Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding cancer associated antigens, the antigens per se, and uses thereof

US7354992B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH LTD · GB
• Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Matthew Scanlan · Princeton Junction, US
• Ali Gure · New York, US
• Elke Jager · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Alexander Knuth · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Lloyd J. Old · New York, US
• Yao-Tseng Chen · New York, US
• Dirk Jager · New York, US
• Elisabeth Stockert · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 2003
• Grant date: Apr 8, 2008
• Expiry date: Dec 16, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K14/4748
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to newly identified cancer associated antigens. It has been discovered that each of these molecules provokes antibodies when expressed by a subject. The ramifications of this observation are also a part of this invention.