	US 11,713,354 B2
	Galectin-10 antibodies
Jean-Michel Percier, Ghent (BE); Christophe Blanchetot, Ghent (BE); Michael Saunders, Ghent (BE); Hans De Haard, Ghent (BE); Sebastian Van Der Woning, Ghent (BE); Emma Persson, Ghent (BE); Bart Lambrecht, Ghent (BE); Savvas Savvides, Ghent (BE); Hamida Hammad, Ghent (BE); and Kenneth Verstraete, Ghent (BE)
Assigned to ARGENX BV, Ghent (BE); VIB VZW, Ghent (BE); and Universiteit Gent, Ghent (BE)
Filed by argenx IIP BV, Ghent (BE); VIB VZW, Ghent (BE); and Universiteit Gent, Ghent (BE)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/194,950.
Application 17/194,950 is a division of application No. 16/382,997, filed on Apr. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,066,473, issued on Jul. 20, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1806099 (GB), filed on Apr. 13, 2018; and application No. 1901648 (GB), filed on Feb. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0332140 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/395 (2006.01); C07K 16/28 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01)

CPC C07K 16/2851 (2013.01) [G01N 33/68 (2013.01); A61K 2039/505 (2013.01); C07K 2317/55 (2013.01); C07K 2317/622 (2013.01); G01N 2333/4724 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A method of inhibiting galectin-10 crystal formation in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof which specifically binds to human galectin-10, wherein the subject has a disease or condition selected from the group consisting of asthma; chronic rhinosinusitis; celiac disease; helminth infection; gastrointestinal eosinophilic inflammation; cystic fibrosis (CF); allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA); Churg-Strauss vasculitis; chronic eosinophilic pneumonia; and acute myeloid leukemia, and wherein the antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof cross competes for binding to human galectin-10 with an antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprising a variable heavy chain domain (VH) and a variable light chain domain (VL) wherein the VH and VL domains comprise the CDR sequences selected from the group consisting of:

(i) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 3, HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 2, HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 1, LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 58, LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 57, and LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 56;

(ii) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 9, HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 8, HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 7, LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 64, LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 63, and LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 62;

(iii) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 12, HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 11, HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 10, LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 67, LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 66, and LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 65;

(iv) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 25, HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 24, HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 4, LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 78, LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 77, and LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 76;

(v) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 47, HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 46, HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 45, LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 94, LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 93, and LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 71;

(vi) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 43, HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 42, HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 4, LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 94, LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 93, and LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 92;

(vii) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 6, HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 44, HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 4, LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 97, LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 96, and LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 95;

(viii) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 36, HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 52, HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 51, LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 98, LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 97, and LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 80;

(ix) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 55, HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 54, HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 53, LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 81, LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 93, and LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 71;

(x) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 50, HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 49, HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 48, LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 96, LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 63, and LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 95;

(xi) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 6, HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 5, HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 4, LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 61, LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 60, and LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 59;

(xii) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 165, HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 164, HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 163, LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 182, LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 181, and LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 180;

(xiii) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 174, HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 173, HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 172, LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 189, LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 188, and LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 180; and

(xiv) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 165, HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 164, HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 163, LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 193, LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 181, and LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 180.