The present invention is related to the fields of molecular biology,
virology, immunology and medicine. The invention provides a composition
comprising an ordered and repetitive antigen or antigenic determinant
array, and in particular a RANKL protein, RANKL fragment or RANKL
peptide-VLP-array. More specifically, the invention provides a
composition comprising a virus-like particle and at least one RANKL
protein, RANKL fragment or RANKL peptide bound thereto. The invention
also provides a process for producing the conjugates and the ordered and
repetitive arrays, respectively. The compositions of the invention are
useful in the production of vaccines for the treatment of bone diseases
and as a pharmaccine to prevent or cure bone diseases and to efficiently
induce immune responses, in particular antibody responses. Furthermore,
the compositions of the invention are particularly useful to efficiently
induce self-specific immune responses within the indicated context.