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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2000
James Mcarthur, San Carlos, CA (US);
Ju-fay Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Dale Ando, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Margo Roberts, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Jonathan Simons, Atlanta, GA (US);
William Nelson, Towson, MD (US);
James McArthur, San Carlos, CA (US);
Ju-Fay Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Dale Ando, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Margo Roberts, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Jonathan Simons, Atlanta, GA (US);
William Nelson, Towson, MD (US);
Cell Genesys, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides novel, isolated, tumor-associated antigens, and methods for identifying such antigens in a biological sample, and of screening for the presence of such an antigen in a biological specimen, wherein the tumor antigen identified reacts with serum from a subject treated with a vaccine comprising a cytokine and proliferation-incompetent tumor cells which express the tumor-associated antigen. Also provided are kits for carrying out the methods of the invention.