Patent 7501399 was granted and assigned to Corixa on March, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
This invention provides compounds containing a 2-deoxy-2-amino-β-D-glucopyranose (glucosamine) glycosidically linked to an cyclic aminoalkyl (aglycon) group. The invention further provides methods for inducing an immune response using the compounds of the present invention in the presence or absence of an antigen. In addition, methods for treating disease with the compounds of the present invention with or without an antigen are also provided in this invention.