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US 2008/0166368 A1Published application
Method of vaccination comprising administering an antigen and a cathelicidin derived antimicrobial peptide
AssigneeIntercell AG
InventorsJorg Fritz, Frank Mattner, Wolfgang Zauner, Michael Buschle, Alena Egyed
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Abstract
Described is a vaccine which comprises at least one antigen and at least one cathelicidin derived antimicrobial peptide or a derivative thereof as well as the use of a cathelicidin derived antimicrobial peptide or a derivative thereof for the preparation of an adjuvant for enhancing the immune response to at least one antigen.
Claims12
1-24. (canceled)
A method of enhancing an immune response to an antigen comprising:
- obtaining a cathelicidin-derived antimicrobial peptide comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 1, SEQ ID NO:
- 2, SEQ ID NO:
- 3, SEQ ID NO:
- 4, SEQ ID NO:
- 12, SEQ ID NO:
- 13, SEQ ID NO:
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- 15, SEQ ID NO:
- 16, SEQ ID NO:
- 17, SEQ ID NO:
- 18, or SEQ ID NO:
- 19;
- obtaining an antigen;
- and
- administering the cathelicidin-derived antimicrobial peptide and the antigen to a subject to enhance an immune response to the antigen.
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