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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2013
Applicant:
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Schlom, Potomac, MD (US);
Kwong-Yok Tsang, Bethesda, MD (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 7/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/47 (2006.01); C07K 14/705 (2006.01); C12N 15/85 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/0011 (2013.01); C07K 14/4727 (2013.01); C07K 14/70596 (2013.01); C12N 15/85 (2013.01); A61K 2039/5154 (2013.01); A61K 2039/5156 (2013.01); A61K 2039/5158 (2013.01);
Abstract
Novel MUC-1 epitopes outside the VNTR region are identified. In addition, the first agonist epitope of MUC-1 is described. The employment of agonist epitopes in peptide, protein and vector-based vaccine may well aid in the development of effective vaccines for a range of human cancers.