NUCLEOTIDE AND PROTEIN SEQUENCES OF AN ANTIBODY DIRECTED AGAINST AN EPITOPE COMMON TO HUMAN ACIDIC AND BASIC FERRITINS, MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES OR ANTIBODY-LIKE MOLECULES COMPRISING THESE SEQUENCES AND USE THEREOF

摘要

The present invention is directed to monoclonal, chimeric or humanized, antibodies or antibody-like molecules that recognize an epitope common to human acidic and basic isoferritins. The anti-ferritin antibodies or antibody-like molecules can be used in pharmaceutical compositions for immunotherapy or radioimmunotherapy to target various cancer cells in a mammal. A method for delivering anti-ferritin antibodies or antibody-like molecules to cancerous lymph cells, pancreatic cells, lymphatic endothelium cells, and liver cells is also disclosed, as well as methods for treating pancreatic cancer, hepatocellular carcinomas, Kaposi's sarcoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma.