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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Applicant:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Inventor:
Denise L. Faustman, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 16/28 (2006.01); A61K 39/395 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 16/2878 (2013.01); A61K 39/395 (2013.01); A61K 38/00 (2013.01); A61K 2039/572 (2013.01); A61K 2039/585 (2013.01); C07K 2317/34 (2013.01); C07K 2317/54 (2013.01); C07K 2317/565 (2013.01); C07K 2317/567 (2013.01); C07K 2317/73 (2013.01); C07K 2317/732 (2013.01); C07K 2317/76 (2013.01); C07K 2317/92 (2013.01);
Abstract
Antagonistic TNFR superfamily polypeptides, such as antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof, and the use of these polypeptides to inhibit the proliferation of regulatory T cells (T-regs). For example, antibodies of the invention include antagonistic TNFR2 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof, and can be used to suppress the T-reg-mediated deactivation of tumor reactive T-lymphocytes, as well as to treat a wide variety of cancers and infectious diseases.