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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2007
Applicants:
Jami B. Wollan, Mountlake Terrace, WA (US);
Lori A. Jones, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Jami B. Wollan, Mountlake Terrace, WA (US);
Lori A. Jones, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Dendreon Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to the discovery of novel T cell epitopes of the human HER-2/Neu protein that is promiscuous for at least 25 different HLA-DR alleles. The invention also relates to compositions that contain one of the novel epitopes or a fusion peptide of such a epitope and a heterologous polypeptide. Further disclosed herein is the use of the epitopes or their fusion peptides, and compositions containing the epitopes or their fusion peptides.