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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2010
Ashraf S. Ibrahim, Irvine, CA (US);
Brad J. Spellberg, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Yue Fu, Torrance, CA (US);
John E. Edwards, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Ashraf S. Ibrahim, Irvine, CA (US);
Brad J. Spellberg, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Yue Fu, Torrance, CA (US);
John E. Edwards, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-ULCA Medical Center, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides therapeutic compositions and methods for treating and preventing fungal disease or conditions including mucormycosis. The therapeutic methods and compositions of the invention include vaccine compositions having an FTR polypeptide or an antigenic fragment of the polypeptide; a vector including a nucleotide sequence that is substantially complimentary to at least 18 contiguous nucleotides of FTR sequence; an antisense; a small interfering RNA or an antibody inhibitor of FTR. The vaccine compositions of the invention can further include an adjuvant.