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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:
Jan. 06, 1998
Filed:
May. 18, 1995
Steve W Dow, Denver, CO (US);
Robyn E Elmslie, Denver, CO (US);
National Jewish Center for Immunology & Respiratory Medicine, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a nucleic acid-based therapeutic composition to treat an animal with disease by controlling the activity of effector cells, including T cells, macrophages, monocytes and/or natural killer cells, in the animal. The present invention also relates to methods of gene therapy involving different modes of administration of a therapeutic composition to treat animals with different types of diseases. Also included in the present invention are recombinant molecules for use in a therapeutic composition and recombinant cells useful as a tumor vaccine. Therapeutic compositions of the present invention include superantigen-encoding nucleic acid molecules, either in the presence or absence of a cytokine-encoding nucleic acid molecule, depending upon the disease being treated.