Abstract: The disclosure provides methods of treating inflammation without inducing immune suppression. The method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of an IL-6 antagonist at a dose sufficient to reduce inflammation without causing immune suppression.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for reducing the activity or number of memory Th17 cells in ocular tissue, and for treatment and/or prevention of ocular immunoinflammatory diseases are described.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide shaped masses comprising one or more drugs such as proteins or polypeptides and methods for forming such shaped masses. One embodiment provides a shaped mass comprising a drug such as a protein or polypeptide having a biological activity in the body of a mammal. The shaped mass is formed by compression of a precursor material comprising the drug wherein an amount of biologically active drug in the mass is a preserved above a minimum level. Drugs which may be incorporated into the shaped mass may include one or more glucose regulating proteins such as insulin, incretins; and immunoglobulins such as TNF-inhibiting antibodies or interleukin neutralizing antibodies. Embodiments of the shaped mass may be incorporated into a tissue penetrating member which is inserted into the intestinal wall allowing for the oral delivery of proteins and peptides which would otherwise be degraded in the intestinal tract.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide shaped masses comprising one or more drugs such as proteins or polypeptides and methods for forming such shaped masses. One embodiment provides a shaped mass comprising a drug such as a protein or polypeptide having a biological activity in the body of a mammal. The shaped mass is formed by compression of a precursor material comprising the drug wherein an amount of biologically active drug in the mass is a preserved above a minimum level. Drugs which may be incorporated into the shaped mass may include one or more glucose regulating proteins such as insulin, incretins; and immunoglobulins such as TNF-inhibiting antibodies or interleukin neutralizing antibodies. Embodiments of the shaped mass may be incorporated into a tissue penetrating member which is inserted into the intestinal wall allowing for the oral delivery of proteins and peptides which would otherwise be degraded in the intestinal tract.

Abstract: Methods for identifying and treating patients having cancer who are likely to respond to treatment with an anti-CD37 immunoconjugate (e.g., IMGN529) are provided.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for the treatment of degenerative retinal conditions. According to a general aspect, the present invention is directed to inflammatory mediators, preferably components or substrates of the NLRP3-inflammasome, for use in the treatment of degenerative retinal conditions involving drusen and anaphylatoxin-induced choroidal-neovascularisation. The invention is also directed to a method for the treatment of degenerative retinal conditions involving drusen and anaphylatoxin-induced choroidal-neovascularisation and to recombinant vectors and recombinant proteins for use in such methods. The present invention also provides a method for determining the risk of developing or monitoring the progression of diseases involving drusen and anaphylatoxin-induced choroidal neo-vascularisation.

Abstract: Recombinant proteins that comprise a bone morphogenic protein 2 backbone onto which was grafted a Müllerian-inhibiting substance type II receptor binding region of the Müllerian-inhibiting substance protein are provided. These proteins bind to this receptor on the surface of epithelial cancer cells, and induce apoptosis of such cells. These proteins are useful, for example, in the treatment of cancers such as ovarian, uterine, endometrial, fallopian tube, breast, prostate, and lung cancers.

Abstract: Provided herein is a formulation to pre-treat an organ prior to transplantation, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an immunosuppressive agent encapsulated in a micelle, liposome or polymeric nanoparticle that comprises on its surface a targeting moiety.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, and determination of treatment regimens in subjects suffering from or suspected of having a renal injury.

Abstract: The invention comprises a composition with means to inhibit the function of the inflammatory cytokine IL-17 and methods for using this composition to treat IL-17-mediated ocular inflammatory disorders. The invention also discloses devices for delivering this composition to the eye.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides antibodies that bind to human CD137 or antigen binding fragments thereof, nucleic acid encoding the same, therapeutic compositions thereof, and their use to enhance T-cell function to upregulate cell-mediated immune responses and for the treatment of T cell dysfunctional disorders, such as tumor immunity, and for the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for predicting the survival time of a patient suffering from a solid cancer comprising i) determining in a tumor sample obtained from the patient the gene expression level of at least 7 genes selected from the group consisting of CCR2, CD3D, CD3E, CD3G, CD8A, CXCL10, CXCL11, GZMA, GZMB, GZMK, GZMM, IL15, IRF1, PRF1, STAT1, CD69, ICOS, CXCR3, STAT4, CCL2, and TBX21, ii) comparing every expression level determined at step i) with their predetermined reference value and iii) providing a good prognosis when all expression levels determined at step i) are higher than their predetermined reference values, or providing a bad prognosis when all expression levels determined at step i) are lower than their predetermined reference values or providing an intermediate prognosis when at least one expression level determined value is higher than its predetermined value. The method is also particularly suitable for predicting the responsiveness of the patient to a treatment.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for identifying patients at risk of kidney injury. A risk score, which is a composite of a urinary concentration of IGFBP7 (insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7) and a urinary concentration of TIMP-2 (tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2), is determined obtained from the patient, and is used to manage patient treatment.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide methods for assessing the efficacy of a remote ischemic preconditioning procedure though the measurement of urinary TIMP-2 and IGFBP7 concentrations.

Abstract: Compositions and methods of using SerpinF2-binding molecules for preventing and/or reducing organ damage, functional disability or mortality in a patient at risk due to the activity of SerpinF2 and/or plasminogen activators on tissue injury. Also provided are compositions and methods of using SerpinF2-binding molecules for inhibiting hemorrhage, edema, and apoptosis. Methods for the preparation of medicaments for such methods of treatment and prevention are provided.

Abstract: Provided herein are novel compositions comprising anti-DEspR antibodies and fragments thereof derived from 6G8G7 and 7C5B2 anti-DEspR variant antibodies, including fully human, composite engineered human, humanized, monoclonal, and polyclonal anti-DEspR antibodies and fragments thereof, and methods of their use in a variety of therapeutic applications. The compositions comprising the anti-DEspR antibodies and fragments thereof described herein are useful in diagnostic and imaging methods, such as DEspR-targeted molecular imaging of angiogenesis, and for companion diagnostic and/or in vivo non-invasive imaging and/or assessments.

Abstract: The success of anti-tumor immune responses requires effector T cells to infiltrate solid tumors, a process guided by chemokines. Herein, we demonstrate that in vivo post-translational processing of chemokines by dipeptidylpeptidase 4 (DPP4, also known as CD26) limits lymphocyte migration to sites of inflammation and tumors. Inhibition of DPP4 enzymatic activity enhanced tumor rejection by preserving biologically active CXCL10, and increasing trafficking into the tumor by lymphocytes expressing the counter-receptor CXCR3. Furthermore, DPP4 inhibition improved adjuvant-based immunotherapy, adoptive T cell transfer and checkpoint blockade. These findings provide the first direct in vivo evidence for controlling lymphocyte trafficking through CXCL10 cleavage and support the use of DPP4 inhibitors for stabilizing the biologically active form of chemokines as a strategy to enhance tumor immunotherapy.

Abstract: Methods and compositions comprising hematopoietic growth factor proteins and/or protein analogs thereof and/or combinations thereof and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors to treat the acute and long term adverse effects of radiation exposure in subjects who have been or will be exposed to radiation are disclosed.

Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for inducing apoptosis in a cell expressing Bcl-2 and IP3R and their use in a method for treating neoplastic disorders in a subject.

Abstract: A bioreactor is provided which contains cells capable of producing cytokine inhibitors in response to cytokines, in a manner regulated by the local or systemic milieu of an individual patient and predicted by mechanistic computational simulations. The bioreactor transfers the cytokine inhibitors to a patient in need of control of the inflammation process as part of a disease or condition in the patient, such as sepsis, trauma, traumatic brain injury, or wound healing. Related methods also are provided.