Abstract: Antibody polypeptides that specifically bind a novel epitope of human CD40 are provided. The antibody polypeptides do not exhibit CD40 agonist activity. The antibody polypeptides are useful in the treatment of diseases involving CD40 activation, such as autoimmune diseases. The antibody polypeptides may be domain antibodies (dAbs) comprising a single VL or VH domain. The half-life of the antibody polypeptides may be increased by modifying the antibody polypeptides to be dual specific reagents that can also bind human serum albumin (HSA).

Abstract: Antibody polypeptides that specifically bind a novel epitope of human CD40 are provided. The antibody polypeptides do not exhibit CD40 agonist activity. The antibody polypeptides are useful in the treatment of diseases involving CD40 activation, such as autoimmune diseases. The antibody polypeptides may be domain antibodies (dAbs) comprising a single VL or VH domain. The half-life of the antibody polypeptides may be increased by modifying the antibody polypeptides to be dual specific reagents that can also bind human serum albumin (HSA).

Abstract: Antibody polypeptides that specifically bind a novel epitope of human CD40 are provided. The antibody polypeptides do not exhibit CD40 agonist activity. The antibody polypeptides are useful in the treatment of diseases involving CD40 activation, such as autoimmune diseases. The antibody polypeptides may be domain antibodies (dAbs) comprising a single VL or VH domain. The half-life of the antibody polypeptides may be increased by modifying the antibody polypeptides to be dual specific reagents that can also bind human serum albumin (HSA).

Abstract: Antibody polypeptides that specifically bind a novel epitope of human CD40 are provided. The antibody polypeptides do not exhibit CD40 agonist activity. The antibody polypeptides are useful in the treatment of diseases involving CD40 activation, such as autoimmune diseases. The antibody polypeptides may be domain antibodies (dAbs) comprising a single VL or VH domain. The half-life of the antibody polypeptides may be increased by modifying the antibody polypeptides to be dual specific reagents that can also bind human serum albumin (HSA).

Abstract: Antibody polypeptides that specifically bind a novel epitope of human CD40 are provided. The antibody polypeptides do not exhibit CD40 agonist activity. The antibody polypeptides are useful in the treatment of diseases involving CD40 activation, such as autoimmune diseases. The antibody polypeptides may be domain antibodies (dAbs) comprising a single VL or VH domain. The half-life of the antibody polypeptides may be increased by modifying the antibody polypeptides to be dual specific reagents that can also bind human serum albumin (HSA).

Abstract: Antibody polypeptides that specifically bind a novel epitope of human CD40 are provided. The antibody polypeptides do not exhibit CD40 agonist activity. The antibody polypeptides are useful in the treatment of diseases involving CD40 activation, such as autoimmune diseases. The antibody polypeptides may be domain antibodies (dAbs) comprising a single VL or VH domain. The half-life of the antibody polypeptides may be increased by modifying the antibody polypeptides to be dual specific reagents that can also bind human serum albumin (HSA).

Abstract: The present invention relates to the isolation and identification of novel baboon nucleic acid molecules and proteins and polypeptides encoded by such nucleic acid molecules, or degenerate variants thereof, which proteins and polypeptides comprise novel baboon thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitors or “TAFI” enzyme molecules. Because the novel baboon TAFI proteins and polypeptides of the invention inhibit the breakdown of blood clots, they may be therapeutically useful for the treatment of blood disorders wherein clotting needs to be regulated or promoted, such as hemophilia or von Willebrand's disease or in other situations, such as trauma, wherein blood clotting or coagulation needs to be regulated or promoted. The sequences of the invention are also useful in screening methods for the identification of compounds that modulate the expression of the baboon TAFI nucleic acids and/or the activity of the baboon TAFI proteins and polypeptides of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the isolation and identification of novel baboon nucleic acid molecules and proteins and polypeptides encoded by such nucleic acid molecules, or degenerate variants thereof, which proteins and polypeptides comprise novel baboon thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitors or “TAFI” enzyme molecules. Because the novel baboon TAFI proteins and polypeptides of the invention inhibit the breakdown of blood clots, they may be therapeutically useful for the treatment of blood disorders wherein clotting needs to be regulated or promoted, such as hemophilia or von Willebrand's disease or in other situations, such as trauma, wherein blood clotting or coagulation needs to be regulated or promoted. The sequences of the invention are also useful in screening methods for the identification of compounds that modulate the expression of the baboon TAFI nucleic acids and/or the activity of the baboon TAFI proteins and polypeptides of the invention.