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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Applicants:
David Spencer, Houston, TX (US);
Brent Hanks, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin Slawin, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 21/06 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12N 5/10 (2006.01); A61K 38/17 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/10 (2013.01); A61K 38/1774 (2013.01); A61K 2039/5154 (2013.01); A61K 2039/5156 (2013.01); A61K 38/177 (2013.01); C12N 5/16 (2013.01); C07K 2319/033 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a composition and method which to treat diseases and to enhance a regulated immune response. More particularly, the present invention is drawn to compositions that are based on dendritic cells modified to express an inducible form of a co-stimulatory polypeptide.