Patents Assigned to The Wistar Institute
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Patent number: 10828363Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising two or more DNA plasmids encoding consensus and transmitted founder HIV envelope glycoproteins which expressed and induce a potent immune response.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignees: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGYInventors: David Weiner, Megan Wise
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Patent number: 10822619Abstract: This disclosure provides replication-incompetent adenoviral vectors useful in vaccine development and gene therapy. The disclosed vectors comprise a selective deletion of E3 and are particularly useful for preparation of vaccines development and for gene therapy using toxic transgene products that result in vector instability that occurs when the entire E3 domain is deleted.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: The Wistar InstituteInventors: Hildegund C. J. Ertl, Xiang Yang Zhou
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Patent number: 10745761Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for high risk screening, diagnosis, prognosis, and surveillance of lung cancer. Accordingly, in one aspect, the invention provides a method for diagnosing or evaluating whether a subject has, or is at risk of having, lung cancer such as NSCLS. The method comprises obtaining a first expression level of the AKAP4 gene of a population of cells from the blood of a test subject; and comparing the first expression level with a first predetermined reference value. A difference between the first expression level and first predetermined reference value correlates with a diagnosis or evaluation of a lung cancer.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: Valley Health System, The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and BiologyInventors: Kiranmai Gumireddy, Qihong Huang, Louise C. Showe, Ganepola A Ganepola
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Patent number: 10640810Abstract: Provided herein are methods of detecting a target nucleic acid sequence. In one embodiment, the method includes contacting genomic DNA with a guide RNA having a portion complementary to the target sequence in the genomic DNA and with Cas9 nickase to produce a single-strand break in the genomic DNA at a specific location adjacent to the target sequence. The method further includes contacting the nicked DNA with a polymerase and fluorescently labeled nucleotide. The fluorescently labeled nucleotide is incorporated into the nicked DNA at the specific location and the target nucleic acid sequence is detected via fluorescent label.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignees: Drexel University, The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Temple UniversityInventors: Ming Xiao, Harold C. Riethman, Wenhui Hu, Jennifer McCaffrey
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Publication number: 20200123613Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for diagnosing lung cancer in a mammalian subject by use of 10 or more selected genes, e.g., a gene expression profile, from the blood of the subject which is characteristic of disease. The gene expression profile includes 10 or more genes of Table I or Table II herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2017Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and BiologyInventors: Michael SHOWE, Louise C. SHOWE, Andrei V. KOSSENKOV
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Patent number: 10442763Abstract: The present invention provides EBNA1 inhibitors, and/or pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, that are useful for the treatment of diseases caused by EBNA1 activity, such as, but not limited to, cancer, infectious mononucleosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus and/or rheumatoid arthritis. The present invention further provides EBNA1 inhibitors, and/or pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, that are useful for the treatment of diseases caused by latent Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infection and/or lytic EBV infection.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGYInventors: Troy E. Messick, Garry R. Smith, Allen B. Reitz, Paul M. Lieberman, Mark E. McDonnell, Yan Zhang, Marianne Carlsen, Shuai Chen
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Publication number: 20190298751Abstract: The present disclosure provide for methods of using 6-thio-2?-deoxyguanosine (6-thio-dG) to treat telomerase-positive cancers that exhibit (a) one or more TERT promoter mutations, and/or (b) enriched telomere transcriptional signature(s). In particular, melanomas, including those who are not sensitive or have become resistant to immune checkpoint inhibition and/or MAPKi therapy are targets for this therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicants: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and BiologyInventors: Jerry W. SHAY, Gao ZHANG
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Patent number: 10421718Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprise EBNA1 inhibitors useful for the treatment of diseases caused by EBNA1 activity such as cancer, infectious mononucleosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention also comprise EBNA1 inhibitors useful for the treatment of diseases caused by latent Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infection. Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention also comprise EBNA1 inhibitors useful for the treatment of diseases caused by lytic Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infection.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGYInventors: Troy E. Messick, Garry R. Smith, Allen B. Reitz, Paul M. Lieberman, Mark E. McDonnell, Yan Zhang, Venkata Velvadapu
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Patent number: 10407696Abstract: This disclosure provides replication-incompetent adenoviral vectors useful in vaccine development and gene therapy. The disclosed vectors comprise a selective deletion of E3 and are particularly useful for preparation of vaccines development and for gene therapy using toxic transgene products that result in vector instability that occurs when the entire E3 domain is deleted.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: The Wistar InstituteInventors: Hildegund C. J. Ertl, Xiang Yang Zhou
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Patent number: 10351851Abstract: Compositions, e.g., therapeutic agents, and methods are provided for modulating gene and protein expression of Forkhead Box protein 1 (Foxp1). The therapeutic agents include short nucleic acid molecules that modulate gene and protein expression of Forkhead Box protein 1 (Foxp1) expression, viral vectors containing such molecules, T cells transduced with these viruses for adoptive therapies, and any small molecules that bind to and inactivate Foxp1. These compounds and methods have applications in cancer therapy either alone or in combination with other therapies that stimulate the endogenous immune system in the environment of the cancer, e.g., tumor.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and BiologyInventors: Hui Hu, Jose R. Conejo-Garcia, Tom-Li Stephen
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Patent number: 10338076Abstract: A diagnostic reagent or device comprises at least one ligand capable of specifically complexing with, binding to, or quantitatively detecting or identifying the biomarker chloride intracellular channel protein 4 (CLIC4) or an isoform, pro-form, modified molecular form including posttranslational modification, or unique peptide fragment or nucleic acid fragment thereof. An alternative diagnostic reagent or device comprises ligand or ligands capable of specifically complexing with, binding to, or quantitatively detecting or identifying multiple tropomyosin biomarkers. Optionally, such reagent or device includes a signaling molecule and/or a substrate on which the ligand is immobilized. Other reagents and methods of diagnosing ovarian cancer include use of CLIC4 ligands and/or multiple tropomyosin ligands with an additional ovarian cancer biomarker. For example, CLIC4 combined with one or more of CLIC1 and/or one or multiple members of the tropomyosin family, e.g.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and BiologyInventors: David W. Speicher, Hsin Yao Tang, Lynn A. Beer
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Patent number: 10329355Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer in a human. The invention relates to targeting the stromal cell population in a tumor microenvironment. For example, in one embodiment, the invention provides a composition that is targeted to fibroblast activation protein (FAP). The invention includes a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) which comprises an anti-FAP domain, a transmembrane domain, and a CD3zeta signaling domain.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignees: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and BiologyInventors: Carl H. June, Ellen Pure, Liang-Chuan Wang, Steven Albelda, John Scholler
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Patent number: 10328146Abstract: Chimeric protein constructs including a herpesvirus glycoprotein D (gD) and a heterologous polypeptide that interact with herpes virus entry mediator (HVEM) and enhance and enhance an immune response against the heterologous polypeptide and methods for their use are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGYInventors: Hildegund C. J. Ertl, Marcio O. Lasaro, Luis C. S. Ferreira
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Publication number: 20190177799Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for high risk screening, diagnosis, prognosis, and surveillance of lung cancer. Accordingly, in one aspect, the invention provides a method for diagnosing or evaluating whether a subject has, or is at risk of having, lung cancer such as NSCLS. The method comprises obtaining a first expression level of the AKAP4 gene of a population of cells from the blood of a test subject; and comparing the first expression level with a first predetermined reference value. A difference between the first expression level and first predetermined reference value correlates with a diagnosis or evaluation of a lung cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2015Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicants: Valley Health System, The Wistar InstituteInventors: Kiranmai Gumireddy, Qihong Huang, Louise C. Showe, Ganepola A. Ganepola
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Publication number: 20190177411Abstract: Therapeutic treatments of a tumor expressing pT346 PDK1, including glioma expressing pT346 PDK1, are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and BiologyInventor: Dario C. Altieri
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Publication number: 20190167813Abstract: The invention includes compositions and methods of generating a chimpanzee-derived adenovirus AdC6 or AdC7 vector vaccine comprising a deletion of E1, a deletion of E3 ORF3, ORF4, ORF5, ORF6, and ORF7 and a sequence encoding HIV protein gp140, gp160 or Gag, methods of treating and/or preventing or immunizing against HIV and methods of inducing an effector T cell, memory T cell and B cell immune response in a mammal administered the composition produced thereby. Furthermore, the invention encompasses a pharmaceutical composition for vaccinating a mammal as well as a protein expression system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGYInventors: Hildegund C.J. ERTL, Xiang Yang ZHOU
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Patent number: 10307406Abstract: In an effort to discover therapies for treating diseases caused by EBV, a novel screening assay for identifying compounds that reactivate EBV latent infection and a family of small molecules based on a tetrahydrocarboline backbone were discovered. Specifically, the compounds have the structure of the formula (I), wherein R1-R11 are defined herein and activate/reactivate EBV in a variety of cell types in a patient and are, therefore, useful in preventing or treating EBV-positive cancer, optionally with an anti-viral agent. In screening these compounds, novel compositions, EBV-positive cell lines, and methods are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignees: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Drexel UniversityInventors: Paul M. Lieberman, Nadezhda Tikhmyanova-Eckert, Joseph M. Salvino
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Patent number: 10307415Abstract: Methods and compositions are described for enhancing tissue regeneration or wound repair in a mammalian subject comprising a composition comprising (a) a proline hydroxylase inhibitor component or molecule that increases or upregulates HIF1a and (b) a carrier component comprising a hydrogel.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignees: Northwestern University, The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and BiologyInventors: Phillip B. Messersmith, Iossif A. Strehin, Ellen Heber-Katz
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Publication number: 20190134025Abstract: In some embodiments, therapeutic treatments for a disease such as a cancer are disclosed, including pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using pharmaceutical compositions for treating the cancer wherein the cancer cells overexpress arginine methyltransferase CARM1. In some embodiments, the therapeutic treatments disclosed include methods comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective dose of an enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) inhibitor to a subject, including a human subject, wherein the cancer cells of the subject overexpress arginine methyltransferase CARM1. In some embodiments, the EZH2 inhibitors are administered in conjunction with platinum-based antineoplastic drugs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and BiologyInventors: Rugang Zhang, Sergey Karakashev
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Patent number: 10259855Abstract: A nucleic acid sequence is provided that encodes a chimeric protein comprising a ligand that comprises a naturally occurring or modified follicle stimulating hormone sequence, e.g., an FSHp sequence, or fragment thereof, which ligand binds to human follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) receptor, linked to either (a) a nucleic acid sequence that encodes an extracellular hinge domain, a transmembrane domain, a co-stimulatory signaling region, and a signaling endodomain; or (b) a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a ligand that binds to NKG2D. The vector containing the nucleic acid sequence, the chimeric proteins so encoded, and modified T cells expressing the chimeric protein, as well as method of using these compositions for the treatment of FSHR-expressing cancers or tumor cells are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGYInventors: Alfredo Perales-Puchalt, Jose R. Conejo-Garcia