Abstract: Nucleic acid sequences containing unmethylated CpG dinucleotides that modulate an immune response including stimulating a Th1 pattern of immune activation, cytokine production, NK lytic activity, and B cell proliferation are disclosed. The sequences are also useful as a synthetic adjuvant.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 25, 2003
Publication date:
May 12, 2005
Applicants:
University of Iowa Research Foundation, The USA, as Repesented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc.
Inventors:
Arthur Krieg, Dennis Klinman, Alfred Steinberg