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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Ian F. C. Mckenzie, Brunswick, AU;
Vasso Apostolopoulos, St. Albans, AU;
Geoffrey A. Pietersz, Greensborough, AU;
Inventors:
Ian F. C. McKenzie, Brunswick, AU;
Vasso Apostolopoulos, St. Albans, AU;
Geoffrey A. Pietersz, Greensborough, AU;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/20 (2006.01); A61K 38/19 (2006.01); A61K 31/59 (2006.01); C12N 5/0786 (2010.01); A61K 39/385 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/0011 (2013.01); A61K 2039/6087 (2013.01); A61K 2039/57 (2013.01); C12N 2501/23 (2013.01); C12N 2501/22 (2013.01); C12N 2501/25 (2013.01); C12N 5/0645 (2013.01); A61K 2039/5154 (2013.01); A61K 39/385 (2013.01); C12N 2500/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of eliciting a cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to an antigen in an animal, the method comprising pulsing mannose receptor-bearing antigen presenting cells in vitro or ex vivo with a conjugate comprising an antigen and a carbohydrate polymer comprising mannose, wherein said carbohydrate polymer is a fully oxidized carbohydrate polymer comprising free aldehydes; and administering the pulsed antigen presenting cells to an animal.