ANTICORPS ANTI-& XFF22;& XFF2D;& XFF30;& XFF11;& XFF10;, ET AGENT TH& XC9;RAPEUTIQUE CONTRE L'HYPERTENSION ET LES MALADIES D'HYPERTENSION AYANT POUR PRINCIPE ACTIF CET ANTICORPS
An object of the present invention is to provide an anti-BMP10 antibody, and a therapeutic agent for hypertension and a hypertensive disease, containing the antibody as an active ingredient. The present invention relates to an anti-BMP 10 monoclonal antibody or an antibody fragment thereof that binds to human BMP10 (bone morphogenetic protein 10). Further, the present invention relates to a therapeutic agent for hypertension and a hypertensive disease containing an antagonist for at least one of BMP10 and a BMP9/BMP10 heterodimer, a diagnostic agent or a pharmaceutical composition for a disease associated with human BMP 10, an immunological detection method or a measurement method for human BMP 10 using the antagonist, and use of the antagonist for producing a pharmaceutical composition for treating hypertension and a hypertensive disease.