Use of a Human Rhinovirus (HRV) Head Receptor Preparation for the Preparation of a Drug for Inhibiting the Initiation or Spread of Rhino Virus Infection

摘要

A water soluble human rhinovirus (HRV) major receptor preparation comprising detergent-complexed glycoprotein isolated from animal cells, preferably mammalian cells, that express the HRV major receptor and which exhibits the ability to bind to HRV capsids to substantially reduce infectivity of the virus. The purified, water soluble receptor is obtained by extracting cells expressing the receptor with detergent and isolating the solubilized detergent-glycoprotein complexes by binding to monoclonal antibody selective for the HRV receptor protein.