The present invention provides liquid formulations of antibodies or
antibody fragments that immunospecifically bind to an IL-9 polypeptide,
which formulations exhibit stability, low to undetectable levels of
aggregation, and very little to no loss of the biological activities of
the antibodies or antibody fragments, even during long periods of
storage. In particular, the present invention provides liquid
formulations of antibodies or fragments thereof that immunospecifically
bind to an IL-9 polypeptide, which formulations are substantially free of
surfactants, sugars, sugar alcohols, amino acids other than histidine
(preferably with pKa values of less than 5 and above 7), and/or other
common excipients. Furthermore, the invention provides methods of
preventing, treating or ameliorating a disease or disorder associated
with or characterized by aberrant expression and/or activity of an IL-9
polypeptide, a disease or disorder associated with or characterized by
aberrant expression and/or activity of the IL-9R or one or more subunits
thereof, an autoimmune disease, an inflammatory disease, a proliferative
disease, or an infection (preferably, a respiratory infection), or one or
more symptoms thereof, utilizing the liquid formulations of the present
invention.