CYSTEINE-CONTAINING OR METHIOINE-CONTAINING PEPTIDES WITH IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS

摘要

Nucleic acid molecules encoding cysteine-containing or methioine-containing peptides that function to stimulate or suppress the immune response in a mammal are disclosed. Typically, these peptides contain no more than 30 amino acid residues and may be optionally linked to a mammalian secretory signal peptide at their amino terminal end.