Patents Assigned to National Institute of Immunology
  • Publication number: 20120264814
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of in vitro isolation of buffalo ?-caesin promoter (buCSN2) along with the regions of exon1, intron1 and exon2 from the genomic DNA in vitro (Bubalus bubalis) and its functional activity in using mammary cell line. The novel buffalo ?-caesin promoter along with exon1, intron1 and exon2 is isolated and cloned upstream of the Enhanced Green flourescence protein (EGFP) gene and sequenced. The transfection of the DNA construct resulted into production of EGFP protein in mammary cell lines, confirming bioactivity of this newly isolated buffalo promoter sequence. More specifically, the present invention relates to isolation, cloning, sequencing and functional analysis of the buffalo ?-casein promoter in vitro using mammary cell line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY
    Inventors: Subeer Suhash MAJUMDAR, Nirmalya Ganguli, Abul Usmani
  • Patent number: 8268342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparation of a biodegradable polymer scaffold using biodegradable polymer, surfactant and alcohol. The biodegradable polymer scaffold obtained from the process disclosed is useful for tissue engineering, therapeutic compound delivery and/or wound dressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: National Institute of Immunology
    Inventors: Amulya Kumar Panda, Rajmohan Gopimohan, Anish Chakkunkal
  • Patent number: 8227591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of cancer therapy. More specifically, the invention relates to use of certain nucleotide sequences for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: National Institute of Immunology
    Inventor: Anil Kumar Suri
  • Patent number: 8148321
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel enzymatic approach according to the invention using an unprecedented sortase-catalyzed transpeptidation reaction between a substrate comprising LPXTG (SEQ ID NO: 11) peptide motif and biomolecules such as aminosugars, hydroxyamino acids, hydroxyamino acid esters, aminolipids, polyamines; nucleic acids or derivatives thereof; or any molecule having such moieties; or any compound having such moieties to obtain a bioconjugates useful for target delivery of a compound. The present disclosure provides bioconjugates obtained by the novel sortase catalysed transpeptidedation reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: National Institute of Immunology
    Inventors: Rajendra Prasad Roy, Sharmishtha Samantaray
  • Patent number: 8143007
    Abstract: The present invention provides oligonucleotides for detection of rearrangement of immunoglobulin genes for identifying clonality of cells, cancer cells, hypermutation in immunoglobulin gene, antibody isotype producing cell and/or assaying B cell repertoire in a sample. The oligonucleotides disclosed in the present invention are very specific to the immunoglobulin genes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: National Institute of Immunology
    Inventors: Sehgal Devinder, Rohatgi Soma
  • Publication number: 20120017289
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method of generating knock down models by electroporation of shRNA construct into the testis. The present invention provides an ethically superior, non-surgical, user friendly rapid method for the generation of permanent lines of shRNA knock down non human vertebrates. This invention is ethically superior as it does not involve any loss of animal life and drastically minimizes the production time and use of animals. Current techniques for making knockout models are cumbersome, require trained personnel, costly infrastructure and require hundreds of eggs collected after killing several females. In contrast, this method neither involves any costly infrastructure nor requires trained personnel. The invention also relates to the quick incorporation of shRNA gene construct into the germline of a species so that shRNA is inheritable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: National Institute of Immunology
    Inventors: Subeer Suhash Majumdar, Deepika Sharma, Neerja Wadhwa
  • Publication number: 20120016014
    Abstract: The present invention provides benzothiophene carboxamide compounds of formula I, their polymorphs, stereoisomers, prodrugs, solvates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and formulations thereof, which are useful as COX-2 inhibitors and PfENR inhibitors. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for their application as COX-2 inhibitors for treating inflammation and pain and PfENR inhibitors for use as anti-malarials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicants: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY
    Inventors: Avadhesha Surolia, Tanushree Banerjee, Namita Surolia, Neha Kapoor
  • Publication number: 20110178142
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising 3-{5-[4-Oxo-2-thioxo-3-(3-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-thiazolidin-5-ylidenemethyl]-furan-2-yl}-benzoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients for therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of bacterial infections and diseases associated thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: National Institute of Immunology
    Inventors: Avadhesha Surolia, Tushar Beuria Kant, Panda Dulal
  • Publication number: 20110034385
    Abstract: The present invention provides a supramolecular protein assembly useful as a protein therapeutics for the treatment of metabolic disorders particularly diabetes. The supramolecular protein assembly disclosed in the present invention consists of insoluble and aggregated oligomers the protein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising supramolecular protein assembly. The composition disclosed in the present invention particularly comprises supramolecular insulin assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
    Inventors: Avadhesha Surolia, Sarika Gupta, Mahendra Singh, Tandrika Chattopadhyay
  • Publication number: 20100273234
    Abstract: This invention provides a process for obtaining bioactive recombinant protein from inclusion bodies without unfolding it completely into random coil structure. The process comprises solubilization of inclusion body protein using urea and propanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY
    Inventors: Amulya Kumar Panda, Mohan Surinder Singh, Kumar Arun Upadhyay
  • Publication number: 20100221742
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody having specificity for a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No:2 or an isoform thereof or a polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO:2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY
    Inventor: Anil Kumar Suri
  • Publication number: 20100112078
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vaccine composition comprising an effective amount of antigen or a nucleic acid encoding antigen, encapsulated in polymeric particles, wherein said polymeric particles comprises nanoparticles, microparticles or combinations thereof, wherein surprisingly the nanoparticle induces cellular response and the microparticle induces humoral response. The invention further provides a method of inducing cellular and/or humoral immune response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY
    Inventors: Amulya K. Panda, Kanchan Vibhu
  • Publication number: 20090298740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of cancer therapy. More specifically, the invention relates to use of certain nucleotide sequences for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY
    Inventor: Anil Kumar Suri
  • Publication number: 20090280489
    Abstract: The present invention provides oligonucleotides for detection of rearrangement of immunoglobulin genes for identifying clonality of cells, cancer cells, hypermutation in immunoglobulin gene, antibody isotype producing cell and/or assaying B cell repertoire in a sample. The oligonucleotides disclosed in the present invention are very specific to the immunoglobulin genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: National Institute of Immunology
    Inventors: Sehgal Devinder, Rohatgi Soma
  • Publication number: 20090258818
    Abstract: A supramolecular insulin assembly and supramolecular exendin-4 assembly, which is useful as a protein therapeutic agent for the treatment of metabolic disorders particularly diabetes. The supramolecular assemblies disclosed in the present invention consists of insoluble and aggregated oligomers the protein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the supramolecular assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicants: National Institute of Immunology, Indian Institute of Science
    Inventors: Avadhesha Surolia, Sarika Gupta, Mahendra Pal Singh, Tandrika Chattopadhyay
  • Publication number: 20090088372
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel enzymatic approach according to the invention using an unprecedented sortase-catalyzed transpeptidation reaction between a substrate comprising LPXTG peptide motif and biomolecules such as aminosugars, hydroxyamino acids, hydroxyamino acid esters, aminolipids, polyamines; nucleic acids or derivatives thereof, or any molecule having such moieties; or any compound having such moieties to obtain a bioconjugates useful for target delivery of a compound. The present disclosure provides bioconjugates obtained by the novel sortase catalysed transpeptidedation reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY
    Inventors: RAJENDRA PRASAD ROY, SHARMISHTHA SAMANTARAY
  • Publication number: 20090010907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to synthetic catalytic DNA molecules or DNAzymes which specifically cleave the RNA sequences of the Japanese Encephalitis Viral genome and is useful in treating Japanese Encephalitis infection. The DNAzyme comprises of a chemical modification, a catalytic domain and two hybridizing arms. The DNAzymes are 29-45 nucleotides in length. The 3? end of the DNAzyme is tethered to a poly-(G)10 tail (SEQ ID NO: 46) and the molecule comprises of at least one chemical modification. The chemical modifications are in the form of sugar modification, nucleic acid base modification, and/or phosphate backbone modification. The catalytic DNA molecule inhibits JEV replication in vitro in cultured cells and in vivo in the mouse brain. The present invention also relates to the method of treatment of Japanese encephalitis comprising the steps of introducing the catalytic DNA molecule or DNAzyme into the infected cells under conditions suitable for cleavage and reduction of viral titres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sudhanshu Vrati, Mohan Babu Appaiahgari
  • Publication number: 20080220538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody having specificity for a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No:2 or an isoform thereof or a polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO:2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY
    Inventor: Anil Kumar Suri
  • Publication number: 20070264652
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for detection of a sequence in a given sample, comprising the steps of isolating the target sequence from the given sample, providing a first and second probe comprising an oligo-nucleotide sequences complementary to respective ends of the target sequences and conjugated to a micro particle, contacting the probe with the target sequence under conditions to allow hybridization of the probes with the target sequence, exposing the target sequence to a reducing agent until appearance of a distinctive colour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY
    Inventors: Pramod Upadhyay, Sangeeta Bhaskar
  • Patent number: 7189811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the solubilization and recovery in high yield, of inclusion body proteins from host cells using an appropriate denaturating agent. The process avoids the use of high concentration of chaotropic agents such as guanidine hydrochloride or urea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: National Institute of Immunology
    Inventors: Amulya Kumar Panda, Mohammed Gulebahar Sheikh, Addala Naga Sai Eshwari, Lalit Chander Garg