Inventors:
Sudhir Agrawal - Shrewsbury MA, US
Ekambar R. Kandimalla - Southboro MA, US
Dong Yu - Westboro MA, US
Lakshmi Bhagat - Brookline MA, US
Assignee:
Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Cambridge MA
International Classification:
A61K 31/70
A61K 38/00
A61K 38/16
A61K 39/00
A61K 39/35
A61K 39/38
A61K 39/12
A61K 39/02
A61K 39/002
A61K 45/00
A61K 47/00
A01N 43/04
A01N 37/18
C07H 21/02
C07H 21/04
US Classification:
514 44, 514 48, 514 2, 514 8, 514 45, 514 46, 514 47, 4241841, 4242341, 4242041, 4242651, 4242741, 4242781, 4242771, 4242751, 536 231
Abstract:
The invention relates to the therapeutic use of oligonucleotides as immunostimulatory agents in immunotherapy applications. More particularly, the invention provides immunomers for use in methods for generating an immune response or for treating a patient in need of immunostimulation. The immunomers of the invention comprise at least two oligonucleotides linked at their 3′ ends, internucleoside linkages or functionalized nucleobase or sugar to a non-nucleotidic linker, at least one of the oligonucleotides being an immunostimulatory oligonucleotide and having an accessible 5′ end.