METHOD OF TREATING VIRAL INFECTIONS USING LFA-1

摘要

2050329 9010652 PCTABS00002 The invention features substantially pure recombinant .beta.-subunit of a human glycoprotein concerned with cellular adhesion, or a biologically active fraction thereof, an analog thereof, or a fragment thereof composed of at least 10 % of a contiguous sequence of the .beta.-subunit; a cDNA sequence encoding therefor; and a vector containing a DNA sequence encoding therefor. The invention also features any monoclonal antibody raised against the recombinant .beta.-subunit of human LFA-1 and a method of treating rhinoviral infections using LFA-1.