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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2006
Florian Kern, Berlin, DE;
Hans-dieter Volk, Berlin, DE;
Petra Reinke, Berlin, DE;
Nicole Faulhaber, Rheurdt, DE;
Ingolf-pascal Surel, Berlin, DE;
Elham Khatamzas, Berlin, DE;
Florian Kern, Berlin, DE;
Hans-Dieter Volk, Berlin, DE;
Petra Reinke, Berlin, DE;
Nicole Faulhaber, Rheurdt, DE;
Ingolf-Pascal Surel, Berlin, DE;
Elham Khatamzas, Berlin, DE;
Other;
Abstract
The present invention relates to peptides or pretide derivatives of the 65kD lower matrix phosphoprotein of human cytomegalovirus. The peptides disclosed are useful for determining whether subjects have een exposed to human cytomegalovirus. Methods for using these peptides or derivatives thereof to determine the peptide-induced production of interferon-γ and/or TNF-α in CD8T cells isolated from subjects are also disclosed.