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6436407 Mutant enterotoxin effective as a non-toxic adjuvant  
Methods and compositions are provided herein for the use of a novel mutant form of E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin which has lost its toxicity but has retained its immunologic activity. This...
6432679 Enhancement of B cell activation and immunoglobulin secretion by co-stimulation of receptors for antigen and EBV Gp350/220  
The present invention provides vaccine adjuvants comprising the Epstein Barr Virus glycoprotein 350/220 or naturally occurring variants thereof, a fusion protein comprising EBV Gp350/220 sequence...
6429298 Assays for identifying functional alterations in the p53 tumor suppressor  
The present invention provides for various screening assays which are amenable to high throughput formats and identify a variety of useful mutations in tumor suppressor genes such as p53. Such...
6423320 Inhibitor of immunoglobulin E antibody production  
A polysaccharide and fragments thereof derived from Klebsiella oxytoca or Klebsiella pneumonia inhibit the IgE antibody production and response and, therefore, are useful in the prophylaxis...
6417341 Malaria merozoite antigen subunit vaccine  
An immunogenic polypeptide for use in inducing an immune response against Plasmodium infection comprises an amino acid sequence corresponding to a non-full length fragment of the apical membrane...
6416947 Vaccine adjuvant and vaccine method  
The present invention includes novel polyoxyethylene/polyoxypropylene block copolymers as well as methods for making the block copolymers. The block copolymers are high molecular weight molecules...
6410509 Use of MHC class II ligands as adjuvant for vaccination and of LAG-3 in cancer treatment  
The present invention concerns the use of a MHC class II ligand, LAG-3, for the manufacture of a medicament for preventing or treating pathological conditions involving an antigen specific immune...
6410515 Peptide, a method for its preparation and a pharmaceutical composition containing the peptide  
A peptide of the formula I X-A-D-Trp-Y wherein X is hydrogen, glycine, alanine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, N-valine, proline, tyrosine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, D-alanine, D-leucine,...
6406861 Methods of enhancing effectiveness of therapeutic viral immunogenic agent administration  
Methods of reducing pre-existing humoral immunity to a viral immunogenic therapeutic agent such as adenovirus, using immunoapheresis are disclosed. Antibodies specific for the viral immunogenic...
6406705 Use of nucleic acids containing unmethylated CpG dinucleotide as an adjuvant  
The present invention relates generally to adjuvants, and in particular to methods and products utilizing a synergistic combination of immunostimulatory oligonucleotides having at least one...
6406698 Pharmaceutical composition comprising serum amyloid P component for prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of virus infections and a kit for detecting binding of compositions to virus components  
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a protein serum amyloid P component (SAP) capable of binding viruses, especially myxovirus, e.g. influenza viruses and thereby preventing the transmission and...
6406699 Composition and method of cancer antigen immunotherapy  
A cancer immunotherapy method and composition for treating cancer in a patient comprised of vaccinating a patient with a vaccine comprised of the patient's own malignancy and an immunologic...
6399078 Chemokine—glycosaminoglycan complexes and their use in treating or preventing receptor mediated diseases  
The present invention provides therapeutic compositions of receptor ligand-containing antagonist complexes and methods of using them to treat diseases, disorders or conditions associated with the...
6392014 Cloning of gene encoding the GP28.5 protein of Toxoplasma gondii; peptide fragments of said protein and their applications  
The invention relates to cloning of the gene for the toxoplasma GP28.5 antigen. It also encompasses purified GP28.5 antigen preparations and antigenic polypeptides derived from said antigen, and...
6391570 Methods and compositions for the detection of bacterial endotoxins  
The invention provides methods and compositions for the detection and/or quantification of bacterial endotoxins. In particular, provided herein is an inexpensive and reproducible method for...
6372227 Vaccines  
The present invention relates to oil in water emulsion compositions, their use in medicine, in particular to their use in augmenting immune responses to a wide range of antigens, and to methods of...
6361775 Compositions and methods for vaccines comprising α-galactosyl epitopes  
The invention encompasses methods and compositions for inducing an immune response in an anti-Gal synthesizing animal including viral and tumor antigens manipulated to express α-galactosyl epitopes.
6355414 Immunopotentiating formulations for vaccinal use  
The present invention is related to the field of medicine, particularly to the use of new adjuvant formulations with vaccine antigens. The technical objective pursued with this invention is,...
6355257 Aminoalkyl glucosamine phosphate compounds and their use as adjuvants and immunoeffectors  
Aminoalkyl glucosamine phosphate compounds that are adjuvants and immunoeffectors are described and claimed. The compounds have a 2-deoxy-2-amino glucose in glycosidic linkage with an aminoalkyl...
6355271 Therapeutic calcium phosphate particles and methods of manufacture and use  
Novel calcium phosphate core particles, methods of making them, and methods of using them as vaccine adjuvants, as cores, as carriers of biologically active material, and as controlled release...
6355256 Compositions containing a p53 derived protein or peptide, an adjuvant, and interleukin-12 and uses thereof  
The invention involves the combination of Interleukin-12 with p53 derived peptides and an adjuvant, preferably QS-21. It is found that this combination provokes a surprisingly strong immune...
6352697 Saponin preparations and use thereof in iscoms  
Saponin preparations based on defined compositions of purified saponin fractions derived from the bark of Quillaja saponaria Molina are disclosed. The saponin preparations are useful in...
6342226 Method for increasing immunogenicity, product obtained and pharmaceutical compositions  
The present invention relates to a method for increasing the immunogenicity of an antigen, characterized in that the antigen is combined via stable interactions with a particulate vector, said...
6340461 Superantigen based methods and compositions for treatment of diseases  
The present invention relates to therapeutic methods and compositions employing superantigens. Methods and compositions employing superantigens and immunotherapeutic proteins in combination with...
6340464 Adjuvants for vaccines  
Vaccine adjuvants comprising a liquid medium contain polymers with anionic constitutive repeating units and hydrophobic constitutive repeating units. Advantageously, the adjuvants are aqueous...
6340463 Identification of antigenic peptide sequences  
Identification of linear amino acid antigenic sequences for the production of both polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies to defined antigenic domains is described. Also described are antigenic...
6333036 Vaccine composition containing polyribosylribitol phosphate and method for making same  
Vaccine compositions are disclosed which comprise at least one antigen formed by the capsular polysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae type b or high molecular weight polyribosylribitol phosphate...
6333038 Prophylaxis of allergic disease  
The invention provides a method for preventing allergic disease in an individual susceptible to such disease, comprising administering an allergen to which the individual has not been sensitized...
6333028 Method of using haptenized ovarian carcinoma tumor cells  
The present invention is directed to compositions and methods of treating cancer. The compositions of the present invention include a composition prepared from a tumor cell which is hapten modified...
6331403 Use of mCRP to slow cell growth and to promote maturation of cells  
The invention provides a method of slowing cell growth and promoting the maturation of cells other than cancer cells and megakaryocyte progenitor cells. The method comprises contacting the cells...
6331388 Immune response enhancer  
The present invention provides methods for specifically increasing expression of MHC class I molecules in cells, and in particular, in poorly immunogenic tumor cells as well as in pathogen-infected...
6328965 Vaccine adjuvants  
Vaccine adjuvants comprising a sulpholipid polysaccharide in combination with an interface-forming constituent. The invention also provides a method for preparing a vaccine by emulsifying an...
6328978 Methods for the treatment of immunologically-mediated skin disorders  
Methods for the treatment of skin disorders, including psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis, alopecia areata and skin cancers are provided, such methods comprising...
6328971 MAGE-1 derived nona peptides, and compositions thereof  
This invention relates to MAGE-1 derived nonapeptides. The therapeutic and diagnostic ramifications of this observation are the subject of the invention.
6316007 Combined physical and immunotherapy for cancer  
The present invention combines physical and immunologic therapies for the treatment of neoplasms by conditioning a targeted neoplasm with an immunoadjuvant (also called immuno-modulator or...
6312700 Method for enhancing an antigen specific immune response with OX-40L  
Compositions and methods for enhancing the immune response of a mammal to an antigen by engaging the OX-40 receptor on the surface of T-cells are disclosed, comprising administering to the mammal a...
6290971 Adjuvant compositions comprising a mineral salt and another immunostimulating compound  
Adjuvant compositions for modulating an immune response to an antigen administered to a host comprise a mineral salt adjuvant and at least one other adjuvant. The compositions provide an...
6290962 Urease-based vaccine and treatment for helicobacter infection  
Method of eliciting in a mammalian host a protective immune response to Helicobacter infection and treatment of Helicobacter infection by administering to the host an immunogenically effective...
6290967 Stabilizers for lyophilized vaccines  
Vaccine stabilizers, vaccine formulations and lyophilized vaccines with enhanced thermostability are disclosed. The vaccine formulations comprise an increased amount of a 6-carbon polyhydric...
6290972 Method of augmenting a vaccine response by administering CD40 ligand  
There is disclosed a polypeptide (CD40-L) and DNA sequences, vectors and transformed host cells useful in providing CD40-L polypeptides. More particularly, this invention provides isolated human...
6281193 Compounds that inhibit the binding of RAF-1 or 14-3-3 proteins to the beta chain of IL-2 receptor, and pharmaceutical compositions containing same  
The invention relates to compounds, such as proteins, peptides and organic compounds, capable of blocking or inhibiting the binding interaction of Raf-1 or 14-3-3 proteins to the β chain of IL-2,...
6270957 Non-Imuunosuppressive cyclosporins and their use in the prevention and treatment of HIV infection  
Disclosed are cyclosporin analogs having amino acid residue substitutions at positions 1, 3, or 7 of the cyclosporin peptide backbone. Also disclosed are conjugates of these cyclosporin analogs in...
6261573 Immunoadjuvants  
The present invention provides immunogenic compositions and methods for inducing enhanced immune responses using an antigen and a combination of water soluble polymer and an amphiphilic compound.
6258357 Inhibition of graft versus host disease  
The development of graft versus host disease in a mammalian patient undergoing cell transplantation therapy for treatment of a bone marrow mediated disease, is prevented or alleviated by subjecting...
6255097 Two-phase system for the production and presentation of foreign antigens in hybrid live vaccines  
The present invention relates to a genetic engineering process for the optimal production and exposure to the immune system of additional antigen coded for by a live vaccine. The genetic...
6255278 Composition containing pooled transferrins as an active principle for the induction of immune tolerance against antigens  
A method for controlling immune reactions to a foreign tissue or a foreign cell in a recipient host mammal to enhance tolerance of the recipient host mammal towards a grafted foreign tissue or a...
6245752 Compositions and methods for tolerization in immune complex-mediated disease progression  
Methods and compositions are provided for tolerizing shed antigen-specific B cells involved in an immune complex-mediated disease progression. The composition comprises a substantially...
6241992 Bovine footrot treatment and prevention  
This invention provides compositions and methods for treating or preventing footrot, in particular bovine footrot, by administering Porphyromonas and/or Prevotella and/or subunits and/or toxins...
6241995 Polygala senega compositions and methods of use  
Novel Polygala senega saponin pharmaceutical compositions are disclosed. The P. senega saponins are useful as immunological adjuvants to enhance immune responses to a co-administered antigen.
6238670 Compositions and methods employing a ligand for CD21 or CD19 for modulating the immune response to an antigen  
Described herein are compositions which modulate the immune response. In one aspect, a composition is described which comprises an antigen covalently linked to a ligand for CD21(CR2) or CD19. This...