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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
May. 20, 2004
Applicants:
Naoto Hirano, Brookline, MA (US);
Marcus Butler, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Lee M. Nadler, Newton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Naoto Hirano, Brookline, MA (US);
Marcus Butler, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Lee M. Nadler, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/071 (2010.01); C12N 5/00 (2010.01); C12N 5/02 (2010.01); C12N 15/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to antigen-presenting cells having specificity against a selected antigen and methods for making the cells. The invention also relates to a method of selecting efficient antigen-presenting cells using reporter fusion constructs. The highly efficient antigen-presenting cells of the invention will provide a therapeutic strategy of modulating immune responses for a variety of diseases.