KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD.;ST. MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
发明人:
YAMANO YOSHIHISA
申请号:
EP13813070
公开号:
EP2870973A4
申请日:
2013.07.03
申请国别(地区):
EP
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要:
The object of the present invention is to provide a new therapeutic method and a new therapeutic agent that are different from known therapeutic medicines for human T cell leukemia virus type-1 associated myelopathy (HAM) patients and asymptomatic HTLV-1 carriers. The present invention relates to a therapeutic method and a therapeutic agent for human T cell leukemia virus type-1(HTLV-1) associated myelopathy (HAM) patients and asymptomatic HTLV-1 carriers (ACs), which is characterized by reducing HTLV-1 virus-infected cells using an anti-human CC-chemokine receptor 4 (CCR4) antibody.