[RANKL vaccination]

A therapeutic vaccine approach, targeting RANKL, can be used to inhibit bone destruction in pathological bone loss conditions such as osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis and bone metastasis. Compared to other therapeutic recombinant protein against pathological antigen such as monoclonal antibodies, soluble receptor or other antagonists, a vaccine needs small doses of protein to induce its affect. Once the immune response is established by vaccination, it is maintained by boosting with the vaccine. This RANKL vaccination would be a novel approach to any kind of pathological bone