Immunopotentiating composition
AssigneesDainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd., The University of Melbourne, Konen Co., Ltd.
InventorsKeiji FUJIOKA, Akihiko Sano, Shunji Nagahara, Malcolm Roy Brandon, Andrew Donald Nash, Shari Lofthouse
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Abstract
The present invention provides an immunopotentiating composition which comprises an antigen or antigen-inducing substance, and a carrier comprising a biocompatible material for effectively increasing an immune response derived from an antigen. The present invention further provides a method of producing an antibody by administering said immunopotentiating composition to a mammal or bird, thereby modulating the immune response in said mammal or bird and recovering the antibody produced.
Claims32
An immunopotentiating composition which comprises an antigen or antigen-inducing substance, and a carrier comprising collagen or polydimethylsiloxane.
An immunopotentiating composition which comprises an antigen or antigen-inducing substance, a substance having immunoactivating, immunostimulating or immunomodulating activity, and a carrier comprising collagen or polydimethylsiloxane.
A method for the prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of disease or other disorder, which process includes:
- providing an immunopotentiating composition comprising
- collagen or polydimethylsiloxane,
- an antigen or antigen-inducing substance;
- and
- administering to a recipient an effective amount of the immunopotentiating composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.