IP Library Granted Patent US 6,855,320
Granted Patent B2
US 6,855,320 · App. 09/537,642 · Granted Feb 15, 2005

Fusion of non-hemolytic, truncated form of listeriolysin O to antigens to enhance immunogenicity

Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
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Patent No.
US 6,855,320
App. No.
09/537,642
Granted
Feb 15, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods for enhancing the immunogenicity of an antigen via fusion to a non-hemolytic truncated form of listeriolysin O are provided.

Claims (1)

1. A method for enhancing the cell-mediated immunogenicity of a tumor antigen, wherein the cell-mediated immunogenicity comprises major histocompatability class I presentation of the tumor antigen, the method comprising fusing to the tumor antigen a non-hemolytic truncated form of listeriolysin O by recombinant expression of a plasmid encoding the truncated form of the listeriolysin O and the tumor antigen in a host cell other than listeria or by a nonlisteria vector system or by chemical conjugation of the tumor antigen to the truncated form of the listeriolysin O, wherein the amino acid sequence of the non-hemolytic truncated form of listeriolysin O consists the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2000
From: PATERSON, YVONNE
To: TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA,THE
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Continuity (1)
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