Patents Assigned to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20220242867
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, prodrugs, and compositions thereof. The compounds described herein are used as enhancers and/or modifiers of an immune response (e.g., innate and/or adaptive immune response), and are useful in treating and/or preventing a disease, as adjuvants in a vaccine for the disease, (e.g., proliferative disease, inflammatory disease, autoimmune disease, infectious disease, or chronic disease), or as stand alone anti-infective or immune response modifying agents. Also provided in the present disclosure are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods, and uses including or using a compound described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Ofer Levy, David J. Dowling, Francesco Borriello, David A. Scott, Spencer E. Brightman, Frederic Feru
  • Publication number: 20220242955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating early T-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ETP T-ALL).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC., THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
    Inventors: Birgit Knoechel, Jens G. Lohr, Praveen Anand, Amy Guillaumet-Adkins, Jon Aster
  • Publication number: 20220242865
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of Formula (I), (II), or (III), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, prodrugs, and compositions thereof. Also provided are methods and kits involving the inventive compounds or compositions for treating and/or preventing proliferative diseases (e.g., cancers (e.g., leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, melanoma, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, Ewing's sarcoma, osteosarcoma, brain cancer, ovarian cancer, neuroblastoma, lung cancer, colorectal cancer), benign neoplasms, diseases associated with angiogenesis, inflammatory diseases, autoinflammatory diseases, and autoimmune diseases) in a subject. Treatment of a subject with a proliferative disease using a compound or composition of the invention may inhibit the aberrant activity of a kinase, such as a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Tinghu Zhang, Nicholas Paul Kwiatkowski
  • Publication number: 20220226481
    Abstract: Disclosed are bifunctional compounds comprising a GDC-0068 analog that binds AKT isoforms AKT1, 2 and 3, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for treating diseases or conditions mediated by dysfunctional AKT activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicants: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC., BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael Gray, Inchul You, Tinghu Zhang, Eric Fischer, Katherine Donovan, Emily Erickson, Alex Toker
  • Publication number: 20220227734
    Abstract: Provided herein are bifunctional compounds with a moiety (e.g., lenalidomide, thalidomide) that is a binder of an E3 ubiquitin ligase (e.g., Cereblon) and another moiety that is a binder of a target protein (e.g., kinase (e.g., CDK (e.g., CDK9 and/or CDK12))) to induce degradation of the target protein CDK9 and/or CDK12. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the bifunctional compounds, and methods of treating and/or preventing diseases (e.g., proliferative diseases, such as cancers (e.g., ovarian cancer, breast cancer, or prostate cancer))). Provided also are methods of inducing the degradation of the target protein (e.g., kinase (e.g., CDK (e.g., CDK9 and/or CDK12))), and methods of inducing apoptosis in a cell in a biological sample or subject by administering the bifunctional compound or composition described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Jianwei Che, Nathanael S. Gray, Tinghu Zhang, Baishan Jiang, Yang Gao, Nicholas Paul Kwiatkowski
  • Patent number: 11391739
    Abstract: Provided by the invention are methods for identifying therapeutic agents for treating multiple myeloma or another hematological malignancy, as well as methods for determining the prognosis of a patient with multiple myeloma or another hematological malignancy. The methods are based in part on the inventors' discovery that an extracellular form of cyclophilin A binds to CD147 expressed on multiple myeloma cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Ruben Carrasco, Di Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220218847
    Abstract: The invention features compositions and methods for determining the metastatic potential of cancer cell lines and tumors. Also provided is MetMap, a comprehensive database of the metastatic potential of cancer cell lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin JIN, Todd R. GOLUB
  • Patent number: 11384126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for inhibiting DHHC3 palmitoyltransferase for treating cancer. Described herein, are methods of inhibiting expression or activity of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) in a cell of a subject, e.g., a human subject, in need thereof are carried out by administering to the subject an effective amount of a palmitoyltransferase inhibitor, thereby inhibiting the expression or activity of PD-L1 in the subject. The palmitoyltransferase comprises an Asp-His-His-Cys motif (DHHC)-type protein. Exemplary DHHC-type proteins include DHHC3, DHHC5, DHHC7, and DHHC17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Chandan Sharma, Martin E. Hemler
  • Patent number: 11382905
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to immune adjuvants containing IAP inhibitors, including Smac mimetics. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and vaccines containing an IAP inhibitor and an antigen. Methods of enhancing an immune response by administration of an IAP inhibitor, methods of treating or preventing cancer, methods of treating or preventing infections, methods of treating autoimmune disorders, and methods of potentiating cytokine or antibody production are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: NOVARTIS AG, DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Leigh Zawel, Christopher S. Straub, Brant G. Firestone, Glenn Dranoff, Michael Dougan
  • Publication number: 20220213067
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of Formulae (I?) and (II), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, prodrugs, and compositions thereof. Also provided are methods and kits involving the inventive compounds or compositions for treating and/or preventing proliferative diseases (e.g., cancers (e.g., leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, melanoma, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, Ewing's sarcoma, osteosarcoma, brain cancer, ovarian cancer, neuroblastoma, lung cancer, colorectal cancer), benign neoplasms, diseases associated with angiogenesis, inflammatory diseases, autoinflammatory diseases, and autoimmune diseases) in a subject. Treatment of a subject with a proliferative disease using a compound or composition of the invention may inhibit the aberrant activity of a kinase, such as a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Tinghu Zhang, Baishan Jiang, Nicholas Paul Kwiatkowski
  • Patent number: 11377696
    Abstract: The present invention is based on the identification of novel biomarkers predictive of responsiveness to anti-immune checkpoint therapies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Eliezer Van Allen, Diana Miao, Toni K. Choueiri
  • Patent number: 11377697
    Abstract: The present invention is based on the identification of novel biomarkers predictive of responsiveness to anti-immune checkpoint therapies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Eliezer Van Allen, Diana Miao
  • Publication number: 20220204515
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds that possess inhibitory activity against LRRK2. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of using the compounds to treat neurodegenerative diseases and disorders such as Parkinson's disease and brain cancer (e.g., gliomas and glioblastomas).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicants: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC., VORONOI INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, John Hatcher, Jieun Choi, Sun-Hwa Lee, Hwangeun Choi, Eunhwa Ko, Yeonsil Kim, Daekwon Kim, Namdoo Kim, Jungbeom Son
  • Patent number: 11371989
    Abstract: Methods for diagnosing and prognosing autoimmune diseases and T cell lymphomas are provided, for example by measuring levels of intracellular osteopontin (OPN-i). Also provided are screening methods for identifying activators and inhibitors of the transcription factor Bcl6, which is involved in T cell activation/differentiation. Other aspects of the disclosure provide methods for enhancing adoptive T cell transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Harvey Cantor, Jianmei Wu Leavenworth
  • Patent number: 11371090
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods to determine the original abundance of mutant alleles of one or more barcoded target sequences following mutation enrichment and sequencing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., The Broad Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerassimos Makrigiorgos, Viktor A. Adalsteinsson
  • Patent number: 11369635
    Abstract: The disclosure provides immunogenic cells expressing LMP1, and use thereof in activating T cells and treating cancer. Also provided are methods of producing the immunogenic cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Baochun Zhang, Il-Kyu Choi, Zhe Wang
  • Patent number: 11365177
    Abstract: Uncoupling of respiration is a well-recognized process that increases respiration and heat production in cells. Provided herein are chemical uncouplers of respiration that are compounds of Formula (I). Also provided are methods for preventing or treating metabolic disorders and modulating metabolic processes using compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruce M. Spiegelman, Jonathan Z. Long, Hua Lin, Theodore Kamenecka, Patrick Griffin
  • Patent number: 11366100
    Abstract: The present invention is based, in part, on the identification of novel FI.3K-mTORCI-S6K 1 signaling pathway biomarkers predictive of responsiveness to anti-cancer therapies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Thomas M. Roberts, Haoxuan Tong, Jean Zhao, John Blenis
  • Publication number: 20220186311
    Abstract: The present invention is based, in part, on the identification of novel methods for defining predictive biomarkers of response to anti-cancer drugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicants: Children's Medical Center Corporation, The Technical University of Denmark, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Zoltan SZALLASI, Nicolai Juul BIRKBAK, Aron EKLUND, Daniel SILVER, Zhigang WANG, Andrea RICHARDSON
  • Patent number: 11358960
    Abstract: This application features pyrazol-3-one compounds that activate pro-apoptotic BAX. Also featured are methods of using such compounds, e.g., for the treatment or prevention of diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with deregulated apoptosis of cells (e.g., insufficient apoptosis of diseased or damaged cells or essentially the absence of apoptosis of diseased or damaged cells).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Loren D. Walensky, Evripidis Gavathiotis