申请人:Bachmann F. Martin
公开号:US20060088550A1
公开(公告)日:2006-04-27
The present invention is in the fields of medicine, public health, immunology, molecular biology and virology. The present invention provides, inter alia, a composition comprising a virus-like particle (VLP) and at least one antigen, wherein said antigen is a GIP protein or a GIP fragment linked to the VLP respectively. The invention also provides a method for producing the aforesaid composition. The compositions of this invention are useful in the production of vaccines, in particular, for the prevention and/or treatment of obesity and hereby, in particular, by inducing efficient immune responses, in particular antibody responses. Furthermore, the compositions of the invention are particularly useful to efficiently induce self-specific immune responses within the indicated context. Accordingly, the invention further provides for methods of treating and/or preventing obesity and other conditions.
本发明涉及医学、公共卫生、免疫学、分子生物学和病毒学领域。本发明特别提供了一种组合物,该组合物包含病毒样颗粒(VLP)和至少一种抗原,其中所述抗原分别是与 VLP 连接的 GIP 蛋白或 GIP 片段。本发明还提供了一种生产上述组合物的方法。本发明的组合物可用于生产疫苗,特别是用于预防和/或治疗肥胖症,并在此特别是通过诱导有效的免疫反应,尤其是抗体反应。此外,本发明的组合物特别适用于在所述范围内有效诱导自身特异性免疫反应。因此,本发明进一步提供了治疗和/或预防肥胖症和其他病症的方法。