Abstract: The invention relates to nucleic acid constructions, characterized in that they comprise nucleic acids which are isolated in the sense position and which are capable of coding for an immunogenic protein of promastigotes or amastigotes of Leishmania, said nucleic acids responding to one of the sequences SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5 et SEQ ID No. 11 and coding for a protein respectively exhibiting a sequence SEQ ID No. 6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10 et SEQ ID No. 12. The invention can be used for over-expression of the genes of Leishmania coding for an excretion/secretion antigen.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 19, 2004
Date of Patent:
November 5, 2013
Assignee:
Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement (IRD)
Inventors:
Jean-Loup Lemesre, Mireille Cavaleyra, Denis Sereno, Philippe Holzmuller
Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyketide molecule of the following formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where R1 is a hydrogen atom or a (C1-C7) alkyl group, as well as the method of preparation and use thereof, in particular as an anticancer agent.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 28, 2010
Date of Patent:
October 29, 2013
Assignees:
Pierre Fabre Medicament, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherche pour le Development (IRD)
Inventors:
Isabelle Carletti, Georges Massiot, Cécile Debitus
Abstract: The disclosure provides novel antigens involved in gestational malaria, and more particularly to polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences, conjugates, cloning vectors including the sequences for the preparation of immunogenic compositions and vaccines, antibodies, and to their for treating gestational malaria. Diagnostic methods and kits are described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 17, 2008
Date of Patent:
October 22, 2013
Assignees:
Institut de Recherche pour le Development (IRD), Institut Pasteur
Inventors:
Philippe Lucien Deloron, Nicaise George Tuikue Ndam, Gwladys Irénée Bertin, Peter David, Emmanuel Bischoff, Caroline Stéphanie Proux, Jean-Yves Coppee, Ali Salanti, Thomas Lavstsen
Abstract: The invention relates to an antigenic structure that contains a tryptophan epitope, characterised in that said structure is made up of a tryptophan pattern W or a peptide of 3 or 4 amino acids comprising a pattern W, coupled with glutaraldehyde. The invention can he used for screening trypanosomiasis in humans or animals.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 13, 2011
Publication date:
August 8, 2013
Applicant:
Institut de Recherche pour le Developpment (IRD)
Inventors:
Philippe Holzmuller, Silla Semballa, Philippe Vincendeau, Gerard Cuny
Abstract: A method for the cleanup of site/sediments contaminated by heavy metals, or by chlorobenzoate, polychlorobenzoates, monochlorophenol, polychlorophenols, polychlorobiphenyl (PCB) compounds or phosphogypsum, includes treating the contaminated sites/sediments by anaerobic mesophilic bacteria (Mesotoga lineage) belonging to the order of Thermotogales.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 19, 2010
Publication date:
August 1, 2013
Applicants:
Institut National Sciences Appliquees Technologie (Insat), Institut De Recherche Pour Le Developpement (I.R.D)
Inventors:
Bernard Ollivier, Marie-Laure Fardeau, Wajdi Ben Hania, Ramzi Ghodbane, Moktar Hamdi
Abstract: Method for the microbiological production of cinnamoyl amide derivatives of amino acids, certain products that result therefrom and uses thereof, especially as antioxidants.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 5, 2009
Date of Patent:
July 30, 2013
Assignee:
Institut de Recherche pour le Development
Abstract: The aim of the invention is to use sulphate-reducing thermophilic archaeobacteria for carrying out a method for degrading linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, when necessary sulphur, aromatic hydrocarbons under anaerobic conditions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 2006
Date of Patent:
June 4, 2013
Assignee:
Institut de Recherche pour le Development (I.R.D.)
Inventors:
Marie-Laure Fardeau, Bernard Ollivier, Agnès Hirschler-Rea, Nadia Khelifi
Abstract: The present invention relates to specific regions of the N-terminal portion of the VAR2CSA protein and to the use of such specific regions in the prevention of pregnancy-associated malaria. The invention also provides immunogenic compositions and vaccines that are useful for preventing malaria in pregnant women.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 29, 2011
Publication date:
May 23, 2013
Applicant:
INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT (IRD)
Inventors:
Nicaise Tuikue Ndam, Philippe Deloron, Sedami Ursula Alix Carine Gnidéhou, Mickaël Quiviger, Pascal Bigey, Daniel Scherman
Abstract: The invention provides a composition for the inoculation in a plant of agrobacteria transfected by expression vectors, in order to produce in said plant a protein of interest or a derivative of said protein, by deletion or by mutation, characterised in that it comprises agrobacteria transfected by at least one expression vector, comprising a nucleotide sequence insert that codes for said protein or a derivative of said protein, and agrobacteria transfected by a plurality of expression vectors, each comprising at least one nucleotide sequence insert that codes for proteins having a silencing suppressor effect.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 26, 2011
Publication date:
April 4, 2013
Applicants:
Institut de L'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD)
Abstract: The invention relates to salts of 2-substituted quinolines, the manufacturing method for same, and use of the same for the production of drugs. Said salts are advantageous in that the same can be obtained in crystalline form, which facilitates their implementation in the manufacture of pharmaceutical compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 14, 2009
Date of Patent:
January 1, 2013
Assignee:
Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
Inventors:
Alain Fournet, Nashira Campos Vieira, Bruno Figadere, Blandine Seon Meniel, Joël Vacus, Philippe Loiseau, Rodolphe Baudoin
Abstract: The present invention relates to an antimicrobial peptide characterised in that said peptide includes the sequence SEQ ID No. 1 or the sequence SEQ ID No. 2, the sequence SEQ ID No. 2 representing a fragment of the sequence SEQ ID No. 1, for use as a drug. Advantageously according to the invention, the peptide having sequence SEQ ID No. 1 is used specifically for treating bacterial, viral and/or parasitic infections, and the peptide having sequence SEQ No. 2 is used for treating bacterial and/or viral infections.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 3, 2011
Publication date:
December 13, 2012
Applicant:
Institut de Recherche pour le Development (IRD)
Inventors:
Marthe Dorothée Misse Brumas, Natthanej Luplertlop, Hans Yssel, Frédéric Thomas, François Renaud
Abstract: The present invention relates the use of aprotinin in the treatment of parasitic diseases or infections that affect domesticated mammals, in particular the cattle, especially bovines. In particular, aprotinin finds application in the fight against pathogenic effects induced by parasites in the Trypanosomatidae family, such as the protozoa that belong to the Trypanosoma genus or Leishmania genus. The invention also relates to the use of aprotinin for the prognosis of bovine tolerance to trypanosomosis infections.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 21, 2011
Publication date:
November 22, 2012
Applicant:
INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT (IRD)
Inventors:
David Berthier, Gerard Cuny, Sophie Thevenon, Isabelle Chantal, Anne Boissiere
Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyketide molecule of the following formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where R1 is a hydrogen atom or a (C1-C7) alkyl group, as well as the method of preparation and use thereof, in particular as an anticancer agent.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 28, 2010
Publication date:
October 4, 2012
Applicants:
PIERRE FABRE MEDICAMENT, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT (IRD)
Inventors:
Isabelle Carletti, Georges Massiot, Cécile Debitus
Abstract: The present invention relates to rosmarinic acid and to the derivatives thereof, expressed by the compounds of general formula (I), for the use thereof to prevent and/or treat disorders caused by ciguatoxin poisoning and for preparing a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating disorders caused by ciguatoxin poisoning.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 21, 2010
Publication date:
August 2, 2012
Applicant:
INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT
Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for connecting/disconnecting a submersible connector (100) provided with a male portion (101) and a female portion (102), to a related connection/disconnection method, as well as to the various potential uses of said device. The device includes means (11, 12) for moving at least one of said male or female portions of the connector (100) between a connection position and a disconnection position and vice versa, and is characterized in that it further includes a system (16) for injecting a fluid (20) around the male (101) and female (102) portions of the connector (100) when the latter passes from the connection position thereof to the disconnection position thereof and vice versa, in order to insulate the same from the water surrounding the connector (100), the injection system (16) being located outside the connector (100).
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 17, 2010
Publication date:
June 14, 2012
Applicant:
INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT
Abstract: The invention relates to an expression vector of a gene coding for an antigenic protein of Leishmania promastigote, characterized in that it comprises a PSA gene insert in opposite orientation. The invention can be applied to the development of mutants under-expressing, or no longer expressing, genes coding for an antigenic protein of Leishmania promastigote, and to the therapeutic and/or vaccine-oriented uses thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 10, 2006
Date of Patent:
May 29, 2012
Assignee:
Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD)
Inventors:
Jean-Loup Lemesre, Philippe Holzmuller, Rachel Bras-Gonçalves
Abstract: The present invention relates to novel antimicrobial peptides, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptides, and to the uses thereof, in particular as antimicrobial drugs, disinfectants, pesticides or preservatives. The present invention also relates to a transgenic plant expressing said novel peptides.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 18, 2010
Publication date:
January 5, 2012
Applicants:
UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS VI), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT
Inventors:
Ali Ladram, Denis Sereno, Feten Abassi, Bruno Oury, Mohamed Amiche, Pierre Nicolas
Abstract: Conserved polypeptides from protozoan parasitic species which are secreted through the endoplasmic reticulum/Golgi dependent secretory pathway, their identification and their use.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 3, 2009
Publication date:
July 7, 2011
Applicant:
INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT (I.R.D.)
Inventors:
Rosa Milagros Corrales, Francoise Mathieu-Daude, Denis Sereno
Abstract: A method for the mass production of fish belonging to the order of Cypriniforms, notably to the family of Cobitidae, from spawners which are raised in closed circuit.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 2, 2008
Publication date:
June 9, 2011
Applicant:
INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT (I.R.D
Inventors:
Jacques Slembrouck, Marc Legendre, Laurent Pouyaud, Darti Satyani, Ketut Sugama
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use, for the preparation of a medicament intended for the treatment or the prevention of pathologies linked to, or caused by mycobacteria, of at least one of the compounds of the following formula (I): in which B represents in particular a nitrogen atom, and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 represent in particular a hydrogen atom.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 22, 2007
Publication date:
March 10, 2011
Applicant:
INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT (I.R.D.)
Inventors:
Alain Robert Francois Maxime Fournet, Delphine Lagoutte, Erwan Poupon, Flor Soriano-Agaton