Abstract: The present disclosure relates to designed ankyrin repeat domains with binding specificity for serum albumin and, in particular, to such designed ankyrin repeat domains with improved stability. The disclosure further relates to recombinant binding proteins comprising such designed ankyrin repeat domain(s), nucleic acids encoding such designed ankyrin repeat domains or proteins, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such proteins and the use of such proteins or pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of diseases.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions for gene modification related to base editor systems, and methods of using the same to treat or prevent conditions associated with the extracellular deposition in various tissues of amyloid fibrils formed by the aggregation of misfolded transthyretin (TTR) proteins. Such conditions include, but are not limited to, polyneuropathy due to hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR-PN) and hereditary cardiomyopathy due to transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR-CM), both associated with autosomal dominant mutations of the TTR gene, and an age-related cardiomyopathy associated with wild-type TTR proteins (ATTRwt), also known as senile cardiac amyloidosis.

Abstract: Provided herein are gene repressor systems comprising fusion proteins, such as fusion proteins comprising a DNA binding domain such as a TALE, zinc finger or catalytically-dead CRISPR protein and guide nucleic acid (gRNA), which are useful in the repression of a proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) gene. Also provided are methods of using such systems to repress transcription of PCSK9.

Abstract: Glaucoma or pathogenic intraocular pressure is treated by locally administering to an eye in need thereof formulations of a Wnt5a inhibitor.

Abstract: This invention relates to macrostructures (and pharmaceutical formulations containing them) that include an antiparallel coiled-coil. wherein the antiparallel coiled-coil comprises a first coil of Formula I and a second coil of Formula II: T1-g0-a1-b1-c1-d1-e1-f1-g1-a2-b2-c2-d2-e2-f2-g2-a3-b3-c3-d3-e3-f3-T2 (I) T3-f0-g?0-a?1-b?1-c?1-d?1-e?1-f?1-g?1-a?2-b?2-c?2-d?2-e?2-f?2-g?2-a?3-b?3-c?3-d?3-e?3-T4 (II), as described in the present application. Methods of using these macrostructures are also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant fusion polypeptides comprising one or more antigenic peptides (e.g., fused to a PEST-containing peptide) from cancer-associated proteins. The antigenic peptides can comprise one or more or all of an antigenic peptide comprising a recurrent cancer mutation, an antigenic peptide comprising a heteroclitic mutation, or an antigenic peptide fused to a ubiquitin protein. For example, provided herein are recombinant fusion polypeptides comprising two or more antigenic peptides (e.g., fused to a PEST-containing peptide), wherein each antigenic peptide comprises a recurrent cancer mutation, and wherein at least two of the antigenic peptides are fragments of the same cancer-associated protein. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding such fusion polypeptides, recombinant bacteria or Listeria strains comprising such fusion polypeptides or such nucleic acids, and cell banks comprising such recombinant bacteria or Listeria strains.

Abstract: The disclosure provides methods of treating obesity, reducing weight, or preventing weight gain using a combination therapy of GDF15 polypeptide and a myostatin inhibitor (e.g., a myostatin propeptide).

Abstract: Disclosed herein are GDF11 variant polypeptides. Also disclosed herein are methods for increasing GDF11 protein levels in a subject by administering a GDF11 variant polypeptide.

Abstract: Provided herein are multi-chain chimeric polypeptides that include: (a) a first chimeric polypeptide including a first target-binding domain, a soluble tissue factor domain, and a first domain of a pair of affinity domains; and (b) a second chimeric polypeptide including a second domain of a pair of affinity domains and a second target-binding domain, where the first chimeric polypeptide and the second chimeric polypeptide associate through the binding of the first domain and the second domain of the pair of affinity domains. Also provided here are methods of using these multi-chain chimeric polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding these multi-chain chimeric polypeptides.

Abstract: Provided herein are multi-chain chimeric polypeptides that include: (a) a first chimeric polypeptide including a first target-binding domain, a soluble tissue factor domain, and a first domain of a pair of affinity domains; and (b) a second chimeric polypeptide including a second domain of a pair of affinity domains and a second target-binding domain, where the first chimeric polypeptide and the second chimeric polypeptide associate through the binding of the first domain and the second domain of the pair of affinity domains. Also provided here are methods of using these multi-chain chimeric polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding these multi-chain chimeric polypeptides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising an interferon alpha (IFN-?) subtype which is a hybrid of IFN-?10 and IFN-?14 for use in the prevention or treatment of a viral infection, as well as a method of treatment and/or prophylaxis of a viral infection using said IFN-? hybrid.

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: The present disclosure provides chimeric anti-gen receptor polypeptides having antigen recognition domains for CD2, CD3, CD4, CD5, CD7, CD8, and CD52 antigens, and polynucleotides encoding for the same. The present disclosure also provides for engineered cells expressing the poly-nucleotide or polypeptides. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides methods for treating diseases associated with CD2, CD3, CD4, CD5, CD7, CD8, and CD52 antigens.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) polypeptide having an antigen binding domain comprising an extracellular lectin which specifically binds to glycoproteins expressed on the surface of target cells. Also provided herein are engineered lymphocytes expressing the CAR polypeptide, a nucleic acid molecule encoding the CAR polypeptide, and methods of treating cancer.

Abstract: Fusion proteins include an extracellular domain of PD1 protein (programmed cell death protein-1) and/or an extracellular domain of PD-L1 protein (programmed cell death-ligand 1 protein (CD274 or B7-H1)). Portions of the extracellular domains are expressed in specific configurations and purified as protein, which are used in immunoassays to monitor the circulating levels of biotherapeutic antibodies to these proteins. A method is for determining the amount of circulating levels of a biotherapeutic antibody in a biological sample obtained from a patient when the patient has undergone at least one dose of immunotherapy.

Abstract: A recombinant immune cell expresses a heterologous IgG Fc receptor. In some embodiments, the heterologous IgG Fc receptor can be a chimeric IgG Fc receptor. Generally, the chimeric IgG Fc receptor includes an extracellular domain, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain. The extracellular domain generally includes a sufficient portion of CD64 to bind to an IgG Fc region. The intracellular domain of the chimeric IgG Fc receptor includes a sufficient portion of an Fc receptor allowing immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) to initiate cell signaling when an IgG Fc region binds to the extracellular domain.

Abstract: Provided herein is a synthetic complex comprising one or more human leukocyte antigens (synHLA), wherein said complex is inhibited from eliciting an immune response. Also provided are a nucleic acid molecule encoding said complex, an immune incompetent stem cell comprising said complex or said nucleic acid molecule, and a method of treating a disease or disorder comprising administering said complex, said nucleic acid molecule, or said immune incompetent stem cell to a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: Provided are methods for activating an antigen-presenting cell and eliciting an immune response by inducing an inducible pattern recognition receptor adapter, or adapter fragment, and CD40 activity. Also provided are nucleic acid compositions comprising sequences coding for chimeric proteins that include an inducible CD40 peptide and an inducible pattern recognition receptor adapter or adapter fragment.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compositions and methods of treating arthritogenic alphavirus infection. Compositions include a fusion protein comprising an Fc region, a first Mxra8 region, and a second Mxra8 region, wherein the fusion protein reduces inflammation and infection by an arthritogenic alphavirus. Methods include administering the fusion protein to a mammalian or non-mammalian subject to reduce or inhibit alphavirus infection.

Abstract: The present relates to VEGF traps and VEGF mini-traps that include VEGF receptor Ig-like domains, fused to a multimerizing component, which bind to VEGF and block its interaction with the VEGF receptor. Such molecules are useful for treating angiogenic eye disorders (e.g., age-related macular degeneration), cancer and for other undesired angiogenesis.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides codon optimized Factor VIII sequences, vectors, and host cells comprising codon optimized Factor VIII sequences, polypeptides encoded by codon optimized Factor VIII sequences, and methods of producing such polypeptides. The present disclosure also provides methods of treating bleeding disorders such as hemophilia comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized Factor VIII nucleic acid sequence or the polypeptide encoded thereby.

Abstract: The present invention provides a keratin BD-3, a nucleic acid molecule encoding same, an expression vector, a host cell, a preparation method therefor, and a pharmaceutical composition contained the keratin BD-3. The keratin BD-3 can be used in the preparation of medicament for antipyretic, analgesic, antitussive, expectorant, anticonvulsant, antiepileptic, anti-hypertension, anti-inflammatory, and antiviral.

Abstract: The invention features compositions and methods for delivering antibodies to the fetal circulation to be used for preventing and/or treating a fetal alloimmune disorder and/or to treat and/or prevent perinatal infections and/or to prevent neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an antibody or antigen-binding fragment against SARS-CoV-2 spike(S) protein, comprising: three complementarity determining regions (HCDRs) of a heavy chain variable region or one or more variants thereof, the heavy chain variable region set forth as SEQ ID NO. 30 or SEQ ID NO. 46, each of the one or more variants having at most two amino acid changes compared to the corresponding CDR; and three complementarity determining regions (LCDRs) of a light chain variable region or one or more variants thereof, the light chain variable region set forth as SEQ ID NO. 32 or SEQ ID NO. 48, each of the one or more variants having at most two amino acid changes compared to the corresponding CDR.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition including a recombinant nucleic acid sequence that encodes an antibody to an HIV antigen. Also disclosed herein is a method of generating a synthetic antibody in a subject by administering the composition to the subject. The disclosure also provides a method of preventing and/or treating an HIV infection in a subject using said composition and method of generation.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to anti-HIV antibodies and their use in the treatment or prevention of HIV/AIDS and in the development of HIV vaccines.

Abstract: Disclosed and described herein are nucleic acids encoding HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies. These antibodies are useful for treating or maintaining low viral loads in HIV infected individuals. The nucleic acids described herein are suitable for administration to individuals and provide long-lasting expression and secretion of the broadly neutralizing antibodies described into an individual's blood-stream.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to isolated monoclonal antibodies that binds to an epitope of the 10 kDa culture filtrate protein (CFP-10) or a peptide fragment thereof, and methods for using the same to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a single-domain antibody against MSLN (mesothelin) and a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. The MSLN antibody has high affinity for MSLN, and therefore can be applied to the preparation of a medicament for treating tumors, etc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody 3D9 specifically binding a C-terminal fragment of cleaved histone H3 in NETs that can be used to specifically detect NETs distinguishing them from chromatin of different origin. The invention also provides a method for in vitro detection of neutrophil extracellular traps in isolated biological samples as well as a method for assessing a disease condition associated with NET formation. The present invention also relates to an isolated fragment of human histone H3 cleaved at site L48R49, and to the use of cleavage site L48R49 for specific detection of human neutrophil extracellular traps. The present invention also relates to recombinant nucleic acid sequences encoding said polypeptides, and host cells comprising the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-human p53 antibody suitable for specifically binding a linear epitope which is exposed only in a conformationally altered isoform of the characteristic p53 protein of patients with Alzheimer's disease or prone to develop Alzheimer's disease or cognitive impairment during ageing. Methods and diagnostic and prognostic kits are also described.

Abstract: Described are methods and systems for the treatment of individuals having a disorder characterized by complement system dysregulation. The described methods and systems may be used for a variety of purposes, including for example, establishing one or both of a general or personalized dosing schedule for treatment using a complement inhibitor, establishing a dosage schedule sufficient to maintain an effective amount of complement inhibitor, establishing general dosing schedules for novel complement modifying agents and identifying a treatment regimen and/or dose eliminating the possibility of under dosing medication, and treatment regimen and/or dose for reducing or preventing toxicity in a patient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoresponsive or shear-thinning gel composition comprising a recombinant factor (i.e., interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein (IRAP) and/or platelet derived growth factor (PDGF)) and a carrier solution comprising at least one selected from hyaluronic acid (HA), chondroitin sulfate (CS), methyl cellulose (MC), and/or two-dimensional silicate nanomaterial. In some embodiments, the composition is an anti-inflammatory composition. Thus, in some embodiments, the present invention also provides a method of treating an inflammatory disease or disorder, such as osteoarthritis, using said composition.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to chemerin inhibitors and uses thereof for treating, preventing, and detecting cancer.

Abstract: The invention provides CCL14 antibodies.

Abstract: The compositions and methods described herein include methods and agents that inhibit inflammasome signaling in a mammal such as antibodies directed against inflammasome components used alone or in combination with extracellular vesicle uptake inhibitor(s) or other agents. Also described herein are compositions and methods of use thereof for detecting and treating early-stage Alzheimer's disease as well as other inflammatory neurologic conditions.

Abstract: Provided is a substance capable of effectively suppressing cancer metastasis or a pharmaceutical composition that effectively acts on an inflammatory disease. The pharmaceutical composition is a pharmaceutical composition containing, as an active ingredient, an antibody or an antibody fragment thereof having antigen-binding activity for an S100A8/A9 heterodimer, and blocks interaction between S100A8/A9 and a group of receptors therefor, to thereby strongly suppress cancer metastasis both in vitro and in vivo, or alleviate inflammation. That is, the anti-S100A8/A9 antibody or the antibody fragment thereof can strongly suppress cancer metastasis or alleviate inflammation, by virtue of its blocking action on the interaction between S100A8/A9 and the group of receptors therefor.

Abstract: The present invention is related to agents capable of binding to and inhibiting or antagonizing the action of IL-11 and/or or IL-11RA for the treatment and/or prevention of abnormal uterine bleeding, which comprises heavy menstrual bleeding, prolonged bleeding, altered bleeding pattern, dysmenorrhea, as well as of the underlying diseases leiomyoma and endometriosis and the use of the agent to inhibit menstruation. Furthermore, the invention provides novel IL-11 antibodies.

Abstract: Novel therapeutic protocols are provided relating to the use of an anti-IL-6 antibody, e.g., Clazakizumab, in order to prevent, stabilize, reduce or arrest antibody mediated rejection responses in patients receiving solid organ transplants, e.g., patients receiving transplanted kidney, heart, liver, lungs, pancreas, intestines or combinations of any of the foregoing. Also novel therapeutic protocols are provided pertaining to the use of an anti-IL-6 antibody, e.g., Clazakizumab, as part of a desensitization protocol for treating highly sensitized subjects waiting for and/or after allograft transplants, e.g., patients who are to receive solid organ transplants, e.g., kidney, heart, liver, lungs, pancreas, intestines, skin or combinations of any of the foregoing. The foregoing treatments may be effected in combination with one or more other immunosuppressant regimens or other desensitization procedures.

Abstract: Engineered bispecific antibodies with charge pairs introduced at the interface of CHI and CL alone or in combination with other charge pairs at the interface of VH and VL are described. Also described are anti-CD47/anti-CLDN18.2 and anti-CD3/anti-DLL3 bispecific antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof. Also described are nucleic acids encoding the bispecific antibodies, compositions comprising the bispecific antibodies, and methods of producing the bispecific antibodies and using the bispecific antibodies for treating or preventing diseases, such as cancer and/or associated complications.

Abstract: An anti-CD33 antibody and a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. The anti-CD33 antibody has high affinity with CD33 protein, and therefore, can be used for preparation of a drug for treating tumor and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides a preparation of a Siglec-15 binding protein and the use thereof, and specifically relates to an isolated antigen-binding protein, which comprises HCDR3. Provided is the use of the antigen-binding protein in the prevention and treatment of diseases.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antibody which binds to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), an antibody fragment thereof, a hybridoma which produces the antibody or the antibody fragment, a nucleic acid containing a nucleotide sequence which encodes the antibody or the antibody fragment, a transformant cell containing a vector containing the nucleic acid, a method for producing the antibody or the antibody fragment, a composition containing the antibody or the antibody fragment and a method for detecting or measuring an antigen that is present in the brain, a method for diagnosing or treating a brain disease, a method for improving the property of an antibody of accumulating in the brain and a method for increasing the amount of an antibody in the brain which use the antibody or the antibody fragment.

Abstract: Methods, kits, and compositions are provided herein that can be used to treat hematopoietic disorders using an anti-CD47 agent such as an antibody and a hypomethylating agent, such as azacitidine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory disease using antibodies (e.g. monoclonal antibodies), antibody fragments, and derivatives thereof that specifically bind KIR3DL2. The invention also relates to antibodies, cells producing such antibodies; methods of making such antibodies; fragments, variants, and derivatives of the antibodies; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same.

Abstract: The present application provides constructs comprising a single-domain antibody (sdAb) moiety that specifically recognizes TIGIT. Also provided are methods of making and using these constructs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel anti-PD1 and anti-LAG3 antibody molecules. The invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding such antibody molecules; to methods for preparing such antibody molecules; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such antibody molecules; to compositions comprising such antibody molecules; and to uses of such antibody molecules or such compositions, in particular for therapeutic purposes in the field of cancer diseases.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the anti-LAG-3 antibodies, LAG-3 mAb 1, LAG-3 mAb 2, LAG-3 mAb 4, LAG-3 mAb 5, and LAG-3 mAb 6, and to humanized and chimeric versions of such antibodies. The invention additionally pertains to LAG-3-binding molecules that comprise LAG-3 binding fragments of such anti-LAG-3 antibodies, immunocongugates, and to bispecific molecules, including diabodies, BiTEs, bispecific antibodies, etc., that comprise (i) such LAG-3-binding fragments, and (ii) a domain capable of binding an epitope of a molecule involved in regulating an immune check point present on the surface of an immune cells. The present invention also pertains to methods of detecting LAG-3, as well as methods of using molecules that bind LAG-3 for stimulating immune responses.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide isolated proteins comprising antigen binding domains that bind kallikrein related peptidase 2 (hK2), including monospecific and bispecific antibodies. Additional embodiments of the invention provide polynucleotides encoding the hk2-specific proteins, vectors, host cells, and methods of making and using them.

Abstract: This disclosure provides an IgM antibody or IgM-like antibody comprising a variant J-chain and/or variant IgM heavy chain constant regions that can confer increased serum half-life upon the antibody.