Patent ID: 7960356

Claim:
An isolated stabilized D-type oligodeoxynucleotide of at least 18 nucleotides and no more than 30 nucleotides in length comprising a sequence represented by the formula: 5′ X 1 X 2 X 3 Pu 1 Py 2 CpG Pu 3 Py 4 X 4 X 5 X 6 (W) M (G) N -3′ wherein the central CpG motif is unmethylated, Pu is a purine nucleotide, Py is a pyrimidine nucleotide, X and W are any nucleotide, M is any integer from 0 to 10, and N is 6, wherein X 1 X 2 X 3 and X 4 X 5 X 6 are self complementary, and wherein the oligodeoxynucleotide induces interferon-gamma production.