Alpha b crystallin for use in diagnosis and therapy of...

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C07K 16/18 (2006.01) A61K 35/14 (2006.01) A61K 38/17 (2006.01) A61K 39/00 (2006.01) C07K 14/47 (2006.01) C07K 14/725 (2006.01) G01N 33/564 (2006.01) A61K 38/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2192468

The present invention discloses the first medical use of alpha B crystallin or derivatives thereof in the field of auto-immune diseases, particularly multiple sclerosis. It also discloses diagnostic methods and tools therefor based upon alpha B crystallin for the detection of multiple sclerosis. Human alpha B crystallin is a known protein in itself, known to be present in the eye and in small amounts in the white matter of the nerve system, which is affected by multiple sclerosis. By using a novel and inventive approach to test for ability to induce auto-immunity, alpha B crystallin has been shown by the present invention to be an important auto-antigen. Such methods are also part of the invention.

L'invention porte sur la première utilisation médicale de la cristalline alpha B ou de ses dérivés dans les maladies auto-immunes, en particulier la sclérose en plaque. Elle concerne également des méthodes et des outils diagnostiques associés basés sur l'utilisation de la cristalline alpha B pour la détection de la sclérose en plaque. La cristalline alpha B humaine est une protéine connue en soi, présente dans l'oeil et en petites quantité dans la substance blanche du système nerveux, et attaquée par la sclérose en plaque. Par une approche nouvelle et inventive de l'analyse des capacités à induire l'auto-immunité, on a découvert que la cristalline alpha B constituait un auto-antigène important. Ces méthodes font également partie de l'invention.

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