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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2014
Nitto Denko Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Fukasaka, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuhiko Hori, Osaka, JP;
Katsuyuki Okubo, Osaka, JP;
Daisuke Asari, Osaka, JP;
Arimichi Okazaki, Osaka, JP;
Eiji Kiyotoh, Osaka, JP;
Kyohei Matsushita, Osaka, JP;
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention aims at providing a mucosal vaccine composition that can be administered to an intraoral mucous membrane, ocular mucous membrane, ear mucous membrane, genital mucous membrane, pharyngeal mucous membrane, respiratory tract mucous membrane, bronchial mucous membrane, pulmonary mucous membrane, gastric mucous membrane, enteric mucous membrane, or rectal mucous membrane, that is useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for infectious diseases or cancers, and is capable of safely and effectively inducing the systemic immune response and mucosal immune response. The present invention provides a mucosal vaccine composition to be administered to at least one mucous membrane selected from the group consisting of a human or animal intraoral mucous membrane, ocular mucous membrane, ear mucous membrane, genital mucous membrane, pharyngeal mucous membrane, respiratory tract mucous membrane, bronchial mucous membrane, pulmonary mucous membrane, gastric mucous membrane, enteric mucous membrane, and rectal mucous membrane, containing: at least one antigen; and as an adjuvant, a lipopolysaccharide derived from at least one gram-negative bacterium selected from the group consisting of, and, or a salt thereof.