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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2007
Akira Yano, Iwate, JP;
Toshiki Nishizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikatsu Miwa, Okayama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo, Okayama, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a peptide vaccine for preventing and/or treating diseases caused by amyloid β-peptide, such as Alzheimer's disease. The present invention solves the above object by providing a peptide vaccine constructed by inserting a peptide having an amino acid sequence of a cell attachment motif of a cell adhesive molecule to a peptide which consists of a peptide having an amino acid sequence of multiagretope type T-cell epitope, which has been generated immunological memory, or a peptide including the same; an linker peptide; and a peptide having an amino acid sequence of a B cell epitope which is a specific region of amyloid β-peptide or a peptide including the same.