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US 7,115,579 B2Granted
Modulation of oligonucleotide CpG-mediated immune stimulation by positional modification of nucleosides
AssigneeIdera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
InventorsSudhir Agrawal, Ekambar Kandimalla
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Abstract
The invention provides methods for modulating the immune response caused by CpG dinucleotide-containing compounds. The methods according to the invention enables both decreasing the immunostimulatory effect for antisense applications, as well as increasing the immunostimulatory effect for immunotherapy applications.
Claims8
A method for inducing an immune response in a mammal, the method comprising administering to the mammal a compound comprising a CpG dinucleotide and an immunomodulatory moiety wherein the immunomodulatory moiety is selected from the group consisting of:
- one or more abasic nucleoside, 1 ,3-propanediol linker, 3′—3′ linkage and a modified base-containing nucleoside, wherein the modified base-containing nucleoside is selected from the group consisting of:
- inosine, 2-amino-purine, nebularine, 7-deaza-guanosine, nitropyrrole, nitroindole, deoxyuridine, 4-thio-deoxyuridine, d-isoguanosine, d-iso-5-methylcytosine and P-base;
- and wherein the compound is 12 to 35 nucleotides in length and wherein the compound does not have antisense activity and wherein the compound has greater or reduced immunostimulatory effect than it would have if it lacked the immunomodulatory moiety.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.