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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Glenn C. Rice, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Richard J. Bucala, Cos Cob, CT (US);
Assignee:
The Picower Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 6/300 ; A61K 4/800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 6/300 ; A61K 4/800 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a fibrocyte-based vaccine formulations made from isolated fibrocytes. There is further disclosed a method for establishing an immune response against a specific antigen by administering a fibrocyte-based vaccine formulation, such as one made by pulsing fibrocytes in culture with the antigen peptide or protein, or by fusing tumor cells (whole cells or membrane fragments thereof) with fibrocytes.