CONJUGATES OF BIOLOGICALLY STABLE POLYMERS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES FOR TREATING SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

摘要

Chemically defined conjugates of biologically stable polymers, such as copolymers of D-glutamic acid and D-lysine, and polynucleotide duplexes of at least 20 base pairs that have significant binding activity for human lupus anti-dsDNA autoantibodies. The duplexes are preferably homogeneous in length and structure and are bound to the polymer via reaction between an amino-reactive functional group located at or proximate a terminus of each duplex. These conjugates are tolerogens for human systemic lugus erythematosus.