As a substance which pharmacologically regulates the function of a cell surface functional molecule, a substance which has specificity and an activity or efficacy equal or superior to an antibody and does not require an advanced production technique and facility for application thereof to a pharmaceutical product has been demanded. The invention relates to a multimer of an extracellular domain of a cell surface functional molecule, particularly a tetramer of an extracellular domain of PD-1 or PD-L1. Further, the invention relates to an application of such a tetramer as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for cancer, cancer metastasis, immunodeficiency, an infectious disease or the like and an application of PD-1 or PD-L1 as a testing or diagnostic agent or a research agent for such a disease.
作为一种对细胞表面功能分子的功能进行药理调节的物质,人们需要一种特异性强、活性或疗效等同或优于
抗体,并且不需要先进的生产技术和设备就能将其应用于医药产品的物质。本发明涉及一种细胞表面功能分子胞外结构域的多聚体,特别是 PD-1 或 PD-L1 胞外结构域的四聚体。此外,本发明还涉及这种四聚体作为癌症、癌症转移、免疫缺陷、传染性疾病或类似疾病的预防和/或治疗剂的应用,以及PD-1或PD-L1作为此类疾病的检测剂、诊断剂或研究剂的应用。