG. 25 (SEQ ID NO:5).

4. The cell of claim 1 , wherein the antibody expressed by the cell comprises the heavy variable region displayed in FIG. 24 (SEQ ID NO:4) and the light variable region displayed in FIG. 25 (SEQ ID NO:5).

5. The cell of claim 1 , wherein the antibody is a humanized antibody.

6. The antibody of claim 2 , wherein the antibody comprises the heavy variable region (SEQ ID NO:8) and light variable region (SEQ ID NO:10) of FIG. 35 .

7. The antibody of claim 3 , wherein the antibody comprises the heavy variable region displayed in FIG. 24 (SEQ ID NO:4) and the light variable region displayed in FIG. 25 (SEQ ID NO:5).

8. The antibody of claim 2 , wherein the antibody is a tetramer antibody.

9. The antibody of claim 2 , wherein the antibody is a humanized antibody.

10. The antibody of claim 3 , wherein the antibody is a tetramer antibody.

11. The antibody of claim 3 , wherein the antibody is a humanized antibody.

12. An isolated cell that expresses an antibody, wherein the antibody comprises the complementarity determining regions of the heavy variable region (SEQ ID NO:8) and light variable region (SEQ ID NO:10) of FIG. 35 , and wherein the antibody has the binding specificity of an antibody comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising the sequence displayed in or FIG. 35 (SEQ ID NO:8) and a light chain variable region comprising the sequence displayed in FIG. 35 (SEQ ID NO:10).

13. The cell of claim 12 , wherein the antibody is a humanized antibody.

14. The cell of claim 12 , wherein the antibody expressed by the cell comprises the heavy variable region (SEQ ID NO:8) and light variable region (SEQ ID NO:10) of FIG. 35 .

15. The antibody of claim 2 , wherein the antibody is a single chain antibody.

16. The antibody of claim 3 , wherein the antibody is a single chain antibody.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Apr 16, 2015
From: IRM LLC
To: NOVARTIS INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2015
From: NOVARTIS INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL LTD.
To: NOVARTIS AG
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2005
From: NASOFF, MARC; DEVERAUX, QUINN L.; KNEE, DEBORAH A.; AZA-BLANC, PEDRO; HAMPTON, GARRET M.; WAGNER, KLAUS
To: IRM LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
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