The present invention provides DNA vaccines for the treatment of allergies. The vaccines comprise the coding sequence for one or more allergenic epitopes, and preferably the full protein sequence, of the allergenic protein from which the epitope(s) is derived, fused inframe with the lumenal domain of the lysosomal associated membrane protein (LAMP) and the targeting sequence of LAMP. The vaccines allow for presentation of properly configured three dimensional epitopes for production of an immune response. The vaccines can be multivalent molecules, and/or can be provided as part of a multivalent vaccine containing two or more DNA constructs.

The invention provides methods and kits for inducing a therapeutic immunity in animals (e.g. mammals) against viral antigens, including herpes-simplex virus type 2. In particular, the invention provides a method of treating animals with an established HSV-2 infection by administering a therapeutic vaccine comprising a priming dose of a nucleic acid encoding an HSV-2 antigen, an initial or first boosting dose comprising the protein form of the antigen encapsulated in liposomes, and one or more subsequent boosting doses comprising both the nucleic acid encoding the HSV-2 antigen and the liposomal-encapsulated protein antigen.

The present invention provides a compound of formula I:

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a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.

The present invention provides a component having effects in vivo of improving or optimizing the intestinal environment, suppressing intestinal putrefaction, or suppressing alternation of intestinal bacterial growth and/or pathological changes of intestinal bacterial growth in gut microbiota. The invention also provides an active ingredient suitably used for treating intestinal diseases. The invention provides a monoclonal IgA antibody that binds to amino acids 11 to 333 of serine hydroxymethyltransferase.

The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), or the tautomers or pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, X, and Z have one of the meanings as defined in the specification, to the use of compounds of formula (I) as a medicament, to pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one compound of formula (I), as well as to medicament combinations containing one or more compounds of formula (I).

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The disclosures herein relate to novel compounds of formula

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wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are as defined herein, and their use in treating, preventing, ameliorating, controlling or reducing cerebrovascular or vascular disorders associated with CGRP receptor function.

Compounds of formula (I) defined herein exhibit human neutrophil elastase inhibitory properties and are useful for the treatment of disease or conditions in which HNE is implicated

The present invention provides Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (Btk) inhibitor compounds according to Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, Formula (I) or to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to their use in therapy. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of Btk inhibitor compounds of Formula I in the treatment of Btk mediated disorders.

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Methods and compositions related to the selective, specific disruption of multiple ligand-receptor signaling interactions, such as ligand-receptor interactions implicated in disease, are disclosed. These interactions may involve multiple cytokines in a single receptor family or multiple ligand receptor interactions from at least two distinct ligand-receptor families. The compositions may comprise polypeptides having composite sequences that comprise sequence fragments of two or more ligand binding sites. The methods and compositions may involve sequence fragments of two or more ligand binding sites that are arranged to conserve the secondary structure of each of the ligands from which the sequence fragments were taken.

Methods and compositions related to the selective, specific disruption of multiple ligand-receptor signaling interactions, such as ligand-receptor interactions implicated in disease, are disclosed. These interactions may involve multiple cytokines in a single receptor family or multiple ligand receptor interactions from at least two distinct ligand-receptor families. The compositions may comprise polypeptides having composite sequences that comprise sequence fragments of two or more ligand binding sites. The methods and compositions may involve sequence fragments of two or more ligand binding sites that are arranged to conserve the secondary structure of each of the ligands from which the sequence fragments were taken.