The present invention relates to preventive and therapeutic vaccines against HPV and cancers associated with the
virus, which are intended for use in people seeking prevention or those who have developed
cancer and have been infected with HPV. The present invention also relates to
DNA expression vectors that are capable of effectively producing the
capsid protein L2 of the HPV16
virus, and also the viral oncoprotein E6 associated with
human papillomavirus tumors. In particular, the present invention relates to recombinant fusion or
hybrid proteins obtained by
gene cloning into expression vectors, which are produced by
gene translation of a
fusion gene formed by combining the
nucleic acid regulatory sequences of one or more genes with the
protein coding sequences of one or more genes, and which are used to generate two different types of responses: a long-lasting humoral immune response that can stimulate the production of specific anti-L2 and anti-E6 antibodies against HPV (preventive effect), and the activation of a cellular immune response to fight
tumor cells and induce the expression of the
cytokine TNF (
tumor necrosis factor) (
therapeutic effect).