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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2001
Applicants:
Ed Croze, Lafayette, CA (US);
David Vogel, Richmond, CA (US);
Dean Russell-harde, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Schering Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/70 (2006.01); A61K 38/21 (2006.01); A61K 48/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed towards a method of potentiating the anti-growth effects of type I interferon (IFN) on cells in a target cell population comprising increasing the number of functional IFNAR2c receptors on the surface of modified cells within the target cell population and then exposing the modified cells to a therapeutically effective amount of a type I IFN or by exposure to endogenously produced IFN.