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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2010
Terrance Grant Johns, Melbourne, AU;
Andrew Mark Scott, Kew East, AU;
Antony Wilks Burgess, Camberwell, AU;
Lloyd J. Old, New York, NY (US);
Timothy E. Adams, Lower Plenty, AU;
K. Dane Wittrup, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Ginger Chao, Beaumont, TX (US);
Peter Anthony Hoyne, Essendon, AU;
Terrance Grant Johns, Melbourne, AU;
Andrew Mark Scott, Kew East, AU;
Antony Wilks Burgess, Camberwell, AU;
Lloyd J. Old, New York, NY (US);
Timothy E. Adams, Lower Plenty, AU;
K. Dane Wittrup, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Ginger Chao, Beaumont, TX (US);
Peter Anthony Hoyne, Essendon, AU;
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd., New York, NY (US);
Massachusetts Institute for Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Campbell Act, AU;
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to growth factor receptor epitope peptides, particularly EGF family receptor epitope peptides. The invention also relates to the use of the receptor peptides in generating antibodies which have anti-tumor or anti-cancer activity or in stimulating an immunological response. The invention further relates to antibodies specifically directed against the receptor peptides. Methods for generating an immune response and for treatment of tumors and cancer are also provided.