Patent · US Expired

Immunostimulatory method

US6080409A · kind A · utility

76Cited by
8References
7Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 28, 1995
Grant dateJun 27, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 28, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07K2319/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are therapeutic compositions and methods for inducing cytotoxic T cell responses in vitro and in vivo. The therapeutic compositions consist of antigen presenting cells activated by contact with a polypeptide complex constructed by joining together a dendritic cell-binding protein and a polypeptide antigen. Also disclosed are expression vectors and systems for producing the polypeptide complexes.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.