Patents by Inventor Effie Ho

Effie Ho has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200190163
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a humanized BCMA single-chain variable fragment (scFv), comprising VH having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7 and VL having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8. The present invention is also directed to a BCMA chimeric antigen receptor fusion protein comprising from N-terminus to C-terminus: (i) a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) of the present invention, (ii) a transmembrane domain, (iii) at least one co-stimulatory domains, and (iv) an activating domain. This humanized BCMA-CAR-T cells have specific killing activity with secretion of cytokine IFN-? in CAR-T cells in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Lijun Wu, Vita Golubovskaya, Effie Ho