Patent ID: 7956043

Claim:
An isolated oligonucleotide comprising: 5′TCGX 1 X 2 N 1 3′ wherein X 1 is any nucleotide, X 2 is A, T, or C when X 1 is C or A, X 2 is A or G when X 1 is T, X 2 is any nucleotide when X 1 is G, N 1 is 2-95 nucleotides, wherein the CG dinucleotide is an unmethylated CG dinucleotide, wherein 5′ designates the 5′ end of the oligonucleotide and 3′ designates the 3′ end of the oligonucleotide, and wherein N 1 does not include an unmethylated CG motif, wherein the oligonucleotide is 13-100 nucleotides in length.