Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Lymphokine – Interleukin
Patent
1995-07-19
1998-05-05
Ulm, John
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Lymphokine
Interleukin
514 2, 514 8, 514 12, 514885, 4242781, 530351, A61K 3820
Patent
active
057470243
ABSTRACT:
Methods of enhancing a mammal's immune response to a vaccine antigen are disclosed. Interleukin-15 can be used as a vaccine adjuvant to enhance or potentiate the immune response to a vaccine. Compositions comprising an immunogenic amount of vaccine antigen and an immunogenicity-augmenting amount of IL-15 are also provided by the invention. IL-15 can be used alone in the invention or in concurrent or sequential combination with additional vaccine adjuvants.
REFERENCES:
Cohen Jon (1995) Science vol. 270 p. 908.
Grabstein Kenneth H.
Widmer Michael B.
Immunex Corporation
Malaska Stephen L.
Mertz Prema
Ulm John
Wight Christopher L.
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