Immunomodulating agents from parasitic worms and method for isolation thereof

US7601812B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Forschungszentrum Borstel Zentrum fur Medizin und Biowissenschaften · DE

Inventors

• Gabriele Schramm · Ellrich, DE
• Helmut Haas · Achim, DE
• Franco Falcone · Nottingham, GB
• Achim Gronow · Itzehoe, DE
• Karin Haisch

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 1, 2002
• Grant date: Oct 13, 2009
• Expiry date: Nov 23, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A50/30
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to active agents from parasitic worms, in particular Schistosoma mansoni, which induce a T-helper type 2 response (Th2 immune response).