Invention Grant
- Patent Title: T cell receptors with MHC independent binding to GM-CSF receptor alpha chain
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Application No.: US14648703Application Date: 2013-12-16
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Publication No.: US09861688B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Dirk Schadendorf , Annette Paschen , Silke Luebcke , Martina Fatho , Daniela Eberts , Hakim Echchannaoui , Volker Lennerz , Catherine Woelfel , Thomas Woelfel
- Applicant: Universitaetsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz , Universitaet Duisberg-Essen
- Applicant Address: DE Mainz DE Essen
- Assignee: Universitaetsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz,Universitaet Duisburg-Essen
- Current Assignee: Universitaetsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz,Universitaet Duisburg-Essen
- Current Assignee Address: DE Mainz DE Essen
- Agency: Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Eisenschenk
- Priority: EP12197289 20121214
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/076760 WO 20131216
- International Announcement: WO2014/091034 WO 20140619
- Main IPC: A61K6/00
- IPC: A61K6/00 ; A61K35/00 ; A61K35/12 ; A61K35/14 ; A61K35/17 ; A61K38/00 ; A61K39/00 ; C07K14/725 ; C07K14/715 ; C12N9/90 ; G01N33/569 ; G01N33/50

Abstract:
The present invention relates to novel tumor-associated antigens, which elicit independently from a presentation via MHC a CD8-positive T-cell response. GM-CSF-Receptor alpha chain (CSF2RA) and Tyrosinase-related protein 2 (TRP-2) were found to be targets of CD8-positive T-cell clones which could detect the proteins on the surface of HLA I negative melanoma cells. Thus, the invention provides proteins, protein fragments and polypeptides of the novel antigens for use in medicine, for example for the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of a tumor disease. Furthermore provided are nucleic acids expressing the antigens of the invention, binding agents specific for the antigens of the invention, such as T-cell receptor chains and isolated T cells which are reactive against the antigens of the invention or which express the T-cell receptors of the invention. The invention further pertains to pharmaceutical compositions, especially vaccine compositions, comprising the antigens, nucleic acids, binding agents or T cells in accordance with the invention, and methods for the generation of T cells, which are specifically reactive to the antigens of the invention in an MHC-independent manner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150313978A1 Novel MHC-Independent Tumor-Associated Antigens Public/Granted day:2015-11-05
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