Targeting intracellular target-binding determinants with intracellular antibodies
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
InventorsRichard H. Weisbart, Robert N. Nishimura
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for inhibiting an intracellular target in a cell with a bispecific antibody comprising contacting the cell with a bispecific antibody having a first Fv fragment with a cell-penetrating determinant and a second Fv fragment with an intracellular target-binding determinant under suitable conditions so that the first Fv fragment causes the bispecific antibody to enter the cell and the second Fv fragment binds the intracellular target in the cell and thereby inhibiting the intracellular target.
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1-40. (canceled)
A method for inhibiting the growth of tumor or cancer cells in a subject by exposing the tumor or cancer cell to a bispecific antibody having a first Fv fragment with a cell-penetrating determinant and a second Fv fragment with an intracellular target-binding determinant, thereby inhibiting the growth of tumor or career cells in the subject.
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