| abstract |
The present invention relates to the use of quinic acids, shikimic and their derivatives for the preparation of receptor ligands mannose, to the ligands thus prepared, as well as to the applications of these ligands, in particular for the preparation of medicaments and, more particularly for the preparation of vaccines and drugs for vectorization of an active ingredient towards target cells expressing the mannose receptor or a receptor related thereto, the transfection of DNA sequences and of RNA and its multiple uses in gene therapy, and the preparation of laboratory reagents, especially diagnostic reagents. |