Johannes Humer,Bernd Mayer,Thomas Muster,Andrea Waltenberger
申请号:
US12601780
公开号:
US08541553B2
申请日:
2008.05.23
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
The present invention provides antibodies, or fragments thereof, for isolating and/or identifying epitopes of an endogenous retrovirus, preferably of a melanoma associated endogenous retrovirus, and hybridoma cells producing said antibodies. The antibodies are useful especially for the treatment and diagnosis of cancer. Further, the present application covers diagnostic kits for the detection of cancer cells, especially of melanoma cells and methods for cancer diagnosis using said antibodies.