Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reducing the immunogenicity of fusion proteins
- Patent Title (中): 降低融合蛋白的免疫原性
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Application No.: US12552076Application Date: 2009-09-01
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Publication No.: US07973150B2Publication Date: 2011-07-05
- Inventor: Stephen D. Gillies , Jeffrey Way , Anita A. Hamilton
- Applicant: Stephen D. Gillies , Jeffrey Way , Anita A. Hamilton
- Applicant Address: DE Darmstadt
- Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
- Current Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Darmstadt
- Agency: Goodwin Procter LLP
- Main IPC: C07H21/04
- IPC: C07H21/04

Abstract:
Disclosed are compositions and methods for producing fusion proteins with reduced immunogenicity. Fusion proteins of the invention include a junction region having an amino acid change that reduces the ability of a junctional epitope to bind to MHC Class II, thereby reducing its interaction with a T-cell receptor. Methods of the invention involve analyzing, changing, or modifying one or more amino acids in the junction region of a fusion protein in order to identify a T-cell epitope and reduce its ability to interact with a T cell receptor. Compositions and methods of the invention are useful in therapy.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100016562A1 REDUCING THE IMMUNOGENICITY OF FUSION PROTEINS Public/Granted day:2010-01-21
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