Methods for treating systemic lupus erythematosus using anti-TNF antibodies and fragments thereof

摘要

Anti-TNF antibodies, fragments and regions thereof which are specific for human tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) and are useful in vivo diagnosis and therapy of a number of TNFalpha-mediated pathologies and conditions, as well as polynucleotides coding for murine and chimeric antibodies, methods of producing the antibody, methods of use of the anti-TNF antibody, or fragment, region or derivative thereof, in immunoassays and immunotherapeutic approaches are provided.