Patent ID: 6537552
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: A61K,C07K,Y02A,Y10S

Abstract:
A fusion agent comprising a first domain and a second domain, wherein(a) the first domain comprises an immune enhancing molecule: and (b) the second domain comprises an immunogenic molecule, wherein the immunogenic molecule is a tumor antigen, an autoantigen, a molecule produced by a fungus, a molecule produced by a mycoplasma, a molecule produced by a yeast, a polypeptide encoded by a virus, or a molecule produced by a bacterium, wherein the bacterium is selected from the group consisting of Salmonella enteriditis, Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacteria leprae, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Borrelia burgdorferi, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, Neisseria meningitidis, Yersinia eneterocolitica, Bordetella pertussis, and Porphyromonas gingivalis.