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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2001
David B. Weiner, Merion Station, PA (US);
Jeong-im Sin, Daegu, KR;
David B. Weiner, Merion Station, PA (US);
Jeong-Im Sin, Daegu, KR;
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
Methods of delivering a desired polypeptide to an individual are disclosed. The methods comprise administering to the individual an immunogenic vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding the desired polypeptide operably linked to regulatory elements in combination with one or more of gD protein, a function fragment of gD protein, a nucleic acid encoding gD protein operably linked to regulatory elements, or a nucleic acid encoding a functional fragment of gD protein operably linked to regulatory elements. Compositions comprising an immunogenic vector that comprises a nucleic acid encoding the desired polypeptide operably linked to regulatory elements; and one or more of gD protein, a function fragment of gD protein, a nucleic acid encoding gD protein operably linked to regulatory elements, or a nucleic acid encoding a functional fragment of gD protein operably linked to regulatory elements are disclosed. Methods for inhibiting an undesirable immune response in an individual are disclosed.