Adeno-associated virus vector for boosting immunogenicity of freshly isolated tumor cells

US6171597A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Medi&Gene Inc. · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Maass · Sindelsdorf, DE
• Michael Hallek · Cologne, DE
• Christoph Bogedain · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 1999
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2001
• Expiry date: May 5, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2750/14143
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides an AAV vector having a foreign DNA coding for a protein that boosts immunogenicity of cells. The invention also provides a vaccine containing such a vector and the use of both.