VACCINE IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR IMMUNE SUPPRESSED PATIENT

• Main Author: HADDEN JOHN W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.05.2009
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a consistent and effective method for immunizing a cancer patient. SOLUTION: A method for overcoming mild to moderate immune suppression, which method includes the step of inducing production of naive T-cells and the step of restoring T-cells immunity. A method for vaccine immunotherapy includes the step of inducing production of naive T-cells and the step of exposing the naive T-cells to endogenous or exogenous antigens at an appropriate site. Additionally, a method for unblocking immunization at a regional lymph node includes the step of promoting differentiation and maturation of immature dendritic cells at a regional lymph node and the step of allowing presentation of processed peptides by the resulting mature dendritic cells, thus, for example, exposing tumor peptides to T-cells to gain immunization of the T-cells. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT