Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating a subject by administering a combination of an activatable cytokine construct (ACC) and a PD-1/PD-L1 pathway inhibitor in which the ACC includes: a first monomer construct including an optional first peptide mask (PM1), an optional third cleavable moiety (CM3), a first mature cytokine protein (CP1), a first cleavable moiety (CM1), and a first dimerization domain (DD1), wherein the CM1 is positioned between the CP1 and the DD1; and a second monomer construct including an optional second peptide mask (PM2), an optional forth cleavable moiety (CM4), a second mature cytokine protein (CP2), a second cleavable moiety (CM2), and a second dimerization domain (DD2), wherein the CM2 is positioned between the CP2 and the DD2; wherein the DD1 and the DD2 bind to each other thereby forming a dimer of the first monomer construct and the second monomer construct; and where the ACC is characterized by a reduction in at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2 as compared to a control l

Abstract: Provided herein are activatable cytokine constructs that include: (a) a first monomer construct comprising a first mature cytokine protein (CP1), a first cleavable moiety (CM1), and a first dimerization domain (DD1), wherein the CM1 is positioned between the CPI and the DD1; and (b) a second monomer construct comprising a second mature cytokine protein (CP2), a second cleavable moiety (CM2), and a second dimerization domain (DD2), where the CM2 is positioned between the CP2 and the DD2, where: the CM1 and the CM2 function as a substrate for a protease; the DD1 and the DD2 bind each other, and where the ACC is characterized by a reduction in at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2 as compared to a control level of the at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2.

Abstract: Provided herein are activatable cytokine constructs that include: a first monomer construct comprising a first cytokine protein (CP1), a first cleavable moiety (CM1), and a first steric masking moiety (SMM1), wherein the CM1 is positioned between the CP1 and the SMM1; a second monomer construct comprising a second cytokine protein (CP2), a second cleavable moiety (CM2), and a second steric masking moiety (SMM2), wherein the CM2 is positioned between the CP2 and the SMM2; and a third monomer construct comprising a third cytokine protein (CP3), a third cleavable moiety (CM3), and a third steric masking moiety (SMM3), wherein the CM3 is positioned between the CP3 and the SMM3, wherein: the CP1, the CP2, and the CP3 bind to one another thereby forming a trimer of the first, the second, and the third monomer constructs; and the SMM1, the SMM2, and the SMM3 are globular molecules.

Abstract: Provided herein are activatable cytokine constructs that include: (a) a first monomer construct comprising a first mature cytokine protein (CP1), a first cleavable moiety (CM1), and a first dimerization domain (DD1), wherein the CM1 is positioned between the CP1 and the DD1; and (b) a second monomer construct comprising a second mature cytokine protein (CP2), a second cleavable moiety (CM2), and a second dimerization domain (DD2), where the CM2 is positioned between the CP2 and the DD2, where: the CM1 and the CM2 function as a substrate for a protease; the DD1 and the DD2 bind each other; and where the ACC is characterized by a reduction in at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2 as compared to a control level of the at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2.

Abstract: Provided herein are activatable cytokine constructs that include: (a) a first monomer construct comprising a first peptide mask (PM1), a third cleavable moiety (CM3), a first mature cytokine protein (CP1), a first cleavable moiety (CM1), and a first dimerization domain (DD1), wherein the CM1 is positioned between the CP1 and the DD1, and the CM3 is positioned between the PM1 and CP1; and (b) a second monomer construct comprising a second mature cytokine protein (CP2), a second cleavable moiety (CM2), and a second dimerization domain (DD2), where the CM2 is positioned between the CP2 and the DD2, where: the DD1 and the DD2 bind each other; and where the ACC is characterized by a reduction in at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2 as compared to a control level of the at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating a subject by administering a combination of an activatable cytokine construct (ACC) and a PD-1/PD-L1 pathway inhibitor in which the ACC includes: a first monomer construct including an optional first peptide mask (PM1), an optional third cleavable moiety (CM3), a first mature cytokine protein (CP1), a first cleavable moiety (CM1), and a first dimerization domain (DD1), wherein the CM1 is positioned between the CP1 and the DD1; and a second monomer construct including an optional second peptide mask (PM2), an optional forth cleavable moiety (CM4), a second mature cytokine protein (CP2), a second cleavable moiety (CM2), and a second dimerization domain (DD2), wherein the CM2 is positioned between the CP2 and the DD2; wherein the DD1 and the DD2 bind to each other thereby forming a dimer of the first monomer construct and the second monomer construct; and where the ACC is characterized by a reduction in at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2 as compared to a control l

Abstract: Provided herein are activatable cytokine constructs that include: (a) a first monomer construct comprising a first peptide mask (PM1), a third cleavable moiety (CM3), a first mature cytokine protein (CP1), a first cleavable moiety (CM1), and a first dimerization domain (DD1), wherein the CM1 is positioned between the CP1 and the DD1, and the CM3 is positioned between the PM1 and CP1; and (b) a second monomer construct comprising a second mature cytokine protein (CP2), a second cleavable moiety (CM2), and a second dimerization domain (DD2), where the CM2 is positioned between the CP2 and the DD2, where: the DD1 and the DD2 bind each other; and where the ACC is characterized by a reduction in at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2 as compared to a control level of the at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2.

Abstract: Provided herein are activatable cytokine constructs that include: (a) a first monomer construct comprising a first mature cytokine protein (CP1), a first cleavable moiety (CM1), and a first dimerization domain (DD1), wherein the CM1 is positioned between the CP1 and the DD1; and (b) a second monomer construct comprising a second mature cytokine protein (CP2), a second cleavable moiety (CM2), and a second dimerization domain (DD2), where the CM2 is positioned between the CP2 and the DD2, where: the CM1 and the CM2 function as a substrate for a protease; the DD1 and the DD2 bind each other; and where the ACC is characterized by a reduction in at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2 as compared to a control level of the at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2.

Abstract: Provided herein are activatable cytokine constructs that include: (a) a first monomer construct comprising a first peptide mask (PM1), a third cleavable moiety (CM3), a first mature cytokine protein (CP1), a first cleavable moiety (CM1), and a first dimerization domain (DD1), wherein the CM1 is positioned between the CP1 and the DD1, and the CM3 is positioned between the PM1 and CP1; and (b) a second monomer construct comprising a second mature cytokine protein (CP2), a second cleavable moiety (CM2), and a second dimerization domain (DD2), where the CM2 is positioned between the CP2 and the DD2, where: the DD1 and the DD2 bind each other; and where the ACC is characterized by a reduction in at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2 as compared to a control level of the at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2.

Abstract: Provided herein are activatable cytokine constructs that include: (a) a first monomer construct comprising a first mature cytokine protein (CP1), a first cleavable moiety (CM1), and a first dimerization domain (DD1), wherein the CM1 is positioned between the CP1 and the DD1; and (b) a second monomer construct comprising a second mature cytokine protein (CP2), a second cleavable moiety (CM2), and a second dimerization domain (DD2), where the CM2 is positioned between the CP2 and the DD2, where: the CM1 and the CM2 function as a substrate for a protease; the DD1 and the DD2 bind each other; and where the ACC is characterized by a reduction in at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2 as compared to a control level of the at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in mammals and to methods of using those compositions for the same.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in mammals and to methods of using those compositions for the same.