ST. MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE;KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD.
发明人:
YAMANO, YOSHIHISA
申请号：
CA2877848
公开号：
CA2877848A1
申请日:
2013.07.03
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel method for treating human T-lymphotropic virus 1-associated myelopathy (HAM) patients and asymptomatic HTLV-1 carriers (ACs) and a remedy therefor, said method and remedy being different from the conventional remedies. A method for treating HAM patients and ACs, said method being characterized by comprising decreasing HTLV-1 virus-infected cells using an anti-human CC-chemokine receptor 4 (CCR4) antibody, and a remedy therefor.
