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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2013
Gerard Zurawski, Midlothian, TX (US);
Jacques Banchereau, Dallas, TX (US);
Anne-laure Flamar, Dallas, TX (US);
Yves Levy, Paris, FR;
Monica Montes, Dallas, TX (US);
Gerard Zurawski, Midlothian, TX (US);
Jacques Banchereau, Dallas, TX (US);
Anne-Laure Flamar, Dallas, TX (US);
Yves Levy, Paris, FR;
Monica Montes, Dallas, TX (US);
Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes compositions and methods for the expression, secretion and use of novel compositions for use as, e.g., vaccines and antigen delivery vectors, to delivery antigens to antigen presenting cells. In one embodiment, the vector is an anti-CD40 antibody, or fragments thereof, and one or more antigenic peptides linked to the anti-CD40 antibody or fragments thereof, including humanized antibodies.