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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:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrew H. Segal, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 6/300 ; A61K 3/9395 ; A61K 3/800 ; C12P 2/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 6/300 ; A61K 3/9395 ; A61K 3/800 ; C12P 2/108 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and compositions wherein opsonin-enhanced cells, that is, cells which have been 1) modified so as to express an opsonin from a recombinant nucleic acid, 2) modified so as to express higher levels of an endogenous opsonin, or 3) mixed with an exogenous opsonin, when administered to a subject, modulate the immune response in the recipient to a selected antigen or antigens contained in or attached to the cells.