Abstract: The disclosure provides binding proteins that bind CD38 polypeptides, e.g., human and cynomolgus monkey CD38 polypeptides. For example, the binding proteins can be monospecific, bispecific, or trispecific binding proteins with at least one antigen binding domain that binds a CD38 polypeptide. The disclosure also provides methods for making binding proteins that bind CD38 polypeptides and uses of such binding proteins.
Abstract: Methods for diagnosing or treating immune disorders in a subject are provided. The methods are based on the detection or modulation of Refractory state Inducing Factor (RIF).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 22, 2014
Date of Patent:
June 21, 2022
Assignee:
INSTITUT PASTEUR
Inventors:
Jacques Theze, Thierry Rose, Florence Bugault
Abstract: Provided herein are cross-reactive antibodies (or antigen binding fragments thereof) that bind to human CTLA4, activatable antibodies that bind to human CTLA4, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of their therapeutic use (e.g., for treatment of cancer).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 1, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 14, 2022
Assignee:
ADAGENE INC.
Inventors:
Peter Peizhi Luo, Fangyong Du, Zhongzong Pan, Guizhong Liu
Abstract: The present invention provides Claudin-6-specific immunoreceptors (T cell receptors and artificial T cell receptors (chimeric antigen receptors; CARs)) and T cell epitopes which are useful for immunotherapy.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 18, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 31, 2022
Assignees:
BioNTech Cell & Gene Therapies GmbH, TRON-Translationale Onkologie An Der Universitatsmedzin Der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz, Ganymed Pharmaceuticals AG
Inventors:
Ugur Sahin, Özlem Türeci, Petra Simon, Tana Omokoko, Holger Hoff, Ralf-Holger Voss, Andrea Breitkreuz, Kathleen Hobohm, Karolina Anna Mroz
Abstract: This invention relates to NPC-1 antigen on the MUC5AC protein and 16C3 antigen on CEACAM5 and CEACAM6 proteins, and 31.1 epitope on the A33 protein are differentially expressed in cancers including, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreas cancer, breast cancer, and colon cancer, and diagnostic and therapeutic usages. Further, NPC-1, 16C3, and/or 31.1 epitope specific antibodies and diagnostic and therapeutic methods of use.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 30, 2018
Date of Patent:
May 31, 2022
Assignee:
PRECISION BIOLOGICS, INC.
Inventors:
Xiulian Du, Janos Luka, Lewis Joe Stafford, Mark Semenuk, Xue-Ping Wang, Judith Kantor, Andrew Bristol
Abstract: A method of treating a patient who has hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), colorectal carcinoma (CRC), glioblastoma (GB), gastric cancer (GC), esophageal cancer, NSCLC, pancreatic cancer (PC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC), benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer (PCA), ovarian cancer (OC), melanoma, breast cancer (BRCA), CLL, Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), SCLC, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), AML, gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma (GBC, CCC), urinary bladder cancer (UBC), and uterine cancer (UEC) includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 1, 2021
Date of Patent:
May 17, 2022
Assignee:
IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Inventors:
Andrea Mahr, Toni Weinschenk, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Harpreet Singh, Lea Stevermann
Abstract: Autophagy is the principal catabolic response to nutrient starvation. However, excessive autophagy can be cytotoxic or cytostatic, and contribute to cell death, but its mechanism of induction remains elusive. Here, it was demonstrated that prolonged arginine starvation by ADI-PEG20 induced an autophagy-dependent death of argininosuccinate synthetase 1 (ASS1)-deficient breast cancer cells. Consequently, arginine depleting agents such as ADI-PEG20 may be used in methods for killing one or more argininosuccinate synthetase 1 (ASS1)-deficient breast cancer cells. Further, abundance of ASS1 was either low or absent in more than 60% of 149 random breast cancer biosamples, which could be exploited as candidates for arginine starvation therapy.
Abstract: Provided herein are methods, kits, and compositions for stratifying and treating subjects, e.g., subjects having cancer. In some examples, the methods involve use of a radiolabelled heavy chain variable domain derived from a heavy chain antibody (VHH), or a functional fragment thereof, as both a screening agent and a treatment agent. In some examples, the VHH, or a functional fragment thereof, that is radiolabelled with a radioisotope that is both a ?-emitter and ?-emitter.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 15, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 12, 2022
Assignee:
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL
Inventors:
Tony Lahoutte, Matthias D'Huyvetter, Jens De Vos, Nick Devoogdt
Abstract: The present invention relates to a vaccine composition comprising cyclic peptides of the present invention, antibodies to cyclic peptides, or an anticancer composition comprising them, and the vaccine composition of the present invention exhibit an inhibitory activity for metastasis of cancer. In addition, the antibodies of the present invention bind to the tumor-specific antigen TM4SF5 with high affinity, and significantly inhibit the growth, metastasis and invasion of cancer cells expressing the tumor-specific antigen TM4SF5, and thus can be used for diagnosis, prevention or treatment of various cancers expressing TM4SF5.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 11, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 5, 2022
Assignee:
INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION HALLYM UNIVERSITY
Abstract: Disclosed are a CH3 domain variant pair of an antibody, a method for preparing same, and a use thereof. A mutation is induced in the CH3 domain so as to improve a yield of forming a heterodimer heavy chain constant region of an antibody. The CH3 domain heterodimer forms a heterodimer heavy chain constant region with a high efficiency of 90 to 95% or more and also has outstanding heat stability. A heterodimer heavy chain constant region including the CH3 domain heterodimer can construct a bispecific monoclonal antibody which simultaneously recognizes two kinds of antigens. The CH3 domain heterodimer and the bispecific antibody or fusion protein of an antibody constant region comprising same can be usefully applied to the treatment or prevention of a disease associated with a target antigen or a target protein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 3, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 29, 2022
Assignee:
Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
Inventors:
Yong Sung Kim, Hye Ji Choi, Eun Sil Sung
Abstract: Mesothelioma growth inhibitory effect of standard cisplatin-pemetrexed concomitant therapy is potentiated by combination with an anti-CD26 antibody. A high therapeutic effect and excellent safety is obtained by the concomitant use of an anti-CD26 antibody and gemcitabine. By conjugating an anti-CD26 antibody (YS110) with triptolide via a divalent cross-linking agent for concomitant therapy using the anti-CD26 antibody, a novel antibody-drug conjugate (Y-TR1) very highly effective for CD26-positive malignant mesothelioma cells has been successfully obtained.
Abstract: The present invention relates, in part, to, chimeric proteins which include the extracellular domain of colony stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) and their use in the treatment of diseases, such as immunotherapies for cancer and/or an inflammatory disease.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 6, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 8, 2022
Assignee:
Shattuck Labs, Inc.
Inventors:
Taylor Schreiber, George Fromm, Suresh De Silva
Abstract: Provided are anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antibodies, aglycosylated CDR-H2 anti-EGFR antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof. Also provided are isolated nucleic acid molecules that encode the anti-EGFR antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof, related expression vectors, and host cells. Provided are methods of making anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antibodies, aglycosylated CDR-H2 anti-EGFR antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof. Also provided are related pharmaceutical compositions and methods of their use to treat subjects.
Abstract: The present application relates to vaccine compositions comprising an amphipathic compound, a neoantigen and a hydrophobic carrier. Further described are methods and use of the vaccine composition for inducing an antibody immune response and/or a cell-mediated immune response to the neoantigen, as well as methods and uses of the vaccine compositions in the treatment of cancer.
Abstract: Provided are bispecific and multi-specific antibodies that target both claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2) and 4-1BB. These antibodies, in the absence of CLDN18.2-expressing cells, can bind to 4-1BB but are unable to activate 4-1BB signaling. In the presence of CLDN18.2-expressing cells, however, these antibodies can trigger CLDN18.2-dependent 4-1BB signaling, leading to potent immune response to the CLDN18.2-expressing tumor cells.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 12, 2020
Date of Patent:
March 1, 2022
Assignees:
I-Mab Biopharma US Limited, ABL Bio Inc.
Inventors:
Wenqing Jiang, Lei Fang, Zhengyi Wang, Bingshi Guo, Eunyoung Park, Eunsil Sung, Byungje Sung
Abstract: The present disclosure provides antibodies (e.g., humanized antibodies) that specifically bind to Mer Tyrosine Kinase (MERTK; e.g., human MERTK) and compositions comprising such antibodies. The present disclosure also provides antibody-drug conjugates comprising (i) an anti-MERTK antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof described herein that specifically binds to MERTK (e.g., human MERTK), and (ii) cytotoxic agents conjugated directly to the antibodies or conjugated to the antibodies via linkers, and compositions comprising such antibody-drug conjugates. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating cancer, comprising administering to a human subject in need thereof (a) an anti-MERTK antibody that specifically binds to MERTK (e.g., human MERTK) or an antigen-binding fragment thereof described herein, or (b) an antibody-drug conjugate that comprises (i) an anti-MERTK antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to MERTK (e.g.
Abstract: The present invention encompasses the discovery that the likelihood of a favorable response to cancer immunotherapy for a wide range of different cancers can be predicted through definition of a tumor mutational load threshold for the tumor (and/or the relevant immunotherapy).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 25, 2018
Date of Patent:
January 25, 2022
Assignee:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Inventors:
Timothy A. Chan, Diego Chowell Puente, Robert M. Samstein, Luc Morris
Abstract: The present disclosure describes a pharmaceutical combination of an anti-CD19 antibody and a phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and/or acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 18, 2016
Date of Patent:
January 18, 2022
Assignee:
MORPHOSYS AG
Inventors:
Jan Endell, Mark Winderlich, Rainer Boxhammer
Abstract: The subject matter described herein is directed to methods of modifying the micro-environment of a target cell or The methods comprise systemically administering to a subject a composition comprising a vector, wherein the vector comprises a construct for the expression of a trap in the target cell, wherein the trap is expressed in the target cell thereby modifiying the micro-environment. Also described herein are methods of reducing metastasis of a cancer comprising, systemically administering to a subject suffering from the cancer, a composition comprising a vector, wherein the vector comprises a construct for the expression of a trap, wherein the trap is delivered to and then expressed in tissue susceptible to metastasis, wherein metastasis of the cancer to the tissue is reduced. Compositions for carrying out the methods are also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 15, 2016
Date of Patent:
January 11, 2022
Assignee:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Inventors:
Leaf Huang, Tyler Goodwin, Rihe Liu, Lei Miao