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Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 24, 2015
Applicants:

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Harlan S. Robins, Seattle, WA (US);

William Sumner DeWitt, III, Seattle, WA (US);

Ryan O. Emerson, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignees:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6881 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6881 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods of monitoring and measuring dynamic adaptive immune cell responses are provided. High-throughput sequencing of T cell receptor and immunoglobulin loci is used to characterize the breadth of an effector cell response to a stimulus, such as a vaccine or infection. Unique responding effector cell clones and abundance thereof can be determined. Additionally, methods for determining the contribution of responding effector cells to the immunological memory compartment are provided.


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