IP Library Granted Patent US 7,959,916
Granted Patent B2
US 7,959,916 · App. 12/108,069 · Granted Jun 14, 2011

Negative immunomodulation of immune responses by ERp5

Assignee: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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Patent No.
US 7,959,916
App. No.
12/108,069
Granted
Jun 14, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to methods of treating immune disorders and cancers. In particular the invention provides methods of inhibiting the negative immunomodulatory effects of ERp-5 on T cells and dendritic cells, in conjunction with other surface receptors.

Claims (4)

1. A method of inhibiting shedding of MIC polypeptides from a MIC expressing cancer cell comprising contacting a MIC expressing cancer cell with an anti-MIC α3 domain antibody.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said MIC is MICA.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said MIC is MICB.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said anti-MIC antibody is a bi-specific antibody comprising at least one binding region that is specific for surface-bound MIC.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 63/242,906 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 060439 FRAME 0279. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Nov 4, 2022
From: FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER; SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE
To: FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER
Reel/Frame 061847/0594 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER; SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE
To: FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER
Reel/Frame 060439/0279 →
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Oct 24, 2016
From: FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 040259/0933 →
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Oct 1, 2009
From: FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTE
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 023310/0330 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2008
From: SPIES, THOMAS; GROH-SPIES, VERONIKA
To: FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER
Reel/Frame 021136/0290 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 60913467 · Apr 23, 2007
Related Publication 20090169552A1 · Jul 2, 2009