Antibodies against human IL17 and uses thereof

摘要

An antibody binding to IL-17 characterized by binding to the same IL-17 epitope to which monoclonal antibody 3C1 binds, and being of human IgG1 isotype modified in the hinge region at amino acid position 216-240, preferably at amino acid position 220-240, between CH1 and CH2 and/or in the second inter-domain region at amino acid position 327-331 between CH2 and CH3 has advantageous properties for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.