Abstract: The present inventive concept provides a therapeutic platform that will prevent disease and reverse disease morbidity and mortality wherein the causative agent is a member of a broad class of infectious disease agents that mediate pathogenesis via mechanisms that are ameliorated by an interferon. The platform is based on the construction of single-chain soluble fusion proteins including, for example, a pathogen recognition domain, a linker and an interferon domain.

Abstract: A single-chain insulin analogue comprises the insulin B-chain polypeptide sequence, the insulin A-chain polypeptide sequence, and a connecting polypeptide sequence of 5-11 amino acids linking the C-terminal amino acid of the B-chain polypeptide to the N-terminal amino acid of the A-chain polypeptide. The analogue comprises an acetylated Lys at a location selected from the group consisting of any of the amino acids in the connecting polypeptide, B0-B3, B28-B29 or A14, relative to wild type insulin, or comprises an acetylated amino acid at the N-terminal amino acid of the single-chain insulin analogue. The single-chain insulin analogue may be acylated with a C6-C21 fatty acid, which may be attached to the e-amino group of a unique Lysine residue or the a-amino group of the N-terminal amino acid of the single-chain insulin analogue. The insulin analogue may be used to lower the blood sugar of a patient in need thereof.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a novel method for treating genetic disorders where a peptide sequence targets proteins produced via gene therapy into exosomes. These protein-loaded exosomes can enter into non-transduced cells and correct pathology. Also, gene therapy compositions, protein replacement therapy composition, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, and uses of the gene therapy compositions and the recombinant proteins are also disclosed. The method can also be used to improve in vitro recombinant protein yield.

Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to compositions and methods of treating COVID-19 by administering compositions disclosed herein. The methods also include the treatment of post-COVID-19 syndrome and cardiomyopathies using compositions described in the present disclosure.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating ovarian cancer using compositions comprising a ?9?2T-cell receptor or a fragment thereof, a nucleotide sequence encoding it, a vector comprising said nucleotide sequence, or an engineered immune responsive cell that comprises or expresses an exogenous ?9?2T-cell receptor or a functional fragment thereof.

Abstract: Novel therapeutic immunotherapy compositions comprising at least two vectors, each vector encoding a functional CAR, whereby the combination of vectors results in the expression of two or more non-identical binding domains, wherein each vector encoded binding domain(s) are covalently linked to a transmembrane domain and one or more non-identical intracellular signaling motifs are provided herein as well as are methods of use of same in a patient-specific immunotherapy that can be used to treat cancers and other diseases and conditions.

Abstract: A mutant thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) or fragment thereof comprises one or more mutations, wherein the mutant TSHR has increased thermostability with respect to the equivalent wild type TSHR or fragment. The one or more mutation is preferably within the extracellular leucine-rich repeat domain (LRD) of the TSHR, or within residues 22 to 260 (TSHR260) of the TSHR, or may be in the transmembrane domain (TMD), A mutant TSHR or fragment thereof of the invention preferably consists of, or consists essentially of, the subdomain TSHR260 of the TSHR receptor. A mutant TSHR or fragment thereof according to the invention has a greater thermostability than the equivalent wild type TSHR or fragment as determined by its half-life at a given temperature, and can be purified whilst retaining activity. A mutant TSHR or fragment thereof according to the invention may also be deglycosylated whilst retaining activity.

Abstract: A method to prevent a disease, comprising: (1) administering a peptide comprising Delta6PV into a subject comprising a human or an animal; wherein the disease comprises one of more of Type 1 Diabetes, Rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus, Sjogren's syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, Grave's disease, Giant cell artereitis, Ankylosing spondylitis, and Guillian Barre Syndrome; and (2) monitoring the disease in the subject.

Abstract: The present invention provides polypeptides comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence derived from collagen type VI or a fragment, variant, fusion or derivative thereof, or a fusion of said fragment, variant of derivative thereof, wherein the polypeptide, fragment, variant, fusion or derivative is capable of killing or attenuating the growth of microorganisms. Related aspects of the invention provide corresponding isolated nucleic acid molecules, vectors and host cells for making the same. Additionally provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a polypeptide of the invention, as well as methods of use of the same in the treatment and/or prevention of microbial infections and in wound care. Also provided are a method of killing microorganisms in vitro and a medical device associated with the pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of producing an antibody composition comprising determining the relative unpaired afucosylated glycan content and/or the relative unpaired high mannose glycan content of a sample of the antibody composition and selecting the antibody composition for downstream processing based on the relative unpaired afucosylated glycan content and/or relative unpaired high mannose glycan content and/or the ADCC level of the antibody composition. Related methods of determining the relative unpaired glycan content of an antibody composition and methods of modifying the ADCC level of an antibody composition are provided herein.

Abstract: Bivalent antibody constructs comprising (a) a first polypeptide chain comprising a VL sequence, a CH3 sequence, a CH2 sequence, and a CH3 sequence, arranged from N- to C-terminus in a VL-CH3-CH2-CH3 orientation; (b) a second polypeptide chain comprising a VH sequence and a CH3 sequence, arranged from N- to C-terminus in a VH-CH3 orientation; (c) a third polypeptide chain comprising a VL sequence, a CL sequence, an antibody CH2 sequence, and a CH3 sequence, arranged from N- to C-terminus in a VL-CL-CH2-CH3 orientation; (d) a fourth polypeptide chain comprising a VH sequence and a CH1 sequence, arranged from N- to C-terminus in a VH-CH1 orientation; wherein the amino acid sequences of the C-terminal CH3 domains in the first and third polypeptide chains are different from one another and comprise complementary knob-in-hole mutations, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibody constructs, and methods of use thereof are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of immunodeficiency (e.g., primary immunodeficiency disease). In particular, the invention provides human plasma immunoglobulin compositions containing select antibody titers specific for a plurality of respiratory pathogens, methods of identifying human donors and donor samples for use in the compositions, methods of manufacturing the compositions, and methods of utilizing the compositions (e.g., for prophylactic administration and/or therapeutic treatment (e.g., passive immunization (e.g., immune-prophylaxis))).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind specifically to a coronavirus spike protein and methods of using such antibodies and fragments for treating or preventing viral infections (e.g., coronavirus infections).

Abstract: Disclosed herein are coronavirus neutralizing antibodies and uses thereof for treating and preventing a coronavirus infection in a subject.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to isolated or recombinant antigen binding proteins, such as antibodies, which bind to coronavirus spike (S) protein receptor binding domain (RBD), including S protein RBD from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The present disclosure is also directed to the use of the isolated or recombinant proteins as therapeutic, prophylactic and/or diagnostic agents for respiratory conditions associated with coronavirus infection, such as infection by SARS-CoV-2. The present disclosure is also related to nucleic acid sequences which encode said antigen binding proteins and their expression in recombinant host cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies capable of binding to the spike protein of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, and methods and uses thereof in the prevention, treatment and/or diagnosis of coronavirus infections, and diseases and/or complications associated with coronavirus infections, including COVID-19.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-SARS-CoV-2 S protein-specific antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, and therapeutic and diagnostic uses thereof. The anti-SARS-CoV-2 S protein-specific antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof according to the present invention can bind specifically to the S protein, which plays an important role in the infiltration of SARS-CoV-2 into host cells, to inhibit the infection of SARS-CoV-2, and thus can be advantageously used as a therapeutic agent for COVID-19 and as a diagnostic agent and diagnostic kit for COVID-19.

Abstract: The present invention discloses products and the methods of uses of the products for preventing and treating infectious diseases and the disorders or conditions inducible by harmful antibodies. The harmful antibodies are induced during infection, or vaccination, or use of therapeutic antibodies. The products of the present disclosure comprise immunoglobulin products, scrum or plasma, specific antibodies to viral pathogens.

Abstract: The invention provides anti-ETEC adhesin protein antibodies and methods of using the same.

Abstract: The present application provides a diagnosis and treatment method for chronic inflammation. The technical solution provided by the present application is an application of a reagent in preparing a product for preventing and/or treating chronic inflammation diseases: the reagent is a substance for inhibiting the activity of an abnormal content of IFP35 and/or NMI which is secreted outside the cell as an inflammatory factor. Experiments prove that using antibodies and the like to inhibit the activity of an abnormal content of IFP35 and/or NMI which is secreted outside the cell as an inflammatory factor can effectively treat chronic inflammation diseases. In the present application, IFP35 and/or NMI are also used as a target spot, providing a diagnosis/auxiliary diagnosis and treatment method and tool for infection of viruses, particularly novel coronavirus-19 (COVID-19).

Abstract: Two classes of anti-AS-SPIK antibodies that specifically bind to one of two different conformational epitopes are disclosed, along with methods of making such antibodies, compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, comprising such antibodies, and their use to diagnose and/or treat disorders characterized by the expression of AS-SPIK (e.g., liver cancer). Diagnostic methods and kits comprising the anti-AS-SPIK antibodies are also disclosed.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions containing anti-beta amyloid (A?) antibodies or A?-binding fragments thereof are provided. These pharmaceutical compositions find use in the treatment of abnormal accumulation or deposition of A? in the central nervous system, mild cognitive impairment, and A?-associated disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof specifically binding to an antigen of interest, methods for inducing proliferation of PBMCs, B cell activation and differentiation, B cell maturation, and/or promoting class switch in an antibody-producing PBMC to produce IgG, compositions for the in vitro immunization and methods for identifying an antibody-enhancing factor for in vitro immunization.

Abstract: In one non-limiting embodiment, polypeptides comprising a variant Fc region which contains amino acid alterations in a parent Fc region, and methods for producing such polypeptides, are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel monovalent anti-ANGPTL3 antibodies for use in medicine and in particular for lowering of plasma triglycerides levels in patients in need thereof, such as patients suffering from or at risk of hypertriglyceridemia and/or cardiovascular disease, such as atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) as well as pharmaceutical compositions suitable for subcutaneous administration and kits comprising such compounds and compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-GDF15 antibody and to a dosage regimen for the treatment of cancer in a human patient using the anti-GDF15 antibody. The present inventors identified a mechanism by which GDF-15 blocks adhesion and transgression of predominantly T-lymphocytes into tissues. Hence, a novel treatment approach has been established by the present invention that facilitates effector T cell entry into tumor tissue upon blockage of GDF-15 using the antibody of the present invention thereby allowing the treatment of cancer in human patients.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are monospecific HCAb antibodies with antigen-binding specificity to PDGF and bispecific antibodies with antigen-binding specificities to PDGF-2 and VEGF or to PDGF and ANG-2.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to recombinant EGFL7, EGFL7 antibodies, and uses thereof.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods to reduce tumor cell proliferation in a cancer patient by administering an antibody that binds angiopoietin-like 7, wherein administering the angiopoietin-like 7 antibody can reduce necrosis formation, metastasis formation, and circulating tumor cells.

Abstract: Herein are provided isolated, humanized, anti-S100A4 antibody molecules and methods of producing said antibodies. Also provided are nucleic acids, vectors, isolated host cells and pharmaceutical compositions containing the antibody, and methods of treatment comprising administering said antibody.

Abstract: The present invention provides molecules comprising a modified Fc region which do not mediate antibody effector functions such as antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) but maintain a long serum half-life due to binding to the neonetal Fc receptor (FcRn). To this end, the molecules of the present invention do not comprise the disulfide bridges of the antibody hinge region but are linked C-terminally by at least two covalent bonds. Furthermore, the molecules of the present invention comprise CH2 domains with an additional disulfide bond.

Abstract: The invention relates to upstream and/or downstream processes of selectively reducing one or more unpaired cysteines of a monoclonal antibody, whilst keeping conserved inter- and intra-molecular disulfide bonds elsewhere in the antibody intact. The invention further relates to purified antibodies obtained by the methods as described herein.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising from about 100 mg to about 300 mg of an antigen binding protein which binds to IL-5. Compositions and antigen binding proteins of the invention are useful in the treatment of IL-5 mediated diseases, such as asthma, and can be administered about once every 6 months.

Abstract: The present invention relates to canakinumab for use in reducing the risk of or preventing recurrent cardiovascular (CV) events in a patient with elevated hsCRP that has suffered myocardial infarction (MI).

Abstract: It has become clear that the therapeutic effect of an IL-6 inhibitor for IL-6- and neutrophil-associated diseases can be predicted using the expression level of neutrophil-associated genes as an indicator. It has also become clear that an IL-6 inhibitor is effective for the treatment of IL-6- and neutrophil-associated diseases in patients with high expression levels of neutrophil-associated genes. The present invention provides a method for selecting cases of IL-6- and neutrophil-associated diseases in which treatment with an IL-6 inhibitor is effective, as well as a method for effectively treating patients with IL-6- and neutrophil-associated diseases and with high expression levels of neutrophil-associated genes.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides RNA technologies for targeting Claudin-18.2 polypeptides. In some embodiments, such RNA technologies can be useful for treatment of diseases associated with positive expression of Claudin-18.2. For example, in some embodiments, such RNA technologies can be useful for treatment of Claudin-18.2 positive cancer, including, e.g, but not limited to biliary cancers, ovarian cancers, gastric cancers, gastro-esophageal cancers, pancreatic cancers. In some embodiments, such RNA technologies can be used in combination therapy (e.g, in combination with a chemotherapeutic agent).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising a nanobody and a split glycosyl hydrolase enzyme. Also provided herein are split glycosyl hydrolase enzymes and fusion proteins comprising such enzymes. Further provided herein are polynucleotides, vectors, and cells. The present disclosure also provides methods of deglycosylating a protein and methods of studying the effects of glycosylation on protein function in cells. Also provided herein are methods of treating diseases.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods of determining cancer cell sensitivity to treatment using antibodies that detect heterodimers comprising Bc1-2 proteins selected from Bc12 and BIM. The disclosure also provides methods for predicting a cancer patient's sensitivity to the cancer treatment.

Abstract: A PVRIG binding protein and its medical uses. Specifically, an anti-PVRIG single-domain antibody and an anti-PVRIG and -TIGIT bispecific antibody, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies, a method for treating cancer, and pharmaceutical uses.

Abstract: An anti-CD47 monoclonal antibody and the use thereof in combination with a monoclonal antibody, a bispecific antibody and/or a tumor therapeutic agent, wherein the anti-CD47 monoclonal antibody is secreted by a hybridoma cell line with a deposit number of CCTCC NO: C2018135.

Abstract: Provided are an NKG2A-targeting antibody, and a multispecific antibody, a chimeric receptor, an antibody conjugate, a pharmaceutical composition and a kit which comprise same, and the use thereof in the diagnosis/treatment/prevention of diseases associated with NKG2A expression.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides binding agents, such as antibodies, that specifically bind ILT3, including human ILT3, as well as compositions comprising the binding agents, and methods of their use. The disclosure also provides related polynucleotides and vectors encoding the binding agents and cells comprising the binding agents.

Abstract: The engineered polypeptide comprising modified Fab constant regions and/or protein G Fab binding domains provide advanced affinity reagents that can be used in cell biology applications as well as for therapeutic applications. Accordingly, aspects of the disclosure relate to a polypeptide comprising a constant region of an antibody light chain, wherein the constant region comprises a substitution/deletion of amino acids corresponding to positions 16-20 of SEQ ID NO:1 of the constant region with the amino acids LRT.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to novel immune activating Fc domain binding molecules for activation of immune cells and re-direction to specific target cells. In addition, the present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding such molecules, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotides. The invention further relates to methods for producing the bispecific antigen binding molecules of the invention, and to methods of using these bispecific antigen binding molecules in the treatment of disease.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are polypeptide and polypeptide complex compositions that comprise a peptide that selectively impairs binding of an anti-CD3 binding domain to CD3 in healthy tissue but not in a disease state.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to DA×CD3 Binding Molecules comprising a vCD3-Binding Domain, which comprises a CDRH1 Domain, a CDRH2 Domain, a CDRH3 Domain, a CDRL1 Domain, a CDRL2 Domain, and a CDRL3 Domain, at least one of which differs in amino acid sequence from the amino acid sequence of the corresponding CDR of a rCD3-Binding Domain, wherein the DA×CD3 Binding Molecule comprising such vCD3-Binding Domain exhibits an altered affinity for CD3, relative to a DA×CD3 Binding Molecule comprising such rCD3-Binding Domain. The invention particularly concerns to such DA×CD3 Binding Molecules comprising a vCD3-Binding Domain which exhibit reduced affinity for CD3 and are capable of mediating redirected killing of target cells expressing a DA and exhibit lower levels of cytokine release relative to a DA×CD3 Binding Molecule comprising a rCD3-Binding Domain.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to antibodies binding to PD-L1 and methods of using such antibodies to treat cancers, such as those that express or overexpress PD-L1.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of inducing an immunomodulatory tumor response for the treatment of a subject having a tumor. The disclosure further relates to an organotypic tumor micro environment culture system that can be utilized to screen and identify novel immunomodulatory cancer therapeutics.

Abstract: Related are a novel antibody specifically binding with B7-H3, an antigen-binding fragment of the antibody, and a composition comprising the antibody or the antigen-binding fragment thereof. Related are nucleic acids encoding the antibody or the antigen-binding fragment thereof, a host cell comprising the nucleic acids, and relevant uses. In addition, related are therapeutic and diagnostic uses of the antibody and the antigen-binding fragment thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating hematologic cancers using a combination of inhibitors of PD-1 or PD-L1 and TIM-3, LAG-3 or CTLA4.