RECOMBINANT VIRUS EXPRESSING FOREIGN DNA ENCODING FELINE CD80, FELINE CTLA-4 OR FELINE CD86 AND ITS APPLYING Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: biotechnology, veterinary science.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to therapeutic vector used in therapy of infectious diseases in cats that comprises at least one foreign nucleic acid each of that (a) encodes protein taken among the group consisting of feline protein CD28 represented in SEQ ID NO:8 or its immunogenic moiety; feline protein CD80 represented in SEQ ID NO:2 or 3, or its immunogenic moiety; feline protein CD86 represented in SEQ ID NO:6 or its immunogenic moiety, or feline protein CTLA-4 represented in SEQ ID NO:10 or its immunogenic moiety; and (b) nucleic acid that is able to be expressed in insertion of vector in the corresponding host. Indicated therapeutic vector is used in effective dose as component of vaccine against infectious diseases in cats for their immunization and in methods for enhancement or inhibition of immune response in cats and reducing or eradication of tumor in cats. Invention provides stimulating the activation and proliferation of T cells and to enhance effectiveness of control of infectious diseases in cats.

EFFECT: valuable biological properties of recombinant virus.

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