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Inventor: Gale A. Granger


Address: Laguna Beach, CA
No. of patents: 16
Last patent issue date: 01/24/2012

NumberTitleIssue Date
8101174Pharmaceutical compositions for treating arthritis and inflammatory disease
The biological effects of the cytokine TNF are mediated by binding to receptors on the surface of cells. This disclosure describes new proteins and polynucleotides that promote enzymatic cleavage and release of TNF receptors. Also provided are methods for identifyin...
01/24/2012
7399465Pharmaceutical compositions for treating arthritis and inflammatory disease
The biological effects of the cytokine TNF are mediated by binding to receptors on the surface of cells. This disclosure describes new proteins and polynucleotides that promote enzymatic cleavage and release of TNF receptors. Also provided are methods for identifyin...
07/15/2008
7364726Pharmaceutical composition for cancer treatment containing cells that express a membrane cytokine
This invention comprises cellular vaccines and methods of using them in cancer immunotherapy, particularly in humans. The vaccines comprise a source of tumor-associated antigen, and a cytokine-secreting cell line. Tumor antigen may be provided in the form of primary...
04/29/2008
7264820Cancer immunotherapy using autologous tumor cells combined with cells expressing a membrane cytokline
This invention comprises cellular vaccines and methods of using them in cancer immunotherapy, particularly in humans. The vaccines comprise a source of tumor-associated antigen, and a cytokine-secreting cell line. Tumor antigen may be provided in the form of primary...
09/04/2007
6955894Method for producing TNF receptor releasing enzyme
The biological effects of the cytokine TNF are mediated by binding to receptors on the surface of cells. This disclosure describes new proteins and polynucleotides that promote enzymatic cleavage and release of TNF receptors. Also provided are method for identifying...
10/18/2005
6930084Treating arthritis with TNF receptor releasing enzyme
The biological effects of the cytokine TNF are mediated by binding to receptors on the surface of cells. This disclosure describes new proteins and polynucleotides that promote enzymatic cleavage and release of TNF receptors. Also provided are methods for identifyin...
08/16/2005
6911314Screening for drugs that affect TNF receptor releasing enzyme
The biological effects of the cytokine TNF are mediated by binding to receptors on the surface of cells. This disclosure describes new proteins and polynucleotides that promote enzymatic cleavage and release of TNF receptors. Also provided are methods for identifyin...
06/28/2005
6858402System for discovering and producing polypeptides that cause TNF receptor shedding
The present invention relates to methods of regulating TNF activity indirectly by regulating the activity or concentration of TNF receptor releasing enzyme (TRRE). Preferably, the TRRE activity is regulated local to the site of the condition to be treated. In the ca...
02/22/2005
6593456Tumor necrosis factor receptor releasing enzyme
The present invention relates to methods of regulating TNF receptor releasing enzyme (TRRE) activity. Composition altering TRRE activity, including a family of proteins and the genes encoding these proteins having TRRE activity, are provided. These protei...
07/15/2003
6573062Method for obtaining modulators of TNF receptor releasing enzyme
The present invention relates to methods of regulating TNF activity indirectly by regulating the activity or concentration of TNF receptor releasing enzyme (TRRE). Preferably, the TRRE activity is regulated local to the site of the condition to be treated...
06/03/2003
6569664Native TNF receptor releasing enzyme
The present invention relates to methods of regulating TNF activity indirectly by regulating the activity or concentration of TNF receptor releasing enzyme (TRRE). Preferably, the TRRE activity is regulated local to the site of the condition to be treated...
05/27/2003
6277368Cancer immunotherapy using autologous tumor cells combined with cells expressing a membrane cytokine
This invention comprises cellular vaccines and methods of using them in cancer immunotherapy, particularly in humans. The vaccines comprise a source of tumor-associated antigen, and a cytokine-secreting cell line. Tumor antigen may be provided in the form...
08/21/2001
6207147Cancer immunotherapy using tumor cells combined with mixed lymphocytes
This invention comprises cellular vaccines and methods of using them in cancer immunotherapy, particularly in humans. The vaccines comprise stimulated lymphocytes allogeneic to the subject being treated, along with a source of tumor-associated antigen. Th...
03/27/2001
6203787Treating tumors using implants comprising combinations of allogeneic cells
This invention provides methods and compositions for treating tumors by implanting near the tumor an alloactivated cell population. The cell population is made up of a plurality of third-party donor cells that have been cultured together ex vivo, and harv...
03/20/2001
6136306Method for treating tumors
A method is provided for treatment of a mammalian patient having a tumor by administering to the patient allogenic donor lymphocytes that have been co-cultured in the presence of the patient-derived lymphocytes under conditions sufficient to alloactivate ...
10/24/2000
5837233Method for treating tumors
A method is provided for treatment of a mammalian patient having a tumor by administering to the patient allogenic donor lymphocytes that have been co-cultured in the presence of the patient-derived lymphocytes under conditions sufficient to alloactivate ...
11/17/1998
 
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