Abstract: The present invention is directed to bladder cancer specific ligand peptides, comprising the amino acid sequence X1DGRX5GF (SEQ ID NO: 1), and methods of their use, e.g., for imaging detection for diagnosis of bladder, tumor localization to guide transurethral resection of bladder cancer, imaging detection of bladder cancer for follow-up after the initial treatment that can replace or complement costly cystoscopy, imaging detection of metastatic bladder cancer, and targeted therapy for superficial and metastatic bladder cancer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 7, 2017
Date of Patent:
July 2, 2019
Assignees:
The Regents ot the Univershy of California, The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs (Washington DC)
Inventors:
Chong-Xian Pan, Hongyong Zhang, Kit S. Lam, Olulanu H. Aina
Abstract: The disclosure provides methods for resolving an inconclusive cytological assessment of clinically relevant cells in a sample obtained from a patient based on the cytological detection of antibody binding to telomerase in clinically relevant cells in the sample, wherein binding of the antibody to clinically relevant cells indicates the presence of malignant or cancerous cells.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 17, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 2, 2019
Assignee:
Sienna Cancer Diagnostics Ltd
Inventors:
Minesh Lalla, Fabio Turatti, Sharyn Wilson
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for diagnosis of cancer and for monitoring the progression of cancer and/or the therapeutic efficacy of an anti-cancer treatment in a sample of a subject by detecting oncogenic proteins in microvesicles, and to the use of an agent blocking exchange of microvesicles for treating cancer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 29, 2015
Date of Patent:
June 11, 2019
Assignees:
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITY, THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN
Inventors:
Janusz Rak, Khalid Al-Nedawi, Brian Meehan, Abhijit Guha
Abstract: The invention relates to identifying tumor-associated genetic products and encoding nucleic acids thereof. A therapy and diagnosis of diseases in which the tumor-associated genetic products are aberrantly expressed, proteins, polypeptides and peptides which are expressed in association with tumor and the encoding nucleic acids for said proteins, polypeptides and peptides are also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 7, 2016
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2019
Assignee:
BIONTECH AG
Inventors:
Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Michael Koslowski, Gerd Helftenbein, Dirk Usener, Volker Schluter
Abstract: The compositions described herein include an epitope of a peptide that may elicit an immune response in a subject following administration. The compositions may comprise nucleic acids. The compositions may comprise peptides. The methods described herein include administering a composition comprising an epitope of a peptide to a subject in need thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 27, 2015
Date of Patent:
May 21, 2019
Assignee:
University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization
Inventors:
Mary L. Disis, Denise Cecil, Meredith Slota
Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 27, 2018
Date of Patent:
May 21, 2019
Assignee:
IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Inventors:
Andrea Mahr, Toni Weinschenk, Colette Song, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Harpreet Singh
Abstract: Methods for selecting whether to administer an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject include steps of measuring the expression levels of one or more biomarkers selected from Table 2 or Table 3 in a sample from the subject; assessing from the expression levels of the one or more biomarkers whether the sample from the subject is positive or negative for a biomarker signature, wherein if the sample is positive for the biomarker signature an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent is contraindicated. Related prognostic methods and treatment methods are also provided. The invention is particularly applicable in ovarian and colorectal cancers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 9, 2015
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2019
Assignee:
Almac Diagnostics Limited
Inventors:
Denis Paul Harkin, Richard Kennedy, Katherine E. Keating, Andrena McCavigan, Laura A. Hill, Steve Deharo, Timothy Davison, Fionnuala Patterson, Sinead Donegan, Gera Jellema, Charlie Gourley
Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 20, 2018
Date of Patent:
April 30, 2019
Assignee:
IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Inventors:
Andrea Mahr, Toni Weinschenk, Colette Song, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Harpreet Singh
Abstract: Materials and methods for treating cancer especially in patients identified as having elevated levels of Bim are disclosed. Specifically, the disclosure provides a method for treating a mammal having cancer, the method comprises: (a) identifying said mammal as containing an elevated level of Bim, and (b) administering to said mammal an anti-B7-H1 antibody, an anti-PD-1 antibody, an anti-CD80 antibody, or a fusion protein comprising a portion of PD1 or a portion of CD80, under conditions wherein the interaction of naturally occurring B7-H1 with PD-1 or CD80 in said mammal is reduced after said administering.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 3, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2019
Assignee:
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
Inventors:
Haidong Dong, Susan M. Harrington, Eugene D. Kwon, Christopher J. Krco, Xin Liu
Abstract: Anti-TIM-3 antibodies are disclosed, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such antibodies, and uses and methods using the same, such as in the treatment of cancer, infectious diseases, or T-cell dysfunctional disorders. Bispecific antibodies against TIM-3 and other targets are also disclosed, with preferred embodiment of a bispecific antibody against TIM-3 and CD3.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 27, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2019
Assignee:
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Abstract: The present invention provides a mutated antibody of the fully humanized HER2 antibody GB235-019, wherein the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain variable region and the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region of the mutated antibody are respectively SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 2; SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 2; or SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 2. The mutated antibody has the ability to specifically bind to human HER2 antigen, similar to the GB235-019 antibody. They can also be used in combination with additional HER2 positive tumor therapeutic agents for treating HER2 positive tumor, weakly positive tumor or negative tumor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 8, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 9, 2019
Assignee:
Genor Biopharma Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Qing Zhou, Mengjun Shu, Zhuzi He, Jun Lin
Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody preparation comprising modified antibodies of an animal or derivatives or fragments thereof, specific for an antigen, characterized in that the antibodies or derivatives or fragments thereof comprise an N-glycan structure free of fucose and xylose, and at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, more preferred at least 99%, most preferred at least 100% of the modified antibodies, derivatives or fragments thereof lack a C-terminal lysine residue.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 28, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 9, 2019
Assignee:
GREENOVATION BIOTECH GMBH
Inventors:
Manfred Schuster, Ralf Kircheis, Andreas Nechansky, Wolfgang Jost, Gilbert Gorr
Abstract: Provided is an antibody that recognizes and binds to carbonic anhydrase or antigen-binding fragment, a nucleic acid molecule coding for the antibody or antigen-binding fragment, a vector carrying the nucleic acid molecule, a host cell including the nucleic acid molecule or the vector, and use of the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof in the alleviation, prevention, treatment or diagnosis of solid cancers.
Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 15, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 26, 2019
Assignee:
IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Inventors:
Andrea Mahr, Toni Weinschenk, Colette Song, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Harpreet Singh
Abstract: A method of inducing a specific immune response in a mammal, comprising: providing a first composition comprising isolated ubiquitinylated proteins in solution in the absence of membrane bound organelles, the isolated ubiquitinylated proteins comprising one or more specific antigens, and further comprising a threshold quantity of polyubiquitinylated short-lived proteins and polyubiquitinylated defective ribosomal products. The isolated ubiquitinylated proteins are affinity-purified from tumor-derived cells grown in culture, the tumor-derived cells being inhibited from degrading ubiquitinylated proteins via the proteasome while being grown in culture. In this way, highly immunogenic short-lived proteins and defective ribosomal products may be loaded onto dendritic cells for cross-presentation and priming of antigen-specific T cells restricted by either classical or non-classical MHC.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 10, 2014
Date of Patent:
March 12, 2019
Assignees:
UbiVac, LLC, Providence Health & Science—Oregon
Inventors:
Christopher Twitty, Erik LeShane, Bernard Fox, Hong-Ming Hu, Guangjie Yu
Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 14, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2019
Assignee:
INMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Inventors:
Andrea Mahr, Toni Weinschenk, Colette Song, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Harpreet Singh
Abstract: The application provides methods of detection, diagnosis, prognosis, prophylaxis and treatment of folate receptor-alpha-expressing gastric cancer using antibodies that specifically bind to folate receptor alpha.