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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl R. Alving, Bethesda, MD (US);
Julie Kenner, Silver Springs, MD (US);
Glenn M. Swartz, Jr., Jessup, MD (US);
John W. Madsen, Knoxville, MD (US);
Assignee:
EntreMed, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/127 ; A61K 3/900 ; A61K 3/9385 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/127 ; A61K 3/900 ; A61K 3/9385 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to immunoreactive vaccine compositions for immunizing humans or animals against sterols, such as cholesterol and its derivatives, and their use in methods for reducing the serum cholesterol levels of the immunized individuals and to retard or reduce the severity of artherosclerosis or artherosclerosis plaques caused by ingestion of dietary cholesterol.