Patent · US Expired

Method of vaccination

US8216587B1 · kind B1 · utility

3Cited by

2References

14Claims

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Assignee

PCI BIOTECH AS · NO

Inventors

Kristian Berg · Heggedal, NO
Torunn E. Tjelle · Longyearbyen, NO
Anders H øgset · Oslo, NO
Lina Prasmickaite · Oslo, NO

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 10, 2000
Grant date	Jul 10, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N2501/999
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a method of expressing an antigenic molecule or a part thereof on the surface of an antigen-presenting cell, said method comprising introducing a molecule into the cell cytosol by photochemical internalisation, wherein said molecule, or a part thereof, is subsequently presented on the surface of said cell. Methods of vaccination comprising this method, together with compositions comprising said cells and uses involving said cells expressing antigenic molecules are also provided.

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