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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
May. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Dorothea Sesardic, London, GB;
Blake Paterson, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Dorothea Sesardic, London, GB;
Blake Paterson, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Alba Therapeutics Corporation, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/15 (2006.01); A61K 38/08 (2006.01); A61K 38/28 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/05 (2006.01); A61K 39/10 (2006.01); A61K 39/20 (2006.01); A61K 39/08 (2006.01); A61K 39/07 (2006.01); A61K 39/12 (2006.01); A61K 39/25 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/295 (2006.01); C07K 4/04 (2006.01); C07K 4/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/08 (2013.01); A61K 38/00 (2013.01); A61K 39/295 (2013.01); C07K 4/04 (2013.01); C07K 4/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides materials and methods to facilitate the transcutaneous delivery of therapeutic agents. In some embodiments, agonists of tight junctions are used in compositions to facilitate the uptake of therapeutic agents from the skin. In a particular embodiment, the present invention provides immunogenic compositions comprising a tight junction agonist and an antigen. In a particular embodiment, the present invention provides vaccine compositions comprising a tight junction agonist and an antigen.