The present invention provides methods of treating allergic disorders and compositions for use therein. The methods comprise administering an allergen and one or more medicaments. These medicaments are compounds that inhibit the transcription of genes involved in the initiation of innate and specific immunity, thereby promoting the development of tolerance to these allergens, through inhibition of the NF-κB and/or the MAPK/AP-1 signal transduction pathway(s). In another embodiment, the use of DNA vaccines is disclosed that incorporate a gene encoding one or more allergen sequences or fragments thereof, in combination with genes encoding proteins that inhibit the activation of the NF-κB and/or the MAPK/AP-1 pathway or in combination with small interfering RNA sequences or anti-sense sequences that inhibit the expression of NF-κB and/or AP-1 proteins.
本发明提供了治疗过敏性疾病的方法及其使用的组合物。这些方法包括施用过敏原和一种或多种药物。这些药物是通过抑制NF-κB和/或
MAPK/AP-1
信号转导途径,抑制参与先天性免疫和特异性免疫启动的
基因转录,从而促进对这些过敏原的耐受性发展的化合物。在另一个实施方案中,公开了 DNA 疫苗的使用,该疫苗包含编码一种或多种过敏原序列或其片段的
基因,与编码抑制 NF-κB 和/或
MAPK/AP-1 通路活化的蛋白质的
基因相结合,或与抑制 NF-κB 和/或 AP-1 蛋白表达的小干扰 RNA 序列或反义序列相结合。