Patents by Inventor Zonghai Li

Zonghai Li 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: 20220056408
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an immune effector cell which expresses a chimeric antigen receptor targeting GPC3 and exogenous IL12. The present invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition containing the immune effector cell and a method for treating tumor, particularly GPC3 positive tumor by using the immune effector cell or the pharmaceutical composition. The immune effector cell in the present invention is effective to an entity tumor cell in vitro, and is outstanding in effect of extinguishing the entity tumor cell in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Zonghai LI, Hua JIANG
  • Publication number: 20220033491
    Abstract: A method for treating CLDN18-positive tumors, wherein an antibody that specifically recognizes CLDN18 and chemotherapy drugs are administered to a subject in need thereof. The chemotherapy drugs comprise: 5-fluorouracil, a prodrug thereof, or an active metabolite thereof, and oxaliplatin, a prodrug thereof, or an active metabolite thereof; or 5-fluorouracil, a prodrug thereof, or an active metabolite thereof, oxaliplatin, a prodrug thereof, or an active metabolite thereof, and a taxane drug. A kit combination for treating CLDN18 positive tumors. Compared with the existing technology, the treatment method and the kit combination have greatly enhanced tumor suppression rates and better anti-tumor effects. In addition, the present invention may reduce the use of chemotherapy drugs, and improve the safety of medication and improve tolerance of patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Zonghai LI, Huamao WANG
  • Publication number: 20220016166
    Abstract: Provided is a T-cell expressing a chimeric receptor, wherein the chimeric receptor specifically recognizes BCMA, and the endogenous TCR molecule and the endogenous MHC molecule are silenced. Also provided is the use of the T-cell in the preparation of a drug for treating BCMA positive tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: CAFA THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Zonghai LI, Zhaohui LIAO
  • Publication number: 20220017926
    Abstract: Provided is a method for gene editing of a cell on the basis of a CRISPR/Cas system. The Cas enzyme is a Cas9 enzyme having an enzyme activity of 0.1-1 nmol. Further provided are a method for constructing a universal T cell, a T cell so prepared and use thereof. TCR genes and MHC genes of a T cell are edited by means of gene editing technology. Further provided is a gRNA construct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: CAFA THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Zonghai LI, Zhaohui LIAO
  • Publication number: 20210324087
    Abstract: Provided are a CLL1-targeting antibody and an application thereof. The CLL1-specific antibody has high affinity for CLL1, and after being prepared into a chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cells, has a significant killing effect on cells expressing CLL1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Zonghai LI, Peng WANG, Huamao WANG
  • Publication number: 20210292427
    Abstract: Provided is an immune effector cell expressing a chimeric antigen receptor that confers an individual specific recognization of BCMA, and a therapeutic method using the immune effector cell. The method improves the efficacy of immune effector cells in tumor treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: CAFA THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Zonghai LI, Huamao WANG
  • Patent number: 11111295
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention is an antibody for anti-claudin 18A2 and an immune effector cell targeting claudin 18A2. Also provided are methods for inducing cell death and treating tumours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: CAFA THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Peng Wang, Hua Jiang, Linlin Yang, Zhimin Shi, Huamao Wang, Zonghai Li
  • Publication number: 20210213061
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a genetically engineered cell, expressing an exogenous receptor that specifically binds to a target antigen and exogenous CCL21, and capable of further expressing an IL-7R binding protein or exogenous IL-7 that promotes cell proliferation. Also disclosed are an expression construct comprising an exogenous CCL21 expression cassette, and a vector containing same, a virus, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising said cell. Also disclosed is an application for the cell, the expression construct, the vector, and the virus in the preparation of drugs for inhibiting tumours or inhibiting pathogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Zonghai LI, Hong LUO, Hua JIANG, Huamao WANG
  • Publication number: 20210113614
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention is a method for treating tumor. An immune effector cell and a second treatment agent are applied to individual suffering from tumor, wherein the immune effector cell expresses a receptor for recognizing tumor antigen, and wherein the second treatment agent is a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicants: CARSGEN THERAPEUTICS CO., LTD., SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Zonghai LI, Xiuqi WU
  • Publication number: 20200347151
    Abstract: A binding unit that specifically binds to fibroblast activation protein ? (FAP?), a polynucleotide that encodes the binding unit, a vector that comprises the polynucleotide and a host cell, a method for use in producing the antigen-binding unit and a method for treating a disease by using the FAP?-specific binding unit; the binding unit that specifically binds to FAP? may efficiently bind to tumor cells that express FAP?, and immune effector cells comprising the binding unit exhibit significant killing capabilities against tumor cells that express FAP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Zonghai LI, Peng WANG
  • Publication number: 20200347410
    Abstract: A binary vector and the provision of expression of a target antigen-dependent regulatory cytokine using the synNotch technology, so as to partially release the cytokine to enhance the function of T cell and reduce the non-specific toxic and side effect of the cytokine. A synthetic notch receptor is used to construct plasmid vectors to achieve local cytokine secretion. One plasmid vector uses a specific antibody as an extracellular domain for identifying a target antigen, a notch core comprises a transmembrane domain and a specific enzyme cutting site on a notch receptor, and transcription factor GAL4VP64 is used as an intracellular domain. When the target antigen is identified, the enzyme cutting site on the notch will be identified by a corresponding enzyme to hydrolyze and cut the intercellular transcription factor GAL4VP64.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Zonghai LI, Hong LUO, Huamao WANG
  • Publication number: 20200261502
    Abstract: Provided are a genetically engineered T cell and a pharmaceutical composition using the same. The T cell has an endogenous T cell receptor (TCR) that is inactivated or inactive, comprises encoding of an exogenous receptor bindable to a target antigen, and contains an open reading frame regulated by the exogenous receptor. When the exogenous receptor binds to the target antigen, expression of the open reading frame can be initiated. The T cell has a killing effect on tumor cells and has reduced side effects and enhanced safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Zonghai LI, Xingliang GUO
  • Patent number: 10731127
    Abstract: A nucleic acid encoding a chimeric antigen receptor expressed at surface of a T lymphocyte, said chimeric antigen receptor comprises, connected in the order of, an extracellular binding domain, a transmembrane region, and an intracellular signaling domain, wherein the extracellular binding domain comprises a single chain antibody, scFv(GPC3), which specifically recognizes the C-terminal epitope of GPC3. A genetically modified T lymphocyte having a chimeric antigen receptor expressed at surface thereof, and the chimeric antigen receptor is expressed by the nucleic acid described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: CARsgen Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Zonghai Li, Huiping Gao, Hua Jiang, Bizhi Shi, Huamao Wang, Kesang Li, Hongyang Wang, Shengli Yang, Jianren Gu
  • Publication number: 20200138864
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating a subject exhibiting a cell that expresses Wilms tumor protein 1 (WT1). The methods typically utilize anti-WT1 antigen binding units or chimeric antigen receptor immunoresponsive cells to a subject in need thereof to effect killing of tumor cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Zonghai LI, Peng WANG, Hua JIANG
  • Patent number: 10604740
    Abstract: A nucleic acid for coding a chimeric antigen receptor protein expressed on the surface of a human T lymphocyte. The chimeric antigen receptor protein comprises an extracellular binding domain, a transmembrane domain and an intracellular signal domain that are orderly connected. The extracellular binding domain comprises a single-chain antibody scFv (EGFR) for specific recognition of 287th to 302nd amino acid epitopes of a human epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: CarsGEN Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Zonghai Li, Huiping Gao, Hua Jiang, Bizhi Shi
  • Publication number: 20200062843
    Abstract: Disclosed are an anti-CD19 humanized antibody prepared from a murine monoclonal antibody, a chimeric antigen receptor containing the humanized antibody, and an immune cell expressing the humanized antibody. Not only does the humanized antibody of the present invention not produce an anti-antibody response (AAR) and a human anti-mouse antibody response (HAMA), but same also has better affinity than a murine antibody, and has excellent activity and safety, thereby providing a new means for treating CD19-expressing tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Peng WANG, Huiping GAO, Zhimin SHI, Zonghai LI
  • Publication number: 20190359989
    Abstract: Provided are a fusion protein comprising an antibody binding area and an endocytic functional area, the encoding nucleic acid of the protein, an expression vector of same, a host cell thereof, and an immune effector cell expressing the fusion protein or the endocytic functional area or further expressing a chimeric antigen receptors. Also provided are an immunoconjugate comprising a cell-killing part and an antibody conjugate in a specifically-binding immune effector cell or an antibody of the endocytic functional area, a reagent kit and uses of the immunoconjugate, and a method for specifically removing, selecting, or enriching and detecting the immune effector cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Zonghai LI, Xiuqi WU, Huamao WANG, Hua JIANG, Bizhi SHI
  • Publication number: 20190233511
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention is an antibody for anti-claudin 18A2 and an immune effector cell targeting claudin 18A2. Also provided are methods for inducing cell death and treating tumours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Peng WANG, Hua JIANG, Linlin YANG, Zhimin SHI, Huamao WANG, Zonghai LI
  • Publication number: 20190151362
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating a subject exhibiting a solid tumor that expresses Glypican-3 (GPC3). The methods typically utilize g GPC3 chimeric antigen receptor immunoresponsive cells to a subject in need thereof to effect killing of tumor cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Zonghai Li, Huiping Gao, Peng Wang, Hua Jiang, Huamao Wang
  • Publication number: 20180327470
    Abstract: Provided is a chimeric antigen receptor-modified immune effector cell carrying a procedural death ligand 1 (PD-L1) blocking agent. Also provided is a method for secreting and expressing a PD-L1 blocking agent using the immune effector cell as a carrier to improve the anti-tumour effect of the chimeric antigen receptor-modified immune effector cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicants: CARSGEN THERAPEUTICS CO., LTD., SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Zonghai Li, Zeyan Pan, Zhimin Shi, Bo Song, Peng Wang