Abstracts tagged "treatment and signal transduction"

Abstract Number: 2343 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
The Therapeutic Antibody Tregalizumab (BT-061) Induces Activation of Regulatory T Cells by Engaging a Unique CD4 Mediated Signaling That Strongly Differs From Signaling Events Induced by Standard Anti-CD4 Antibodies
Bianca Helling¹, Benjamin Daelken¹, Holger Wallmeier², Silke Aigner¹, Chantal Zuber¹, Martin Koenig¹, Andre Engling¹, Frank Osterroth¹, Niklas Czeloth³ and Christoph Uherek¹, ¹Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany, ²Condor Scientific Computing & Consulting, Sulzbach, Germany, ³Global Research Immunology, Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany
Background/Purpose: The humanized CD4 specific monoclonal antibody (mAb) tregalizumab is currently being tested in phase II clinical trials in Rheumatoid Arthritis. In contrast to other…