Novel retrovirus and diagnostic methods

Details Novel retrovirus and diagnostic methods Novel retrovirus and diagnostic methods

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C12N 15/57 (2006.01) C07K 14/15 (2006.01) C07K 16/10 (2006.01) C12N 7/00 (2006.01) C12N 15/48 (2006.01) C12N 15/54 (2006.01) C12Q 1/68 (2006.01) C12Q 1/70 (2006.01) G01N 33/564 (2006.01) G01N 33/569 (2006.01) A61K 39/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2231854

The present application relates to a novel retrovirus, detected in human salivary gland and lymphoid tissues and associated with autoimmune disease, as well as nucleotide sequences derived from said virus, diagnostic techniques and kits, to antibodies which bind said retrovirus and their use in diagnosis. Also included are methods of treatment of autoimmune disease and compositions for use in those methods. The retrovirus is particularly associated with Sjögren's syndrome (SS) which is a systemic autoimmune disease characterised by destruction of exocrine glands, particularly salivary and lacrimal glands.

L'invention concerne un nouveau rétrovirus détecté dans les glandes salivaires et dans les tissus lymphoïdes de l'homme et associé à la maladie auto-immune, ainsi que des séquences de nucléotides dérivées dudit virus, des techniques et des trousses de diagnostic, des anticorps se fixant à ce rétrovirus et leur utilisation en diagnostic. Elle concerne également des procédés de traitement de maladies auto-immunes et des compositions s'utilisant dans lesdits procédés. Ce rétrovirus est particulièrement associé au syndrome de Sjörgren (SS) qui est une maladie auto-immune systémique caractérisée par la destruction de glandes exocrines, en particulier les glandes salivaires et lacrymales.

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