Is a
Patent attributes
Current Assignee
Patent Jurisdiction
Patent Number
Date of Patent
July 22, 2008
0Patent Application Number
092770640
Date Filed
March 26, 1999
0Patent Citations Received
Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention relates to methods and compositions of activating cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) in vivo with specificity for particular antigenic peptides, and to methods and compositions of using activated CTLs in vivo for the treatment of a variety of disease conditions. In some preferred embodiments, the invention provides methods of employing a polypeptide of the amino acid sequence VMAGVGSPYV to specifically activating CTLs in subjects having a breast cancer overexpressing a Her-2/Neu protein, and methods of using the polypeptide to treat such subjects.
Timeline
No Timeline data yet.
Further Resources
No Further Resources data yet.