Patents Assigned to Stichting Katholieke Univesiteit
  • Compositions and methods for enhancing an adjuvant
    Publication number: 20080152648
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for enhancing an adjuvant effect. The methods involve targeting an adjuvant to an antigen presenting cell (APC) using a compound that binds to a cell surface marker of an APC. Such methods are useful for stimulating an immune response in an animal, such as a human. Also provided are compositions that target an antigen and an adjuvant to an APC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicants: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Stichting Katholieke Univesiteit
    Inventors: Anke Kretz-Rommel, Katherine S. Bowdish, Paul J. Tacken, Carl Gustav Figdor, Susan Faas McKnight