Inventors:
Jeffrey Stavenhagen - Brookville MD, US
Sujata Vijh - Gaithersburg MD, US
Christopher Rankin - Clarksburg MD, US
Sergey Gorlatov - Gaithersburg MD, US
Ling Huang - Gaithersburg MD, US
Assignee:
Macrogenics, Inc. - Rockville MD
International Classification:
C07K 16/00
C12P 21/08
C07K 1/00
US Classification:
5303871, 5303873, 5303877
Abstract:
The present invention relates to molecules, particularly polypeptides, more particularly immunoglobulins (e. g. , antibodies), comprising a variant Fc region, wherein said variant Fc region comprises at least one amino acid modification relative to a wild-type Fc region, which variant Fc region binds FcγRIIA and/or FcγRIIA with a greater affinity, relative to a comparable molecule comprising the wild-type Fc region. The molecules of the invention are particularly useful in preventing, treating, or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated with a disease, disorder, or infection. The molecules of the invention are particularly useful for the treatment or prevention of a disease or disorder where an enhanced efficacy of effector cell function (e. g. , ADCC) mediated by FcγR is desired, e. g. , cancer, infectious disease, and in enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of therapeutic antibodies the effect of which is mediated by ADCC.