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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:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eugene Maraskovsky, Seattle, WA (US);
Hilary J. McKenna, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Immunex Corp., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/512 ; A61K 3/514 ; A61K 3/526 ; A61K 3/528 ; A61K 3/819 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/512 ; A61K 3/514 ; A61K 3/526 ; A61K 3/528 ; A61K 3/819 ;
Abstract
Antigen-expressing, activated dendritic cells are disclosed. Such dendritic cells are used to present tumor, viral or bacterial antigens to T cells, and can be useful in vaccination protocols. Other cytokines can be used in separate, sequential or simultaneous combination with the activated, antigen-pulsed dendritic cells. Also disclosed are methods for stimulating an immune response using the antigen-expressing, activated dendritic cells.