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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. 25, 2002
Filed:
May. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles W. Rittershaus, Malden, MA (US);
Assignee:
Avant Immunotherapeutics, Inc., Needham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/900 ; A61K 3/902 ; C07K 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/900 ; A61K 3/902 ; C07K 1/900 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to peptides comprising a helper T cell epitope portion and a B cell epitope portion for eliciting an immune response against endogenous cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) activity, to prevent or treat cardiovascular disease, such as atherosclerosis.