ANTICUERPOS ANTAGONISTAS MEJORADOS CONTRA FACTOR-8 DE CRECIMIENTO Y DIFERENCIACION Y USOS DE LOS MISMOS

• Main Authors: MICHELLE MARIE MADER, JAMES REASONER APGAR, KEVIN DELOS PARRIS
• Format: Patent
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 27.05.2015
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

Anticuerpos anti-GDF-8 neutralizantes mejorados capaces de niveles de expresión sustancialmente más elevados en células huésped en comparación con los anticuerpos anti-GDF-8 previos. También métodos para utilizar composiciones que comprenden dichos anticuerpos para incrementar la masa o resistencia muscular, y para tratar o prevenir los padecimientos musculares, padecimientos neuromusculares, padecimientos metabólicos, padecimientos del tejido adiposo o padecimientos óseos. Composición farmacéutica, polinucleótido, vector y célula huésped. The disclosure provides improved neutralizing anti-GDF-8 antibodies capable of substantially higher levels of expression in host cells compared to previous anti-GDF-8 antibodies. Also provided are methods of using compositions comprising such antibodies to increase muscle mass or strength, and to treat or prevent muscular disorders, neuromuscular disorders, metabolic disorders, adipose tissue disorders or bone disorders.