| 摘要 |
This invention relates to an anti-Fas ligand antibody and an assay method utilizing the anti-Fas ligand antibody. More specifically, this invention relates to a method for assaying a Fas ligand in human body fluid utilizing an anti-Fas ligand antibody, and the antibody adapted for use in such an assay. This invention also relates to an anti-Fas ligand antibody that exhibits high suppression of the Fas ligand-induced apoptosis. This invention also relates to a hybridoma or a cell line that produces such an antibody. An object of the present invention is to provide an anti-Fas ligand antibody and an assay method utilizing such an antibody, and in particular, a method for assaying a Fas ligand in human body fluid using an anti-Fas ligand antibody, and an antibody adapted for use in such assay method. Another object of the present invention is to provide an anti-Fas ligand antibody exhibiting high, for example 50% or higher, suppression of the apoptosis induced by the Fas ligand, and said antibody which is a humanized antibody. A further object of the present invention is to provide a hybridoma and a cell line producing such an antibody. Furthermore the present invention also provides novel compositions or medicaments containing as an indispensable element or an active ingredient at least any one of afore-mentioned anti-Fas ligand antibodies of the invention, and methods of treating systemic or topical pathological conditions or a disease with, caused by or involving the abnormality of Fas/Fas ligand system or of apoptosis through Fas antigen, and also involving to inject therapeutically-effective of an anti-Fas ligand antibody to suppress apoptosis of Fas antigen-expressing cells into a patient. |
