Patent ID: 7666430

Claim:
A chimeric peptide composition for stimulating an immune response to HER-2 protein, wherein said chimeric peptide comprises: a HER-2 B cell epitope, a T helper (Th) epitope, and a linker joining said HER-2 B cell epitope to said Th epitope, wherein: the HER-2 B cell epitope consists of KPDLSYMPIWKFPDEEGA, SEQ ID NO: 11; the Th epitope comprises a sequence selected from the group consisting of: NSVDDALINSTIYSYFPSV, SEQ ID NO: 13; PGINGKAIHLVNNQSSE, SEQ ID NO: 14; QYIKANSKFIGITEL, SEQ ID NO: 15; FNNFTVSFWLRVPKVSASHLE, SEQ ID NO: 16; LSEIKGVIVHRLEGV, SEQ ID NO: 17; FFLLTRILTIPQSLN, SEQ ID NO: 18; and TCGVGVRVRSRVNAANKKPE, SEQ ID NO: 19; and the linker is from 1 to 15 amino acids in length.