Abstract: The present invention relates (i) to conjugate peptides engineered to noncovalently bind to heat shock proteins; (ii) to compositions comprising such conjugate peptides, optionally bound to heat shock protein; and (iii) to methods of using such compositions to induce an immune response in a subject in need of such treatment. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery of tethering molecules which may be used to non-covalently link antigenic peptides to heat shock proteins. The present invention also provides for methods of identifying additional tethers which may be comprised, together with antigenic sequences, in conjugate peptides.

Abstract: The present related (i) to conjugate peptides engineered to noncovalently bind to heat shock proteins; (ii) to compositions comprising such conjugate peptides, optionally bound to heat shock protein; and (iii) to methods of using such compositions to induce an immune response in a subject in need of such treatment. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery of tethering molecules which may be used to non-covalently link antigenic peptides to heat shock proteins. The present invention also provides for methods of identifying additional tethers which may be comprised, together with antigenic sequences, in conjugate peptides.

Abstract: The present invention relates (i) to conjugate peptides engineered to noncovalently bind to heat shock proteins; (ii) to compositions comprising such conjugate peptides, optionally bound to heat shock protein; and (iii) to methods of using such compositions to induce an immune response tin a subject in need of such treatment. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery of tethering molecules which may be used to non-covalently link antigenic peptides to heat shock proteins. The present invention also provides for methods of identifying additional tethers which may be comprised, togethter with antigenic sequences, in conjugate peptides.

Abstract: This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding an alternatively spliced human prostate-specific membrane antigen. This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid comprising a promoter sequence normally associated with the transcription of a gene encoding a human prostate-specific membrane antigen. This invention provides an isolated polypeptide having the biological activity of an alternatively spliced prostate-specific membrane antigen. This invention provides a method of detecting a nucleic acid encoding an alternatively spliced human prostate-specific membrane antigen and a method of detecting a prostate tumor cell in a subject. Lastly, this invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound in a therapeutically effective amount and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a method of making prostate cells susceptible to a cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agent.