Patent ID: 8293883

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid encoding at least one of the light chain variable domain and the heavy chain variable domain of a binding compound that binds to human IL-23, said binding compound comprising: a) a light chain variable domain, or antigen binding fragment thereof, comprising CDRL1, CDRL2 and CDRL3, wherein: CDRL1 comprises the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 36; CDRL2 comprises the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 41; and CDRL3 comprises the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 46; and b) a heavy chain variable domain, or antigen binding fragment thereof, comprising CDRH1, CDRH2 and CDRH3, wherein: CDRH1 comprises the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19; CDRH2 comprises a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 24-26; and CDRH3 comprises the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 31.