摘要:
The present invention provides compositions comprising a Chlamydial major outer membrane protein (referenced herein as “MOMP”), from at least one Chlamydial serovar and an adjuvant, characterized in that the adjuvant comprises the product E6020 having CAS Number 287180-63-6. The composition may further comprise at least one carrier system (e.g., emulsion, mineral particle). The MOMP protein may be derived from any species of Chlamydia (e.g., C. trachomatis, C. pneumoniae, C. psittaci, or C. trachomatis MoPn). In preferred embodiments, the composition comprises one or more major outer membrane proteins each derived from different serovars of C. trachomatis. The invention also provides methods of inducing an immune response to a Chlamydia species (e.g., C. trachomatis) in a subject, by administering to the subject a composition of the invention.
摘要:
The subject of the invention is a method for adjuvanting LPS of a Gram-negative bacterium, according to which LPS or LPS liposomes (LPS formulated in liposomes) is (are) mixed with the lipidated human-transferrin receptor subunit B (TbpB protein) of Neisseria meningitidis or a lipidated fragment thereof or (ii) LPS and the lipidated TbpB of N. meningitidis or a lipidated fragment thereof are formulated together in liposomes; or (iii) LPS is conjugated with the lipidated TbpB of N. meningitidis or a lipidated fragment thereof in order to obtain a preparation which does not contain OMVs and which is capable of inducing, after administration to a mammal, an anti-LPS immune response which is improved by comparison with the anti-LPS immune response observed after administration of the corresponding preparation in which the lipidated TbpB of N. meningitidis or a lipidated fragment thereof is omitted; as well as vaccine compositions thereof. The LPS may, for example, be the LOS of a non-enteric Gram-negative bacterium such as N. meningitidis.