Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for making and using engineered killer phagocytic cells for immunotherapy in cancer or infection by expressing a chimeric antigen receptor having an enhanced phagocytic activity, the chimeric receptor is encoded by a recombinant nucleic acid.
Abstract: The present invention provides a universal, yet adaptable, anti-tag chimeric antigen receptor (AT-CAR) system which provides T cells with the ability and specificity to recognize and kill target cells, such as tumor cells, that have been marked by tagged antibodies. As an example, ?FITC-CAR-expressing T cells have been developed that specifically recognize various human cancer cells when those cells are bound by cancer-reactive FITC-labeled antibodies. The activation of ?FITC-CAR-expressing T cells is shown to induce efficient target lysis, T cell proliferation, and cytokine/chemokine production. The system can be used to treating subjects having cancer.
Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to obtain two types of substantively homogeneous cancer stem cell populations which can be characterized using the cell surface marker Lgr5, and to provide cancer therapeutics using an antibody against a cell membrane molecule specifically expressed in these cancer stem cells by identifying said cell membrane molecule. A further objective is to provide, using an antibody against a cell membrane molecule specifically expressed in cancer stem cells, a reagent for detecting cancer stem cells, and a method for diagnosing and sorting cancer patients. The present inventors discovered that highly pure large intestine cancer stem cells (CSC) can be obtained in a large quantity, and identified the two types of conditions of large intestine CSCs distinguishable through Lgr5 expression. Moreover, the present inventors discovered that an antibody against a cell membrane molecule specifically expressed in said cancer stem cells can damage said cells.
Abstract: The invention described herein relates to therapeutic dosing regimens and combinations thereof for use in enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of anti-CS1 antibodies in combination with one or more immunotherapeutic agents.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 28, 2016
Date of Patent:
February 23, 2021
Assignee:
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
Inventors:
Christopher Lee Mulligan, Justin Blake Bartlett, Michael Darron Robbins
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, in particular myeloma. 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 16, 2020
Date of Patent:
February 16, 2021
Assignee:
IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Inventors:
Hans-Georg Rammensee, Juliane Walz, Daniel Johannes Kowalewski, Stefan Stevanovic, Simon Walz
Abstract: Anti-PD-1 antibodies and uses thereof in treating diseases associated with the PD-1 signaling, such as cancer, infectious diseases such as viral infection or immune related diseases.
Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an antibody against podocalyxin expressed specifically in cancer cells. The method includes a step of introducing a nucleic acid encoding all or a portion of podocalyxin into cells expressing a cancer cell-specific sugar chain structure to cause cancer cell-specific podocalyxin or a portion thereof to be expressed therein, a step of immunizing a non-human mammal with the cancer cell-specific podocalyxin or portion thereof to obtain antibodies, and a step of purifying the antibodies by primary screening using purified cancer cell-specific podocalyxin or a portion thereof.
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, in particular myeloma. 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 16, 2020
Date of Patent:
February 2, 2021
Assignee:
Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH
Inventors:
Hans-Georg Rammensee, Juliane Walz, Daniel Johannes Kowalewski, Stefan Stevanovic, Simon Walz
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 17, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 26, 2021
Assignee:
IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Inventors:
Andrea Mahr, Toni Weinschenk, Valentina Goldfinger, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Harpreet Singh
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, in particular myeloma. 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 16, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 26, 2021
Assignee:
IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Inventors:
Hans-Georg Rammensee, Juliane Walz, Daniel Johannes Kowalewski, Stefan Stevanovic, Simon Walz
Abstract: The invention provides an isolated and purified nucleic acid sequence encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) directed against B-cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA). The invention also provides host cells, such as T-cells or natural killer (NK) cells, expressing the CAR and methods for destroying multiple myeloma cells.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 14, 2019
Date of Patent:
January 26, 2021
Assignee:
The United States of Americans, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for treating cancer, more specifically to methods and compositions comprising a Topoisomerase I inhibitor and an ?-PD-L1 antibody.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 16, 2016
Date of Patent:
January 19, 2021
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
Inventors:
Patrick Hwu, Jodi A. McKenzie, Rina M. Mbofung, Rodabe Amaria
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, in particular myeloma. 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:
May 29, 2019
Date of Patent:
January 12, 2021
Assignee:
IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Inventors:
Hans-Georg Rammensee, Juliane Stickel, Daniel Johannes Kowalewski, Stefan Stevanovic, Simon Walz
Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of use of cupredoxins, and variants, derivatives and structural equivalents of cupredoxins that interfere with the ephrin signaling system in mammalian cells. Specifically, the invention relates to compositions and methods that use cupredoxins, such as azurin, rusticyanin and plastocyanin, and variants, derivatives and structural equivalents thereof, to treat cancer in mammals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 26, 2018
Date of Patent:
January 12, 2021
Assignee:
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Abstract: The present invention pertains to antigen recognizing constructs against tumor associated antigens (MAGEA1). The invention in particular provides novel T cell receptor (TCR) based molecules which are selective and specific for the tumor expressed antigen of the invention. The TCR of the invention, and TAA binding fragments derived therefrom, are of use for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TAA expressing cancerous diseases. Further provided are nucleic acids encoding the antigen recognizing constructs of the invention, vectors comprising these nucleic acids, recombinant cells expressing the antigen recognizing constructs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 7, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 29, 2020
Assignee:
IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Inventors:
Leonie Alten, Sebastian Bunk, Dominik Maurer, Claudia Wagner
Abstract: The invention provides an isolated and purified nucleic acid sequence encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) directed against B-cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA). The invention also provides host cells, such as T-cells or natural killer (NK) cells, expressing the CAR and methods for destroying multiple myeloma cells.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 14, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 29, 2020
Assignee:
The United States of America,as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Abstract: Provided is an antigen fused with a porcine Fc fragment, a vaccine composition having a self-adjuvanting effect by binding an Fc fragment to various antigens, and a method of producing the antigen.
Abstract: The invention provides an isolated and purified nucleic acid sequence encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) directed against B-cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA). The invention also provides host cells, such as T-cells or natural killer (NK) cells, expressing the CAR and methods for destroying multiple myeloma cells.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 14, 2019
Date of Patent:
November 24, 2020
Assignee:
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Abstract: The invention provides an isolated and purified nucleic acid sequence encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) directed against B-cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA). The invention also provides host cells, such as T-cells or natural killer (NK) cells, expressing the CAR and methods for destroying multiple myeloma cells.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 15, 2019
Date of Patent:
November 17, 2020
Assignee:
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Abstract: The invention provides an isolated and purified nucleic acid sequence encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) directed against B-cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA). The invention also provides host cells, such as T-cells or natural killer (NK) cells, expressing the CAR and methods for destroying multiple myeloma cells.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 15, 2019
Date of Patent:
November 10, 2020
Assignee:
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services