Compositions which are immunologically crossreactive with antibodies and preparative methods therefor

Abstract

Compositions which are immunologically crossreactive with antibodies are provided, together with preparative and therapeutic methods therefor. The compositions preferably comprise a plurality of covalently bound synthetic compounds, at least one of which is individually crossreactive with at least one complementarity determining region (CDR) of the antibody. Preferred processes for preparing the immunologically crossreactive compounds comprise identifying chemical functionality such as hydroxyl groups in the CDR which participates in at least one immunological binding phenomena, determining the three-dimensional positioning of the chemical functionality, and synthesizing a compound which comprises substantially the same chemical functionality as the CDR and which has at least one conformation wherein the three-dimensional positioning of the chemical functionality is substantially identical to the three-dimensional positioning of the chemical functionality of the CDR.

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