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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Apitope International NV, Diepenbeek, BE;
Inventor:
David Wraith, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
APITOPE INTERNATIONAL NV, Diepenbeek, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/16 (2006.01); C07K 14/47 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/72 (2006.01); C07K 7/08 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/47 (2013.01); A61K 39/0005 (2013.01); C07K 7/08 (2013.01); C07K 14/723 (2013.01); A61K 38/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a peptide at least partially derivable from human Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Receptor (TSHR) which peptide is capable of binding to an MHC molecule in vitro and being presented to a T cell without further antigen processing. The present invention also relates to the use of such peptides for the prevention or suppression of activating autoantibody formation in Graves' Disease.