The invention provides antibodies to tau. The antibodies inhibit or delay tau-associated pathologies and associated symptomatic deterioration.

Methods for inducing anti-phosphorylated Tau antibodies without inducing a severe adverse event in humans are described. The methods include administering to the subject an effective amount of liposomes including a toll-like receptor 4 agonist and a Tau phosphopeptide presented on the surface of the liposome.

A safe and effective vaccine to prevent, slow, halt or reverse progression of Alzheimer's disease in human patients is disclosed. The vaccine includes Aβ1-42 or an beta amyloid self epitope (e.g. Aβ1-15, or other 7-mer or 15-mer peptide epitopes derived from Aβ1-42) conjugated to an immunogenic carrier formulated in a water-in-oil Th2-biased adjuvant/delivery system.

An object of the present invention is to provide a vaccine that can simultaneously reduce Aβ deposition and tau deposition in the brain by means of a single molecule. The present invention provides a recombinant vector comprising DNA encoding amyloid-β, DNA encoding an immunoglobulin Fc sequence, and DNA encoding tau.

A pharmaceutically compatible antioxidant for use in the treatment or the prevention of an unwanted immune response, the corresponding pharmaceutical and vaccine compositions, and the corresponding clinical and ex-vivo applications.

The disclosure provides methods and compositions for treating and diagnosing tauopathies. More specifically, the disclosure relates to the identification of epitopes on tau and their use as vaccines or as reagents to generate monoclonal antibodies that can be used for both diagnosis and treatment of tau-related diseases.

A safe and effective vaccine to prevent, slow, halt or reverse progression of Alzheimer's disease in human patients is disclosed. The vaccine includes Aβ1-42 or an beta amyloid self epitope (e.g. Aβ1-15, or other 7-mer or 15-mer peptide epitopes derived from Aβ1-42) conjugated to an immunogenic carrier (e.g. DT) formulated in a water-in-oil Th2-biased adjuvant/delivery system.

Disclosed is a method for the treatment of AD, wherein an immune stimulating pharmaceutical composition comprising an aluminium salt is administered to a patient having AD or having a risk to develop AD in an effective amount.

The present invention relates to a modified virus-like particle (VLP) of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) comprising at least one fusion protein, wherein said at least one fusion protein comprises, or preferably consists of b) a chimeric CMV polypeptide, wherein said chimeric CMV polypeptide comprises, or preferably consists of (iii) a CMV polypeptide, wherein said CMV polypeptide comprises, or preferably consists of, a coat protein of CMV, wherein preferably said coat protein of CMV comprises, or preferably consists of, SEQ ID NO:62; or an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of at least 75%, preferably of at least 80%, more preferably of at least 85%, again further preferably of at least 90%, again more preferably of at least 95%, still further preferably of at least 98% and still again further more preferably of at least 99% with SEQ ID NO:62; and (iv) an antigenic polypeptide, wherein said antigenic polypeptide is inserted into said CMV polypeptide, wherein said insertion of said antigenic polypeptide is between amino acid residues of said CMV polypeptide corresponding to amino acid residues of position 84 and position 85 of SEQ ID NO:62; and (iii) a T helper cell epitope, wherein said T helper cell epitope replaces a N-terminal region of said CMV polypeptide, and wherein preferably said N-terminal region of said CMV polypeptide corresponds to amino acids 2-12 of SEQ ID NO:62.

The present disclosure relates generally to polypeptides, which may be used of the treatment of neurological diseases or disorders.