Inventors:
Te Piao King - New York NY
Assignee:
The Rockefeller University - New York NY
International Classification:
C12N 920
US Classification:
435198, 4352523, 4353201, 536 232, 530350, 424 941
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to nucleic acids encoding vespid venom enzymes, or fragments thereof, recombinant vectors comprising such nucleic acids, and host cells containing the recombinant vectors. The invention is further directed to expression of such nucleic acids to produce recombinant vespid venom enzymes, or recombinant fragments, derivatives or analogs thereof. Such recombinant products are useful for diagnosis of allergy and for therapeutic treatment of allergy. In specific embodiments, the present invention provides nucleic acids encoding, and complete nucleotide and amino acids sequences for, vespid venom phospholipase, for example, phospholipase A , and vespid venom hyaluronidase, for example, hyaluronidase. Moreover, agents and pharmaceutical compositions are disclosed which modulate the immune systems ability to attack an immunogen, along with methods of using such agents and pharmaceutical compositions to modulate immune response, or to treat immune system related diseases or disorders, or symptoms related thereto.