Mevalonate pathway inhibitor as highly-efficient vaccine adjuvant
AssigneeTsinghua University
InventorYonghui Zhang
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Abstract
Disclosed are inhibitors of mevalonate pathway as an efficient vaccine adjuvant and use thereof. In particular, the inhibitor is an acetoacetyl-CoA transferase inhibitor, a HMG-COA synthase inhibitor, a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, a mevalonate kinase inhibitor, a phosphomevalonate kinase inhibitor, a mevalonate-5-pyrophosphate decarboxylase inhibitor, an isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase inhibitor, a farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase inhibitor, a geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase inhibitor or a geranylgeranyl transferase (I, II) inhibitor. Also disclosed is an immunogenic composition including inhibitors of mevalonate pathway as an adjutant.
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A method for enhancing the specific immune responses induced by antigens in a subject, wherein the method comprises administering to the subject an immunogenic composition comprising an adjuvant, wherein the adjuvant is risedronic acid.
A method for inhibiting geranylgeranylation of proteins in the mevalonate pathway in a subject, wherein the method comprises administering to the subject an immunogenic composition comprising an adjuvant, wherein the adjuvant is risedronic acid.
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