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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Carl H. June, Merion Station, PA (US);
Ellen Pure, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
Liang-Chuan Wang, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Steven Albelda, Philadelphia, PA (US);
John Scholler, Penn Valley, PA (US);
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer in a human. The invention relates to targeting the stromal cell population in a tumor microenvironment. For example, in one embodiment, the invention provides a composition that is targeted to fibroblast activation protein (FAP). The invention includes a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) which comprises an anti-FAP domain, a transmembrane domain, and a CD3zeta signaling domain.