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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2005
Richard B. Alexander, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Elena N. Klyushnenkova, Baltimore, MD (US);
Jason Link, Portland, OR (US);
Arthur Vandenbark, Portland, OR (US);
Richard B. Alexander, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Elena N. Klyushnenkova, Baltimore, MD (US);
Jason Link, Portland, OR (US);
Arthur Vandenbark, Portland, OR (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Dept of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to immunogenic peptides derived from human prostate cancer antigen (PSA-derived peptides) and their use as vaccines to treat or prevent prostate cancer. The invention is also related to dendritic cells from a patient having prostate cancer, which dendritic cells have been exposed to one or more PSA-derived peptides, and their use to treat or prevent prostate cancer in the patient. The invention is also directed to T-cells from a patient which cells are specific for PSA-activated peptide(s), and their uses to treat or prevent prostate cancer.