US Patent 9388246 TLR3 binding agents

The present invention relates to antibodies (e.g. monoclonal antibodies), antibody fragments, and derivatives thereof that specifically bind TLR3, and that optionally further modulate, e.g. inhibit, signaling. The invention also relates to cells producing such antibodies; methods of making such antibodies; fragments, variants, and derivatives of the antibodies; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same; methods of using the antibodies to diagnose, treat or prevent diseases, e.g. autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases and the like.