Patents by Inventor Shirley Longacre

Shirley Longacre has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20130129766
    Abstract: Accordingly, the invention provides constructs in which the nucleic acids encoding Plasmodium falciparum MSP4 and MSP5, and the resulting polypeptides, have been modified. More particularly, this invention provides constructs encoding recombinant MSP4 and MSP5 polypeptides, which are expressed as soluble, secreted polypeptides in a baculovirus-insect cell expression system. It was surprisingly found that the recombinant polypeptides contain an EGF-like domain at the C-terminus that is properly folded in the polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Shirley LONGACRE, Hannah POLSON, Ronald PERRAUT, Faridabano NATO
  • Patent number: 8378087
    Abstract: Accordingly, the invention provides constructs in which the nucleic acids encoding Plasmodium falciparum MSP4 and MSP5, and the resulting polypeptides, have been modified. More particularly, this invention provides constructs encoding recombinant MSP4 and MSP5 polypeptides, which are expressed as soluble, secreted polypeptides in a baculovirus-insect cell expression system. It was surprisingly found that the recombinant polypeptides contain an EGF-like domain at the C-terminus that is properly folded in the polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Institut Pasteur
    Inventors: Shirley Longacre, Hannah Polson, Ronald Perraut, Faridabano Nato
  • Patent number: 8350019
    Abstract: Accordingly, the invention provides constructs in which the nucleic acids encoding Plasmodium falciparum MSP4 and MSP5, and the resulting polypeptides, have been modified. More particularly, this invention provides constructs encoding recombinant MSP4 and MSP5 polypeptides, which are expressed as soluble, secreted polypeptides in a baculovirus-insect cell expression system. It was surprisingly found that the recombinant polypeptides contain an EGF-like domain at the C-terminus that is properly folded in the polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: Institut Pasteur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Shirley Longacre, Hannah Polson, Ronald Perraut, Farida Nato
  • Patent number: 8188213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a purified polypeptide comprising or consisting of a C-terminus Merozoite Surface Protein 1 (MSP1) antigen from Plasmodium falciparum carrying a Glycosyl-phosphatidyl-inositol group (GPI), an immunogenic composition and a vaccine against a Plasmodium infection comprising said purified polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Institut Pasteur
    Inventors: Shirley Longacre, Sarah Bonnet, Thierry Fontaine, Charles Roth, Faridabano Nato
  • Publication number: 20120115156
    Abstract: Accordingly, the invention provides constructs in which the nucleic acids encoding Plasmodium falciparum MSP4 and MSP5, and the resulting polypeptides, have been modified. More particularly, this invention provides constructs encoding recombinant MSP4 and MSP5 polypeptides, which are expressed as soluble, secreted polypeptides in a baculovirus-insect cell expression system. It was surprisingly found that the recombinant polypeptides contain an EGF-like domain at the C-terminus that is properly folded in the polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Shirley Longacre, Hannah Polson, Ronald Perraut, Faridabano Nato
  • Patent number: 8026354
    Abstract: Accordingly, the invention provides constructs in which the nucleic acids encoding Plasmodium falciparum MSP4 and MSP5, and the resulting polypeptides, have been modified. More particularly, this invention provides constructs encoding recombinant MSP4 and MSP5 polypeptides, which are expressed as soluble, secreted polypeptides in a baculovirus-insect cell expression system. It was surprisingly found that the recombinant polypeptides contain an EGF-like domain at the C-terminus that is properly folded in the polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignees: Institut Pasteur, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Shirley Longacre, Hannah Polson, Ronald Perraut, Faridabano Nato
  • Publication number: 20100291133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recombinant protein fabricated in a baculovirus system, of which the essential constitutive polypeptide sequence is that of a C-terminal fragment of 19 kilodalton (p19) of the surface protein 1 (protein MSP-1) of the merozoite parasite of the Plasmodium type, particularly Plasmodium falciparum, which is infectious for humans, said C-terminal fragment remaining normally anchored at the surface of the parasite at the end of its penetration phase into human erythrocytes, in the occurrence of an infectious cycle. Said recombinant protein is applicable to the production of vaccines against malaria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicants: INSTITUT PASTEUR, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: SHIRLEY LONGACRE-ANDRE, CHARLES ROTH, FARIDABANO NATO, JOHN W. BARNWELL, KAMINI MENDIS
  • Publication number: 20100255038
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a purified polypeptide comprising or consisting of a C-terminus MSP1 antigen from Plasmodium falciparum carrying a Glycosyl-phosphatidyl-inositol group (GPI), an immunogenic composition and a vaccine against a Plasmodium infection comprising said purified polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENT, INSTITUT PASTEUR
    Inventors: Shirley Longacre, Sarah Bonnet, Thierry Fontaine, Charles Roth, Faridabano Nato
  • Publication number: 20100092520
    Abstract: Accordingly, the invention provides constructs in which the nucleic acids encoding Plasmodium falciparum MSP4 and MSP5, and the resulting polypeptides, have been modified. More particularly, this invention provides constructs encoding recombinant MSP4 and MSP5 polypeptides, which are expressed as soluble, secreted polypeptides in a baculovirus-insect cell expression system. It was surprisingly found that the recombinant polypeptides contain an EGF-like domain at the C-terminus that is properly folded in the polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2006
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Shirley Longacre, Hannah Polson, Ronald Perraut, Farida Nato
  • Patent number: 7696308
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recombinant protein fabricated in a baculovirus system, of which the essential constitutive polypeptide sequence is that of a C-terminal fragment of 19 kilodalton (p19) of the surface protein 1 (protein MSP-1) of the merozoite parasite of the Plasmodium type, particularly Plasmodium falciparum, which is infectious for humans, said C-terminal fragment remaining normally anchored at the surface of the parasite at the end of its penetration phase into human erythrocytes, in the occurrence of an infectious cycle. Said recombinant protein is applicable to the production of vaccines against malaria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignees: Institut Pasteur, New York University
    Inventors: Shirley Longacre-Andre, Charles Roth, Faridabano Nato, John W. Barnwell, Kamini Mendis
  • Publication number: 20080286805
    Abstract: Accordingly, the invention provides constructs in which the nucleic acids encoding Plasmodium falciparum MSP4 and MSP5, and the resulting polypeptides, have been modified. More particularly, this invention provides constructs encoding recombinant MSP4 and MSP5 polypeptides, which are expressed as soluble, secreted polypeptides in a baculovirus-insect cell expression system. It was surprisingly found that the recombinant polypeptides contain an EGF-like domain at the C-terminus that is properly folded in the polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Shirley Longacre, Hannah Polson, Ronald Perraut, Faridabano Nato
  • Publication number: 20070036818
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recombinant protein comprising a 19 kDa C-terminal fragment of the surface protein 1 of the merozoite form of a Plasmodium type parasite other than Plasmodium vivax which is infectious in man.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicants: INSTITUT PASTEUR, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shirley Longacre-Andre, Charles Roth, Faridabano Nato, John Barnwell, Kamini Mendis
  • Publication number: 20060018932
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recombinant protein fabricated in a baculovirus system, of which the essential constitutive polypeptide sequence is that of a C-terminal fragment of 19 kilodalton (p19) of the surface protein 1 (protein MSP-1) of the merozoite parasite of the Plasmodium type, particularly Plasmodium falciparum, which is infectious for humans, said C-terminal fragment remaining normally anchored at the surface of the parasite at the end of its penetration phase into human erythrocytes, in the occurrence of an infectious cycle. Said recombinant protein is applicable to the production of vaccines against malaria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Applicants: INSTITUT PASTEUR, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shirley Longacre-Andre, Charles Roth, Faridabano Nato, John Barnwell, Kamini Mendis
  • Patent number: 6958235
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recombinant protein fabricated in a baculovirus system, of which the essential constitutive polypeptide sequence is that of a C-terminal fragment of 19 kilodalton (p19) of the surface protein 1 (protein MSP-1) of the merozoite parasite of the Plasmodium type, particularly Plasmodium falciparum, which is infectious for humans, said C-terminal fragment remaining normally anchored at the surface of the parasite at the end of its penetration phase into human erythrocytes, in the occurrence of an infectious cycle. Said recombinant protein is applicable to the production of vaccines against malaria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignees: Institute Pasteur, New York University
    Inventors: Shirley Longacre-Andre, Charles Roth, Faridabano Nato, John W. Barnwell, Kamini Mendis
  • Publication number: 20020076403
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recombinant protein fabricated in a baculovirus system, of which the essential constitutive polypeptide sequence is that of a C-terminal fragment of 19 kilodalton (p19) of the surface protein 1 (protein MSP-1) of the merozoite parasite of the Plasmodium type, particularly Plasmodium falciparum, which is infectious for humans, said C-terminal fragment remaining normally anchored at the surface of the parasite at the end of its penetration phase into human erythrocytes in the occurrence of an infectious cycle. Said recombinant protein is applicable to the production of vaccines against malaria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 1998
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: SHIRLEY LONGACRE-ANDRE, CHARLES ROTH, FARIDABANO NATO, JOHN W. BARNWELL, KAMINI MENDIS