Anticancer vaccine and diagnostic methods and reagents
AssigneesUniversity of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, University of Virginia Patent Foundation
InventorsOlivera J. Finn, Henry Kao, Donald F. Hunt, Jarrod A. Marto
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for vaccinating a patient against a malignancy comprising introducing a protein or peptide comprising of all or an immunogenic fragment of a cyclin protein into the patient. The invention further provides a method of identifying tumor antigens.
Claims3
A method of inducing immune response in a human patient comprising introducing a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:7 or SEQ ID NO:8 into a human patient under conditions sufficient for the patient to develop an immune response to the peptide.
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