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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Dendreon Corporation, 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 ...
C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to the discovery of novel T cell epitopes of the human prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) protein that is promiscuous for at least 15 different HLA-DR alleles. The invention also relates to compositions that contain one of the novel epitopes or a fusion peptide of such an 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.