MODULATION OF IMMUNOSTIMULATORY PROPERTIES OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE-BASED COMPOUNDS BY OPTIMAL PRESENTATION OF 5' ENDS

摘要

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 a 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.