Therapeutic uses of BR43X2 soluble receptors

摘要

There is provided a fusion protein consisting of a first portion and a second portion joined by a peptide bond, wherein said first portion consists of an amino acid sequence selected from: (i) amino acid residues 25-104 of SEQ ID NO: 6; (ii) amino acid residues 34-66 of SEQ ID NO: 6; (iii) amino acid residues 71-104 of SEQ ID NO: 6; and (iv) amino acid residues 34-66 and 71-104 of SEQ ID NO: 6; and said second portion is an immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region. There is also provided an antibody or antibody fragment that specifically binds to a polypeptide selected from SEQ ID NO: 59 or SEQ ID N: 60. There is also provided an antibody or antibody fragment that specifically binds to a ztnf4 polypeptide, for use in treating systemic lupus erythematosus in a mammal.