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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2014
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, DE;
Philipp Beckhove, Heidelberg, DE;
Michael Boutros, Heidelberg, DE;
Nisit Khandelwal, Heidelberg, DE;
Marco Breinig, Bad Rappenau, DE;
DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a compound selectively binding to a sensory receptor or selectively altering the expression of a sensory receptor for use in a method for treating or preventing a disease associated with a pathologic cellular cytotoxic T cell (CTL) response. Further, the invention relates to means for detecting a sensory receptor for use in a method for diagnosing cellular resistance against CTL response in a patient. The invention further embraces a method for determining the resistance of a cell against a CTL response in vitro and to a method for identifying agents that influence the response of cells to CTLs.