Patents Assigned to Istituto Superiore di Sanita
  • Publication number: 20230364211
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a nucleotide sequence expressing a fusion protein, said fusion protein comprising or consisting of an exosome-anchoring protein fused at its C-terminus with an antigen, or a DNA expression vector comprising said nucleotide sequence, for use as vaccine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ
    Inventor: Maurizio Paolo Maria FEDERICO
  • Patent number: 11065221
    Abstract: There is disclosed buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) for use in a method of treatment of cancer, HIV or a rheumatic disease. The method comprises administering (a) BSO at a dosage of less than or equal to 50 mg/kg, and (b) a metallodrug at a clinically-acceptable dosage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ
    Inventors: Iart Luca Shytaj, Shailendra Pratap Singh Rathore, Francesco Procopio, Andrea Savarino
  • Publication number: 20210113669
    Abstract: The present application relates to the use of bacterial CNF (Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor) and/or DNT (dermonecrotic toxin) as active ingredients or active ingredient for the prevention and/or the treatment of malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said active ingredient(s) for said use and a method of prevention and/or treatment of malaria, comprising the administration of bacterial CNF (Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor) and/or DNT (dermonecrotic toxin) or of a composition comprising it/them to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITA
    Inventors: Carla FIORENTINI, Francesco SILVESTRINI, Stefano LOIZZO, Valeria MESSINA, Sara TRAVAGLIONE, Pietro ALANO
  • Publication number: 20200181704
    Abstract: A method can determine Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and/or evaluate the prognosis and/or determine the effectiveness of a therapy against ADHD. The method is based on measuring the methylation levels of CpG dinucleotides and/or CpG islands in a genomic region of the SLC6A3 gene (solute carrier family 6 member 3), preferably in the 5? UTR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: Istituto Superiore di Sanita', Universita' degli Studi di Teramo, Universita' degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
    Inventors: Giovanni LAVIOLA, Walter ADRIANI, Esterina PASCALE, Claudio D'ADDARIO
  • Publication number: 20200022937
    Abstract: There is disclosed buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) for use in a method of treatment of cancer, HIV or a rheumatic disease. The method comprises administering (a) BSO at a dosage of less than or equal to 50 mg/kg, and (b) a metallodrug at a clinically-acceptable dosage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ
    Inventors: Iart Luca Shytaj, Shailendra Pratap Singh Rathore, Francesco Procopio, Andrea Savarino
  • Patent number: 10507207
    Abstract: The invention refers to the use of Reverse Transcriptase (RT) inhibitor compounds for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions to counteract the loss of cellular differentiation in tumour and non tumour pathologies, said compound being able to bind the hydrophobic pocket on the RT subunit p66. Particularly preferred for such uses are the following compounds: nevirapine, efavirenz, delavirdine, corresponding salts and/or pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITA
    Inventors: Corrado Spadafora, Patriźia Ĺavia, Elisabetta Mattei, Gugliemo Palombini, Rodolfo Nello Lorenzini, Clara Nervi
  • Patent number: 9969780
    Abstract: Complexes comprising HIV Tat and the V3 loop from gp120 Env provide novel epitopes and are immunogenic to prevent or inhibit infection by HIV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Istituto Superiore di Sanita
    Inventor: Barbara Ensoli
  • Patent number: 9732359
    Abstract: This invention provides improved replication-competent adenoviral vectors. The improved vectors have both a hybrid regulatory unit that provides for high level transgene expression. The vectors can be use, e.g., for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Istituto Superiore di Sanita
    Inventors: Bo Peng, Rebecca Voltan, Barbara Ensoli, Marjorie Robert-Guroff
  • Patent number: 9610334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated truncated form of the secretory aspartyl proteinase 2, as well as to nucleic acid molecules encoding same. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising an isolated truncated form of the secretory aspartyl proteinase 2, as well as to nucleic acid molecules encoding same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: Istituto Superiore di Sanita, NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Rinaldo Zurbriggen, Flavia De Bernardis, Antonio Cassone, Silvia Rasi
  • Patent number: 9428557
    Abstract: Tat protein produced in bulk culture is inactive when induced at conventional optical densities but can be obtained in biologically active form when induced during the logarithmic growth phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITA, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI URBINO
    Inventors: Barbara Ensoli, Mauro Magnani
  • Publication number: 20160201062
    Abstract: Provided is the use of antisense RNA and methods for the treatment, diagnosis and prophylaxis of cancer comprising administering said antisense RNA, particularly miRs 15 and 16 to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Istituto Superiore di Sanita
    Inventors: Desiree Bonci, Ruggero De Maria
  • Patent number: 9261508
    Abstract: Provided is the use of antisense RNA and methods for the treatment, diagnosis and prophylaxis of cancer comprising administering said antisense RNA, particularly miRs 15 and 16 to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Istituto Superiore Di Sanita
    Inventors: Desiree Bonci, Ruggero De Maria
  • Patent number: 9216214
    Abstract: This invention provides improved replication-competent adenoviral vectors. The improved vectors have both a hybrid regulatory unit that provides for high level transgene expression. The vectors can be use, e.g., for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Istituto Superiore di Sanita
    Inventors: Bo Peng, Rebecca Voltan, Barbara Ensoli, Marjorie Robert-Guroff
  • Patent number: 8926987
    Abstract: This invention provides improved replication-competent adenoviral vectors. The improved vectors have both a hybrid regulatory unit that provides for high level transgene expression. The vectors can be use, e.g., for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignees: The Government of The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Istituto Superiore di Sanita
    Inventors: Bo Peng, Rebecca Voltan, Barbara Ensoli, Marjorie Robert-Guroff
  • Patent number: 8834873
    Abstract: Methods are provided for treating cancer metastasis by administering a therapeutic composition targeting a kinase substrate cascade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignees: George Mason Research Foundation, Inc., Istituto Superiore di Sanita
    Inventors: Emanuel F. Petricoin, III, Mariaelena Pierobon, Valerie Calvert, Lance A. Liotta
  • Publication number: 20140227238
    Abstract: The present invention concerns peptides having protective effect towards inflammatory activity of a-gliadin 31-43 peptide in celiac disease and therefore can be used for preventive and therapeutic purpose by administration thereof to subjects at high risk to develop celiac disease and/or celiac subjects just before a gluten containing meal to be ingested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicants: Istituto Superiore Di Sanita, CRA-Sonsiglio per La Ricerca E LA
    Inventors: Marco Silano, Luigi Cattivelli, Pasquale De Vita, Luigi Maiuri, Donatella Bianca Maria Ficco
  • Patent number: 8785493
    Abstract: Activation of HIV-1 replication causes oxidative stress, which in turn potentiates HIV-1 replication. The common basis for the compounds of the present invention is: A) the capacity of reactivating HIV-1 from latency, and B) the ability to counteract the cellular machinery which activates in order to limit the effects of oxidative stress. In this way, oxidative stress can be potentiated and a “chain reaction” is sparked. This “chain reaction” induces a more efficient reactivation of HIV-1 from latency and, in some cases, induces selective killing of the infected cells. Actions A) and B) can either be carried out by one drug exerting both effects, or obtained by the combined use of distinct drugs. There are two main cellular machineries counteracting oxidative stress, i.e. the thioredoxin (Trx) thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) system and glutathione. Herein, we present drug strategies capable of exerting action B) by blocking either of the two machineries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Istituto Superiore di Sanita
    Inventors: Andrea Savarino, Antonello Mai, Anna Teresa Palamara, Enrico Garaci
  • Publication number: 20140193445
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated truncated form of the secretory aspartyl proteinase 2, as well as to nucleic acid molecules encoding same. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising an isolated truncated form of the secretory aspartyl proteinase 2, as well as to nucleic acid molecules encoding same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicants: Istituto Superiore Di Sanita, Pevion Biotech Ltd.
    Inventors: Rinaldo Zurbriggen, Flavia De Bernardis, Antonio Cassone, Silvia Rasi
  • Patent number: 8715698
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated truncated form of the secretory aspartyl proteinase 2, as well as to nucleic acid molecules encoding same. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising an isolated truncated form of the secretory aspartyl proteinase 2, as well as to nucleic acid molecules encoding same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignees: Pevion Biotech, AG, Istituto Superiore di Sanita
    Inventors: Rinaldo Zurbriggen, Flavia de Bernardis, Antonio Cassone, Silvia Rasi
  • Patent number: 8445484
    Abstract: The present invention refers to 3-aza-bicyclo [3.2.1] octane derivatives of general formula (I) their preparation, use and pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of pathologies associated with microbial pathogens expressing aspartylprotease activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignees: Istituto Superiore di Sanita', Universita' Degli Studi di Firenze
    Inventors: Antonio Cassone, Flavia De Bernardis, Enrico Garaci, Andrea Trabocchi, Antonio Guarna