Patent ID: 8609817

Claim:
A monoclonal antibody comprising six complementarity determining regions (CDRs) selected from the group consisting of: (i) LCDR1, LCDR2, LCDR3, HCDR1, HCDR2, and HCDR3 having the amino acid sequences as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 20, 21, 22, 42, 43, and 44, respectively; (ii) LCDR1, LCDR2, LCDR3, HCDR1, HCDR2, and HCDR3 having the amino acid sequences as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 20, 21, 23, 42, 43 and 44, respectively; (iii) LCDR1, LCDR2, LCDR3, HCDR1, HCDR2, and HCDR3 having the amino acid sequences as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 24, 25, 23, 42, 43 and 44, respectively; (iv) LCDR1, LCDR2, LCDR3, HCDR1, HCDR2, and HCDR3 having the amino acid sequences as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 26, 25, 27, 42, 43 and 44, respectively; (v) LCDR1, LCDR2, LCDR3, HCDR1, HCDR2, and HCDR3 having the amino acid sequences as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 26, 25, 28, 42, 43 and 44, respectively; and (vi) LCDR1, LCDR2, LCDR3, HCDR1, HCDR2, and HCDR3 having the amino acid sequences as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 17, 18, 19, 42, 43, and 44, respectively, and wherein the antibody binds human hepcidin-25.