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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Phillip D Greenberg, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Robert W Overell, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignees:
Immunex, Seattle, WA (US);
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4351723 ; 435 691 ; 435 6952 ; 435 704 ; 4352523 ; 4353261 ; 424 9321 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) which have been converted to a helper T cell independent phenotype by introducing a recombinant expression vector encoding IL-1 receptor into the CTL. The resulting CTLs have the ability to grow or function independent of T cell help.