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Title:
IMMUNITY INDUCER AND APPLICATION OF THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008106052
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To find a peptide useful as a medicine and/or a prophylaxis for cancer and to provide an application of the peptide as an immunity inducer.

The calmodulin 2 is significantly expressing in high level in human tumor tissue as compared with normal tissue. A peptide fragment in the calmodulin 2 protein is presented by an antigen-presenting cell, which has a potential for activating or proliferating (immunity inducing activity) on the cytotoxic T cell specific to the peptide and the peptide is useful for treatment and/prevention of cancer, and the antigen-presenting cell contacted with the peptide, or T cells contacted with the antigen-presenting cell are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of cancer.


Inventors:
OKANO FUMIYOSHI
Application Number:
JP2007247031A
Publication Date:
May 08, 2008
Filing Date:
September 25, 2007
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Assignee:
TORAY INDUSTRIES
International Classes:
A61K38/00; A61K35/12; A61K35/14; A61K35/15; A61K35/17; A61K35/26; A61K39/00; A61P35/00; A61P37/04; C12N5/07; C12N5/078; C12N5/0781; C12N5/0783; C12N5/09; C12N15/09; C12Q1/68; G01N33/574
Domestic Patent References:
JP2003506315A2003-02-18
JP2001245675A2001-09-11
Foreign References:
WO2000032770A12000-06-08
WO2006062094A12006-06-15
WO2006077941A12006-07-27
Other References:
JPN6012040101; WANG,H. et al: Fenxi Huaxue Vol.34, No.7, 200607, p.915-918
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Eijiro Tanikawa