Vaccine composition for preventing tuberculosis comprising chorismate mutase
AssigneeSeoul National University R&Db Foundation
InventorsBum Joon Kim, Byoung Jun Kim, Jaehun Oh, Hyejun Seo
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Abstract
An aspect provides a vaccine composition for preventing tuberculosis comprising chorismate mutase. The vaccine composition alone may induce immunity specific to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and when provided together with an immune adjuvant, the vaccine composition may induce immunity specific to tuberculosis more effectively. Furthermore, when an existing vaccine for tuberculosis is used as a prime and the vaccine composition according to an aspect including chorismite mutase is provided as a booster, the immunity specific to tuberculosis may be induced significantly more effectively.
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A method of preventing tuberculosis, the method comprising administering purified Mycobacterium tuberculosis chorismate mutase (TBCM) to a subject in need thereof.
An immune-boosting method for preventing tuberculosis, the method comprising administering purified Mycobacterium tuberculosis chorismate mutase (TBCM) to a subject in need thereof.
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