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Method of eliciting anti-HIV-1 helper T cell responses

US5972339A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 13, 1997
Grant dateOct 26, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 13, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S977/92
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of producing an HIV-specific helper T cell response in an animal by (1) providing a polypeptide 8 to 50 amino acid residues in length and having a helper T cell epitope of a HIV-1 p24 peptide; and (2) administering to the animal an amount of the polypeptide sufficient to produce an HIV-specific helper T cell response.

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