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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Horst Lindhofer, Gröbenzell, DE;
Hans-Jochem Kolb, München, DE;
Stefan Thierfelder, Eichenau, DE;
Assignee:
GSF Forschungszentrum fur Umwelt und Gesundheit GmbH, Ingolstadter, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9395 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9395 ;
Abstract
According to the invention, a method is provided wherein intact bispecific or trispecific antibodies which at the same time bind to the T cell receptor complex of a T cell, to tumor-associated antigens on a tumor cell, and, via the Fc portion of the bispecific antibody, to Fc receptor-positive cells are used for the induction of an anti-tumour immunity in humans and animals.