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Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2020
Applicant:

Curevac SE, Tübingen, DE;

Inventors:

Andreas Thess, Kusterdingen, DE;

Thomas Schlake, Gundelfingen, DE;

Jochen Probst, Wolfschlugen, DE;

Assignee:

CureVac SE, Tübingen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 48/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/435 (2006.01); C12N 15/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 48/0066 (2013.01); A61K 39/0011 (2013.01); C07K 14/435 (2013.01); C12N 15/67 (2013.01); A61K 2039/53 (2013.01); A61K 2039/575 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present application describes a coding nucleic acid sequence, particularly a messenger RNA (mRNA), comprising or coding for a histone stem-loop and a poly(A) sequence or a polyadenylation signal and the use thereof for increasing the expression of an encoded protein. It also discloses its use for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition, especially a vaccine e.g. for the use in the treatment of tumours and cancer diseases, cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases or genetic diseases, or in gene therapy. The present invention further describes an in vitro transcription method, in vitro methods for increasing the expression of a protein using the nucleic acid comprising or coding for a histone stem-loop and a poly(A) sequence or a polyadenylation signal and an ex vivo and in vivo method.


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