Abstract: This disclosure is directed to novel CD133-binding agents. The disclosure is also directed to uses of novel CD133-binding agents for detecting CD133-expressing cells and/or quantitating levels of cellular CD133 expression, for targeting CD133-expressing cells, for decreasing levels of CD133 in CD133-expressing cells and for treating or preventing cancer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 19, 2017
Date of Patent:
January 11, 2022
Assignees:
The Governing Council of the University of Toronto, McMaster University
Inventors:
Jason Moffat, Jarrett Adams, Guohua Pan, Sachdev Sidhu, Rashida Williams, Xiaoyu Zhang, Sheila K. Singh, Parvez Vora, Chitra Venugopal
Abstract: The present invention relates to vaccine(s) comprising cancer cells expressing antigen(s), excipients, optionally adjuvant wherein the said antigen(s) is expressed on contacting the said cancer cell with p38 inducer, for use in treatment of Cancer. The vaccine composition induces specific immune response against homologous and heterologus cancer cells of the tissue/organ. The invention also provides method of preparing the same.
Abstract: The disclosure provides methods of determining patient populations amenable or suitable for immunomodulatory treatment of disease such as cancer by measuring the relative or absolute levels of T-cell sub-populations correlated with disease such as cancer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 8, 2016
Date of Patent:
January 4, 2022
Assignee:
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Inventors:
Lawrence Fong, Serena Kwek MacPhee, Jera Lewis
Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated cytotoxic T cell (CTL) peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. The present invention relates to 30 peptide sequences and their variants derived from HLA class I and class II molecules of human tumor cells that can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 23, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 28, 2021
Assignee:
IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Inventors:
Toni Weinschenk, Oliver Schoor, Claudia Trautwein, Norbert Hilf, Steffen Walter, Harpreet Singh
Abstract: The present invention relates to a therapeutic peptide T specific immune therapy for use in the treatment of a cancer of an HLA-A2 (Human Leukocyte Antigen A2) positive patient, said treatment comprises a priming period consisting in two to three administrations of said therapeutic peptide T specific immune therapy, thereby inducing a memory T cell response.
Abstract: Provided herein are FLT3 binding proteins, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such proteins or fragments thereof, as well as nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors and host cells for making such FLT3 binding proteins. Also disclosed are methods of using the disclosed FLT3 binding proteins in the prevention, and/or treatment of diseases, conditions and disorders.
Abstract: In one embodiment, a minibody monomer that binds PSMA is provided. The minibody monomer is encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising, from N-terminus to C-terminus, an scFv sequence that can bind PSMA, an artificial hinge sequence, and a human IgG CH3 sequence. In another embodiment, a CysDB monomer that binds PSMA is provided. The CysDB monomer may be encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising, from N-terminus to C-terminus, an scFv sequence that can bind PSMA and a cysteine tail. In other embodiments, methods for diagnosing or treating a cancer associated with PSMA expression in a subject are provided.
Abstract: A long-chain peptide antigen includes a plurality of epitopes. An interepitope sequence located between two of the plurality of epitopes contains four to ten consecutive tyrosines. The long-chain peptide antigen may be administered to a patient together with a hydrophobized polysaccharide, such as cholesterol-modified pullulan, and/or an adjuvant, such as CpG oligo DNA.
Abstract: In the course of the present invention, it was discovered that one could regulate association between polypeptides by modifying amino acid residues that form the interface during the association to amino acids carrying the same type of charge. In this context, the present invention enables efficient formation of heterologous molecules. For example, the present invention can be suitably applied to the preparation of bispecific antibodies.
Abstract: There is disclosed compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-c-Met antibodies. More specifically, there is disclosed fully human antibodies that bind c-Met, c-Met-binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and c-Met-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Further still, there is disclosed nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects having c-Met related disorders or conditions, including various inflammatory disorders and various cancers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 25, 2019
Date of Patent:
October 26, 2021
Assignee:
Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.
Inventors:
Barbara A. Swanson, Heyue Zhou, Yan-Liang Zhang, Randy Gastwirt, John Dixon Gray
Abstract: The invention relates to antibodies, and in particular, to antibodies exhibiting specificity for Receptor tyrosine kinase-like Orphan Receptors (ROR), and to uses thereof, for example in the treatment of cancer. The invention extends to polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences encoding the antibodies, and therapeutic uses thereof, and to diagnostic kits comprising these molecules. The invention also extends to antibody-drug conjugates and to uses thereof in therapy.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 17, 2016
Date of Patent:
October 26, 2021
Assignee:
EUREKA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Inventors:
Brian Wong, Emma Masteller, Cheng Liu, Yiyang Xu, Hong Liu, Su Yan, Jingyi Xiang, Pei Wang
Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies that bind to prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), bispecific antibodies that bind to PSMA and CD3, and methods of using the same. According to certain embodiments, the antibodies of the invention bind human PSMA with high affinity and bind CD3 to induce human T cell proliferation. The invention includes antibodies that bind PSMA and CD3 and induce T cell-mediated killing of PSMA-expressing tumor cells. According to certain embodiments, the present invention provides bispecific antigen-binding molecules comprising a first antigen-binding domain that specifically binds human CD3, and a second antigen-binding molecule that specifically binds human PSMA. In certain embodiments, the bispecific antigen-binding molecules of the present invention are capable of inhibiting the growth of prostate tumors expressing PSMA.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 30, 2018
Date of Patent:
October 26, 2021
Assignee:
Regeneran Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Inventors:
Jessica R. Kirshner, Alison Crawford, Gavin Thurston, Eric Smith, Lauric Haber, Drew Dudgeon, Ashique Rafique
Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated cytotoxic T cell (CTL) peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. The present invention relates to 30 peptide sequences and their variants derived from HLA class I and class II molecules of human tumor cells that can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 23, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 5, 2021
Assignee:
IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Inventors:
Toni Weinschenk, Oliver Schoor, Claudia Trautwein, Norbert Hilf, Steffen Walter, Harpreet Singh
Abstract: The present invention provides an isolated monoclonal antibody that specifically binds human PD-1. A nucleic acid molecule encoding the antibody, an expression vector, a host cell and a method for expressing the antibody are also provided. The present invention further provides an immunoconjugate, a bispecific molecule and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody, as well as a diagnostic and treatment method using an anti-PD-1 antibody of the invention.
Abstract: Provided herein are B cell maturation agent (BCMA) targeting trispecific proteins comprising a domain binding to CD3, a half-life extension domain, and a domain binding to BCMA. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions thereof, as well as nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors and host cells for making such BCMA targeting trispecific proteins. Also disclosed are methods of using the disclosed BCMA targeting trispecific proteins in the prevention, and/or treatment diseases, conditions and disorders.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 12, 2018
Date of Patent:
October 5, 2021
Assignee:
HARPOON THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Inventors:
Holger Wesche, Bryan D. Lemon, Richard J. Austin
Abstract: Methods for enhancing the immune response and/or treatment of diseases such as cancer comprising an agent that specifically binds TIGIT are disclosed. The TIGIT-binding agents may include polypeptides, antibodies, and/or bispecific agents.
Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 13, 2021
Date of Patent:
September 21, 2021
Assignee:
IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Inventors:
Andrea Mahr, Toni Weinschenk, Anita Wiebe, Colette Song, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Harpreet Singh
Abstract: This invention relates generally to molecules that specifically engage OX40, a member of the TNF receptor superfamily (TNFRSF). More specifically this invention relates to multivalent and multispecific molecules that bind at least OX40.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 7, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 14, 2021
Assignee:
Inhibrx, Inc.
Inventors:
Brendan P. Eckelman, John C. Timmer, Chelsie Hata, Kyle S. Jones, Abrahim Hussain, Amir S. Razai, Bryan Becklund, Rajay Pandit, Mike Kaplan, Lucas Rascon, Quinn Deveraux
Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 13, 2021
Date of Patent:
September 14, 2021
Assignee:
IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Inventors:
Toni Weinschenk, Jens Fritsche, Harpreet Singh, Andrea Mahr, Martina Ott, Claudia Wagner, Oliver Schoor
Abstract: An antibody specifically binding to PD-1 and a functional fragment thereof. The antibody or functional fragment thereof includes a PD-1 chimeric antibody and a functional fragment thereof, and a PD-1 humanized antibody and a functional fragment thereof.