US2002187160A1PendingUtilityA1

Vaccine delivery system

Assignee: UNIV MARYLANDPriority: May 18, 1995Filed: May 24, 2002Published: Dec 12, 2002
Est. expiryMay 18, 2015(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
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Abstract

The invention relates to a hyperblebbing strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae which produces large amounts of blebs useful for production of blebosomes containing antigens for use as a vaccine delivery vehicle or as a diagnostic reagent. The invention also relates to a method for producing high levels of a desired protein in purified form using the hyperblebbing strain of N. gonorrhoeae , and to vaccine delivery systems containing the blebosomes expressing the desired antigen.

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What is claimed as new and is desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is:  
     
         1 . A vaccine for providing in a subject immunity against a disease, said vaccine comprising blebosomes wherein an immunogenic polypeptide specific for said disease is present in a pharmacologically effective dose in a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.  
     
     
         2 . The vaccine of  claim 1 , wherein the subject is human.  
     
     
         3 . The vaccine of  claim 1 , wherein the subject is animal.  
     
     
         4 . The vaccine of  claim 1 , wherein said disease is caused by a microorganism.  
     
     
         5 . The vaccine of  claim 2 , wherein said disease is caused by a microorganism.  
     
     
         6 . The vaccine of  claim 3 , wherein said disease is caused by a microorganism.  
     
     
         7 . The vaccine of  claim 1 , wherein said disease is caused by a bacterium.  
     
     
         8 . The vaccine of  claim 1 , wherein said disease is caused by a virus.  
     
     
         9 . The vaccine of  claim 1 , wherein said disease is caused by a fungus.  
     
     
         10 . The vaccine of  claim 1 , wherein said disease is caused by a protozoan.  
     
     
         11 . A pharmaceutical composition for treating a disease, comprising a blebosome wherein a polypeptide active against said disease is present in a pharmacologically effective does in a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.  
     
     
         12 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 11 , wherein said polypeptide is a cytokine.  
     
     
         13 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 11 , wherein said polypeptide is a receptor.  
     
     
         14 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 11 , wherein said polypeptide is an antibiotic.

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