Examples of inflammatory disorders include, but are not limited to, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute and chronic infections (bacterial, viral and fungal); acute and chronic bronchitis, sinusitis, and other respiratory infections, including the common cold; acute and chronic gastroenteritis and colitis; acute and chronic cystitis and urethritis; acute respiratory distress syndrome; cystic fibrosis; acute and chronic dermatitis; acute and chronic conjunctivitis; acute and chronic serositis (pericarditis, peritonitis, synovitis, pleuritis and tendinitis); uremic pericarditis; acute and chronic cholecystis; acute and chronic vaginitis; acute and chronic uveitis; drug reactions; and burns (thermal, chemical, and electrical). Cytokine receptors typically consist of a ligand-specific alpha chain and a common beta chain. TNFR-1 (EP 417, 563), TNFR-2 (EP 417,014) lymphotoxin beta receptor). Other examples of therapeutic molecules not derived from antibody molecules include receptor binding sites and ligand binding sites which are discussed in more detail infra. In certain other embodiments, a therapeutic molecule of the invention comprises one or more binding sites derived from a non-immunoglobulin binding molecule. Other non-immunoglobulin binding sites which may be employed in molecules of the invention include binding sites derived from Src homology domains (e.g. SH2 or SH3 domains), PDZ domains, beta-lactamase, high affinity protease inhibitors, or small disulfide binding protein scaffolds such as scorpion toxins.



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In other aspects, the therapeutic molecule of the invention comprises antigen binding sites, or portions thereof, derived from modified forms of antibodies. In one embodiment, a molecule useful for the invention binds to a molecule which is useful in treating cancer. In yet other embodiments, a therapeutic molecule of the invention binds to a molecule which is useful in treating a neurological disease or disorder. In still other embodiments, a molecule useful for the invention binds to a molecule which is useful in treating an autoimmune or inflammatory disease or disorder. For example, a molecule of the invention can bind to an inflammatory factor (e.g., a matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), TNF.alpha., an interleukin, a plasma protein, a cytokine, a lipid metabolite, a protease, a toxic radical, a mitochondrial protein, an apoptotic protein, an adhesion molecule, etc.) involved or present in an area in aberrant amounts, e.g., in amounts which may be advantageous to alter, e.g., to benefit the subject. Various adhesion proteins, including leukocyte homing receptors and cellular adhesion molecules, or receptor binding portions thereof, can be incorporated in a fusion protein of the invention as therapeutic molecules, binding sites and/or domains. As used herein, the term "non-immunoglobulin binding molecules" are binding molecules whose binding sites comprise a portion (e.g., a scaffold or framework) which is derived from a polypeptide other than an immunoglobulin, but which can be engineered (e.g., mutagenized) to confer a desired binding specificity.



In other embodiments, non-immunoglobulin binding molecules of the invention also comprise a binding site with a protein topology that is not based on the immunoglobulin fold (e.g., such as ankyrin repeat proteins or fibronectins) but which nonetheless are capable of specifically binding to a target (e.g. an IGF-1R epitope). 278:47813), fusion proteins (e.g., antibody cytokine fusion proteins, proteins fused to at least a portion of an Fc receptor), and bispecific antibodies. Polypeptides useful for the disclosure can comprise a variable region or portion thereof (e.g. a VL and/or VH domain) derived from an antibody using art recognized protocols or may be obtained from an art-recognized antibody using standard molecular biology techniques. In other aspects, a molecule of the invention comprises a ligand binding site of a receptor and/or a receptor binding portion of a ligand. In another embodiment, a therapeutic molecule of the invention comprises a binding site from a cysteine-rich polypeptide. In other embodiments, a therapeutic molecule of the invention comprises a binding site from a repeat protein.



In other embodiments, a therapeutic molecule of the invention comprises a binding site from a single chain binding molecule (e.g., a single chain variable region or scFv). Techniques described for the production of single chain antibodies (U.S. Single chain antibodies are formed by linking the heavy and light chain fragments of the Fv region via an amino acid bridge, resulting in a single chain antibody. Exemplary antigen-binding fragments include VH and VL regions, Fv, Fab, Fab', and (Fab')2. Examples of autoimmune diseases that can be diagnosed, prevented or treated by the methods and compositions of the present invention include, but are not limited to, Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); systemic lupus erythematosus; ulcerative colitis; rheumatoid arthritis; Goodpasture's syndrome; Grave's disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; pemphigus vulgaris; myasthenia gravis; scleroderma; autoimmune hemolytic anemia; autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura; polymyositis and dermatomyositis; pernicious anemia; Sjogren's syndrome; ankylosing spondylitis; vasculitis; type I diabetes mellitus; neurological disorders, multiple sclerosis, and secondary diseases caused as a result of autoimmune diseases.