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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Dario Campana, Germantown, TN (US);
Chihaya Imai, Niigata, JP;
Inventors:
Dario Campana, Germantown, TN (US);
Chihaya Imai, Niigata, JP;
Assignee:
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/16 (2006.01); A61K 48/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to novel methods for preferentially activating and expanding NK cells. The methods utilize the stimulatory effects of IL-15 and CD137 ligand to preferentially expand and activate NK cells in a mixed cell culture comprising NK cells.