Patent ID: 8691956

Claim:
A monoclonal antibody against a human HIG-1 polypeptide of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 28, the antibody binding to an epitope within a region of SEQ ID NO: 28 from residue 1 to residue 19, wherein a heavy-chain variable region and a light-chain variable region have the following CDR: Heavy-chain CDR 1 consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 1; Heavy-chain CDR 2 consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 2; Heavy-chain CDR 3 consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 3; Light-chain CDR 1 consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 4; Light-chain CDR 2 consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 5; and Light-chain CDR 3 consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 6.