Patent ID: 8722870

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid encoding a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region of an anti-interferon alpha antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof, said variable regions comprising: (a) a heavy chain variable region comprising amino acids having the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:19; and a light chain variable region comprising amino acids having the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:22; (b) a heavy chain variable region comprising amino acids having the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:20; and a light chain variable region comprising amino acids having the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:23; (c) a heavy chain variable region comprising amino acids having the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:21; and a light chain variable region comprising amino acids having the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:24; or (d) a heavy chain variable region comprising amino acids having the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 34, 35, 36 or 37; and a light chain variable region comprising amino acids having the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:22.