Anti-idiotypic antibody and its use in diagnosis and therapy in HIV-related disease
AssigneeImmune Research, Ltd.
InventorsSybille Muller, Haitao Wang
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Abstract
The present invention provides an anti-idiotypic antibody having specific reactivity with an idiotope common to more than one type of anti-HIV-1 antibody, and having no specific reactivity with non-HIV-1 antibodies. The present invention provides methods of diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of HIV-related diseases through the use of this antibody or related compounds.
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An anti-idiotypic antibody having specific reactivity with an idiotope common to at least three types of human anti-HIV-antibody of differing specificities, but not significantly reactive with idiotypes of human non-HIV-1 antibodies.
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