| abstract |
An antibody comprising an antigen recognition region which binds a catalytic site of MMP-7, having complementarity determining region (CDR) amino acid sequences as set forth in: SEQ ID NOs: 3 (CDR1), 4 (CDR2) and 5 (CDR3), sequentially arranged from N to C on a light chain of the antibody; and SEQ ID NOs: 6 (CDR1), 7 (CDR2) and 8 (CDR3), sequentially arranged from N to C on a heavy chain of the antibody. |