Inventors:
Gillian Payne - Waban MA, US
Thomas Chittenden - Sudbury MA, US
Viktor Goldmakher - Newton MA, US
Philip Chun - Malden MA, US
Carol A. Vater - Cambridge MA, US
Assignee:
Immunogen Inc. - Cambridge MA
International Classification:
C07K 16/00
US Classification:
5303881, 5303873, 530350, 530380, 530385, 5303871, 5303877, 4241341, 4241351, 4241411, 4241551, 4241421, 4241781, 424 851, 435 79, 435188, 4353201, 525 541
Abstract:
The present invention relates to antibodies, antibody fragments, conjugates of antibodies and antibody fragments with cytotoxic agents, and hybridomas producing the antibodies and antibody fragments, where the antibodies and antibody fragments recognize extracellular epitopes of plasma membrane proteins that are not released into the extracellular fluid, and to methods for the detection, monitoring and treatment of malignancies such as breast cancer and ovarian cancer using the antibodies, antibody fragments and conjugates.