Patents Examined by J Janice Li
  • Patent number: 6399587
    Abstract: The invention concerns a recombinant adenoviral vector driving from an adenovirus genome at least by deleting all or part of the E1 region, the adenoviral vector comprising an expression cassette of a gene of interest placed under the control of elements necessary for its expression in a host cell or a host organism, the elements required for its expression including at least a splicing sequence. The invention is characterized in that the splicing sequence is derived from a eukaryotic nuclear gene selected among the ovalbumen genes, &bgr; or &bgr;-globine, collagen and factor VIII of mammals or a synthetic splicing sequence. The invention also concerns a host cell and an infectious viral particle comprising such a vector, a method for preparing such a particle and their therapeutic or prophylactic use. The invention further concerns a pharmaceutical composition containing the adenoviral vector, the host cell or the viral particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Transgene S.A.
    Inventors: Majid Mehtali, Pierre Leroy, Anne-Isabelle Michou