Abstract: The invention provides for a method for selectively reducing the expression of a mutant mRNA and/or protein having an expanded nucleotide repeat relative to a wild-type mRNA, comprising contacting a cell with an antisense oligonucleotide of sufficient length and complementarity to the expanded nucleotide repeat. More particularly it relates to selectively reducing the expression of mutant Huntington protein associated with Huntington's disease. The antisense oligonucleotide comprising either a nucleotide or a repeated three nucleotide sequence as defined in the claims.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 18, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 13, 2023
Assignee:
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.
Inventors:
Peter Linsley, Brian James Leppert, Gunnar J. Hanson
Abstract: This disclosure relates to water-soluble viscosity reducer complexes for use in reducing the viscosity of heavy oil in oil recovery operations. The viscosity reducer complexes contain a hydrophilic component of polyaromatic-hydrocarbon-based polymers and a hydrophilic component of cyclodextrin-based polymers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 27, 2022
Date of Patent:
May 16, 2023
Assignee:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventors:
Shaohua Chen, Ming Han, Abdulkareem AlSofi
Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions, and methods involving theranostic capture agent for a target where the capture agent is (a) a precursor that can be loaded with a detectable moiety, a therapeutic moiety, or both, (b) loaded with a detectable moiety, (c) loaded with a therapeutic moiety, or (d) loaded with both a detectable moiety and a therapeutic moiety. Also disclosed are stable peptide-based PSMA capture agents and methods of use as detection agents.
Abstract: Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing saposin C and phosphatidylserine that are useful for treating various cancers. Also disclosed are methods for assaying potency of a test composition comprising saposin C and an anionic phospholipid.
Abstract: Provided is an alkyldiphenylmethane protective agent, which can prevent solidification or insolubilization of a compound by protecting a functional group of the compound to achieve easy separation and purification after a reaction.
Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-MRS monoclonal antibody and, more specifically, to an antibody or a fragment thereof characterized by specifically binding to a fragment represented by amino acid 861-900 of a human-derived methionyl-tRNA synthetase (MRS) protein set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, a method for producing the same, and a composition for diagnosing cancer comprising the same. The antibody or the fragment thereof of the present invention specifically binds to the human-derived MRS, and has no cross-reactivity with other proteins comprising the same ARS family. Therefore, as MRS detection is possible, the antibody or a fragment thereof can be effectively used for diagnosing MRS-related cancer.
Abstract: The present invention relates to heterotandem bicyclic peptide complexes which comprise a first peptide ligand, which binds to a component present on an immune cell, conjugated via a linker to a second peptide ligand, which binds to a component present on a cancer cell. The invention also relates to the use of said heterotandem bicyclic peptide complexes in preventing, suppressing or treating cancer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 2, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 27, 2022
Assignee:
BICYCLETX LIMITED
Inventors:
Nicholas Keen, Kevin McDonnell, Peter Park, Punit Upadhyaya, Gemma Mudd
Abstract: Novel human papillomovirus immunogenic compositions and methods of use thereof are provided. The compositions comprise unique combinations of multi-epitope peptide sequences specifically selected and designed to be effectively processed and cross-presented to T-cells. The peptides utilized in the compositions display high levels of binding with HLA-supertypes. The immunogenic compositions are broadly applicable to large proportions of target populations. The compositions comprise adjuvants such as cationic lipids.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 4, 2017
Date of Patent:
August 2, 2022
Assignee:
PDS Biotechnology Corporation
Inventors:
Frank Bedu-Addo, Greg Conn, Martin Ward, Jerold Woodward
Abstract: Brachyury protein can be used to induce Brachyury-specific CD4+ T cells in vivo and ex vivo. It is also disclosed that Brachyury protein can be used to stimulate the production of both Brachyury-specific CD4+ T cells and Brachyury-specific CD8+ T cells in a subject, such as a subject with cancer. In some embodiments, the methods include the administration of a Brachyury protein. In additional embodiments, the methods include the administration of a nucleic acid encoding the Brachyury protein, such as in a non-pox non-yeast vector. In further embodiments, the method include the administration of host cells expressing the Brachyury protein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 21, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 14, 2022
Assignee:
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Abstract: IL-2R? ligands and IL-2R?c ligands and compounds comprising the ligands are disclosed. The ligands and compounds such as heterodimers and fusion proteins comprising the IL-2R? ligands and/or the IL-2R?c ligands can be IL-2 receptor agonists.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 27, 2020
Date of Patent:
June 14, 2022
Assignee:
MEDIKINE, INC.
Inventors:
William J. Dower, Michael C. Needels, Ronald W. Barrett, Alice V. Bakker, Steven E. Cwirla
Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in a test sample. Its presence or absence in the sample is determined by nucleic acid based testing methods using primers and/or probes and or molecular beacons that bind to the 23S ribosomal genes or gene transcripts.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 11, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 10, 2022
Assignee:
Talis Biomedical Corporation
Inventors:
Andrea Dedent, Matt Lee, Shuyuan Ma, Hedia Maamar
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods of producing nucleic acid libraries. In certain aspects, the methods include producing tagged primer extension products, and contacting aliquots of the tagged primer extension products with transposomes to produce tagged extension product fragments. The methods may further include sequencing the tagged extension products and tagged extension product fragments to determine the sequences of nucleic acids of interest. Also provided are compositions and kits that find use, e.g., in practicing embodiments of the methods.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 3, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 3, 2022
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California
Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of their use are provided for reducing inflammation in a subject, blocking leukocyte recruitment, inhibiting tumor metastasis, treating sepsis and preventing/reducing acute kidney injury.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 2, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 29, 2022
Assignee:
Arch BioPartners, Inc.
Inventors:
Stephen Mark Robbins, Donna Lorraine Senger, Daniel Abraham Muruve, Saurav Roy Choudhury, Jennifer Joy Rahn, Arthur Wing Sze Lau, Justin MacDonald, Liane Babes, Paul Kubes
Abstract: Niclosamide derivatives are provided in the present invention. More particularly, the methods of using niclosamide derivatives for the manufacture of medicaments for suppressing platelet aggregation and preventing thrombosis-related diseases are provided. The niclosamide derivatives in the medicaments inhibit the production of thromboxane A2, therefore suppress platelet aggregation and prevent thrombosis-related diseases.
Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel methods and compositions for targeting drug delivery systems to specific cells. One aspect relates to a drug delivery system comprising an elastin-like peptide (ELP) component and a ligand selected from the group consisting of an polymeric immunoglobulin receptor binding site in the C?3 domain of dimeric human IgA (mIgA) and knob capable of either drug encapsulation or drug attachment. Further aspects relate to drug delivery systems comprising an elastin-like peptide (ELP) component and a ligand; wherein the ligand specifically binds to a receptor selected from the group consisting of coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CAR) and polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIgR). Further aspects include the novel transcytosing properties of the elastin-like peptide and the ligand, knob. Also provided are methods and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the disclosed therapeutics.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 21, 2018
Date of Patent:
January 18, 2022
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Inventors:
Sarah Hamm-Alvarez, John Andrew MacKay, Guoyong Sun, Pang-Yu Hsueh
Abstract: A peptide that includes a partial amino acid sequence of the C16orf74 protein, includes the cysteine at position 7 and/or the cysteine at position 14 of the C16orf74 protein, and inhibits dimer formation of the C16orf74 protein is provided. A pharmaceutical composition for cancer treatment that includes the peptide is also provided. A screening method for cancer treatment drugs that takes as the indicator inhibition of dimer formation of the C16orf74 protein is also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 10, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 21, 2021
Assignee:
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 2-ethylidene-1,5-dimethyl-3,3-diphenylpyrrolidine analogs, and methods for their synthesis and use. Such analogs are designed to provide a convenient linkage chemistry for coupling under mild conditions to a suitable group on a target protein, polypeptide, solid phase or detectable label.
Abstract: This invention is generally related to small proteins, such as miniature proteins, including avian pancreatic polypeptide (aPP), modified so that the small proteins reach the cytosol. In some embodiments, the modified protein molecules deliver an associated cargo molecule to the cytosol. Other embodiments of the invention relate to modified protein fusion molecules that reach the cytosol.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 17, 2019
Date of Patent:
October 26, 2021
Assignee:
Yale University
Inventors:
Alanna Schepartz Shrader, Jacob S. Applebaum, Jonathan R. LaRochelle
Abstract: The invention discloses a polypeptide with improved alkaline stability, which polypeptide comprises a mutant of a B or C domain of Staphylococcus Protein A (SpA), as specified by SEQ ID NO 1 or SEQ ID NO 2, or of Protein Z, as specified by SEQ ID NO 3, wherein at least the glutamine residue at position 9 has been mutated to an amino acid other than asparagine. The invention also discloses multimers of said polypeptide, as well as separation matrices comprising the multimers or polypeptides.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 20, 2018
Date of Patent:
October 5, 2021
Assignee:
Cytiva BioProcess R&D AB
Inventors:
Gustav Rodrigo, Mats Ander, Tomas Bjorkman, Goran Bauren
Abstract: The present disclosure describes a Mtu ?I-CM intein variant containing one or more mutations or a biologically active fragment thereof, and a method for producing and purifying a molecule of interest using the intein variant. Further described are isolated fusion proteins comprising the intein variant and a tag and a molecule of interest. Also described are expression systems for expressing the intein variant as well as polypeptide screening methods employing the intein variant.
Abstract: The invention relates to the discovery of a vital new component of the Wnt pathway that regulates trafficking of ?-catenin to the cell nucleus and novel therapeutic approaches to cancer treatment. Disclosed herein is a previously unknown, essential component of the Wnt/?-catenin signaling pathway that governs the quantity of ?-catenin delivered to the cell nucleus. This intracellular inhibitor of ?-catenin signaling (IBS) is transcribed from a second transcriptional start site adjacent to exon 3 of the Dkk3 gene and is required for early mouse development. IBS captures ?-catenin destined for the nucleus in a complex with ?-TrCP that is bound to the actin cytoskeleton and unavailable for nuclear translocation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 18, 2016
Date of Patent:
September 14, 2021
Assignee:
University of Massachusetts
Inventors:
Jack L. Leonard, Karl J. Simin, Deborah M. Leonard
Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel exenatide analogue, which is an exenatide analogue in which the first to fifteenth amino acids from the C-terminal of the amino acid sequence of exenatide are deleted and a fatty acid is conjugated. The present invention provides a short length exenatide exhibiting almost the same level of anti-diabetic effects compared with that of conventional exenatide and liraglutide, which is an anti-diabetic drug, and capable of reducing the preparation cost of exenatide.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 23, 2015
Date of Patent:
August 31, 2021
Assignee:
ANYGEN Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
San Ho Kim, Seon Myung Kim, Moon Young Park
Abstract: The present invention concerns cyclic compounds, compositions comprising the cyclic compounds, linkers, a method of preparing a carrying agent:cyclic compound adduct, a method for treating disorders such as proliferation disorders (e.g., malignancies), bone deficiency diseases, and autoimmune diseases, and a method for suppressing the growth of, or inducing apoptosis in, cells (e.g., malignant cells).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 2, 2018
Date of Patent:
August 3, 2021
Assignees:
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center And Research Institute, Inc., The Scripps Research Institute, University of South Florida
Inventors:
Lori Hazlehurst, Christoph Rader, Xiuling Li, Mark McLaughlin
Abstract: The specification relates to the use of Mcl-1 inhibitors to promote apoptosis in vascular endothelial cells undergoing neovascularisation in disease states.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 12, 2019
Date of Patent:
July 20, 2021
Assignee:
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Inventors:
Leigh Coultas, Grant Dewson, Emma Watson
Abstract: The invention discloses peptides having biocidal properties, more particularly antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties, and preparations based thereon. A biocidal peptide of general formula Y-Ile-Leu-Pro-X-Lys-X-Pro-X-X-Pro-X-Arg-Arg-NH2, where X is 4-nitrophenylalanine; 4-chlorophenylalanine; 4-methoxyphenylalanine; D-phenylalanine; 4-aminophenylalanine; 4-aminobenzoylphenylalanine; homophenylalanine; 4-tertbutylphenylalanine; 2-methylphenylalanine; 4-fluorophenyl alanine; pentafluorophenylalanine; or 2-trifluoromethylphenylalanine; and Y is H or palmitoyl or aminoundecanoyl, and a preparation in the form of a gel with biocidal properties, containing, as an active substance, the peptide at a concentration of 0.001 to 0.1 wt %. The peptides demonstrate biocidal properties towards bacteria, including spore-forming bacteria, mold fungi, and viruses. The peptide-based gels can be used for treating bacterial and viral infectious diseases and infectious comorbidities.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 29, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 13, 2021
Assignee:
VERTA RESEARCH-PRODUCTION COMPANY LTD
Inventors:
Irina Vasil'evna Afonina, Alexandr Alexandrovich Kolobov, Nikolay Ivanovich Kolodkin, Mariya Pavlovna Smirnova, Ludmila Ivanovna Stefanenko
Abstract: Described herein are an immunogenic peptide containing the sequence of CLDSLGQWN (SEQ ID NO:2) and a method of using the peptide for treating cancer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 3, 2017
Date of Patent:
May 4, 2021
Assignees:
National Health Research Institutes, Academia Sinica
Abstract: The invention is to develop a protecting group that does not solidify or insolubilize a compound in which a functional group has been protected, and facilitates separation and purification after a reaction.
Abstract: The present disclosure describes novel hybrid soluble ActRIIB-ECD polypeptides which fully retain binding affinity for myostatin and activin A but demonstrate significantly reduced binding to BMPs, especially BMP-9. The novel compositions described herein can be used to prepare novel hybrid ActRIIB ligand trap proteins, which can be used for modulating the growth of muscle, bone, cartilage, fat, fibroblast, blood and neuronal tissue to counteract muscle wasting, bone loss, anemia, inflammation and fibrosis in a therapeutically meaningful manner. Because these novel next-generation myostatin/activin inhibitors are safer and more effective molecules than the currently available myostatin inhibitors, they are useful in a wide variety of clinical indications.
Abstract: A method for preparing a cyclic peptide, derivative or analogue thereof is described. The method comprises contacting a peptide, derivative or analogue thereof with a fluoro-heteroaromatic compound to cyclise the peptide, derivative or analogue thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 28, 2015
Date of Patent:
February 2, 2021
Assignee:
The University of Durham
Inventors:
Steven Cobb, Christopher Coxon, Graham Sandford
Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for inactivation of the human glucocorticoid receptor (GR) gene by targeted cleavage of genomic DNA encoding the GR. Such methods and compositions are useful, for example, in therapeutic applications which require retention of immune function during glucocorticoid treatment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 20, 2015
Date of Patent:
February 2, 2021
Assignees:
Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc., City of Hope
Inventors:
Andreas Reik, Michael Jensen, Michael C. Holmes, Philip D. Gregory, Dale Ando
Abstract: An object of the present invention is to effectively induce cancer cell apoptosis using the anti-TRAIL-R1 antibody(ies) and the anti-TRAIL-R2 antibody(ies) and to reduce the toxicity imposed on normal cells. The present invention relates to recombinant obligate anaerobic Gram-positive bacteria that include a nucleic acid encoding a fusion protein having 3 or more anti-TRAIL-R1 single-chain antibodies and/or 3 or more anti-TRAIL-R2 single-chain antibodies, in an expressible state.
Abstract: A polyethylene glycol-modified angiogenesis inhibitor HM-1 and its application are disclosed. The polypeptide sequence is mPEG-Arg-Gly-Ala-Asp-Arg-Ala-Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-Arg-Gly-Asp (SEQ ID NO: 1), and mPEG . . . is chosen from mPEG-SC, mPEG2-NHS, mPEG-ALD or mPEG-bALD, with a molecular weight range of 500˜40000. The polypeptide has been modified by polyethylene glycol, has the capacity to inhibit vascular endothelial cell migration and integrin affinity and binding, and can be used for the prevention and treatment of tumors, various types of inflammation, and neovascular eye diseases. The polyethylene glycol-modified angiogenesis inhibitor disclosed by the present invention is prepared by a synthetic method.
Abstract: Provided is an alkyldiphenylmethane protective agent, which can prevent solidification or insolubilization of a compound by protecting a functional group of the compound to achieve easy separation and purification after a reaction.
Abstract: IVIG replacement compounds are derived from recombinant and/or biochemical creation of immunologically active biomimetic(s). These replacement compounds are then screened in vitro to assess each replacements compound's efficiency at modulating immune function. Particular replacement compounds are selected for further in vivo validation and dosage/administration optimization. Finally, the replacement compounds are used to treat a wide range of diseases, including inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 2016
Date of Patent:
December 1, 2020
Assignees:
GLIKNIK INC., UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
Inventors:
Scott E. Strome, Dan H. Schulze, David S. Block, Henrik Olsen
Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 16, 2019
Date of Patent:
November 17, 2020
Assignee:
IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Inventors:
Andrea Mahr, Toni Weinschenk, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Harpreet Singh, Colette Song
Abstract: Antimicrobial peptoids with improved selectivity to bacteria and a use thereof are described. Specifically, the antimicrobial peptoids have high antimicrobial activity and greatly decreased toxicity to animal cells. The antimicrobial peptoids show excellent antimicrobial activity against bacteria and exhibit low cytotoxicity to animal cells due to altered degree of folding in helical structure or altered charge characteristics. Therefore, the antimicrobial peptoids have improved selectivity to bacteria, and thus can be usefully used as antimicrobial compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 19, 2019
Date of Patent:
October 27, 2020
Assignee:
GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Abstract: The present invention relates to ligand conjugates of iRNA agents (such as siRNA) of the formula
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 11, 2014
Date of Patent:
October 20, 2020
Assignee:
ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Inventors:
Muthiah Manoharan, Jayaprakash K. Nair, Pachamuthu Kandasamy, Shigeo Matsuda, Alexander V. Kelin, Muthusamy Jayaraman, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev
Abstract: The present invention refers to a novel combination of nucleotide and cellular vaccine composition and pharmaceutical composition and use thereof for treating and/or preventing diseases, including infectious diseases, cancer, autoimmune diseases, allergy, diabetes and blood disorders. The vaccine composition comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding an antigenic molecule and gene-modified antigen-presenting cells (APCs), preferably provided as an intermixture. The APCs are modified to express immune modulating molecules. Immunization with the vaccine composition of present invention into a subject, induces the host immune system to respond and generate efficient immunity against either pre-existing disease or protect the host against the disease.
Abstract: The invention relates to novel infective agents, the use thereof for the production of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and prophylaxes of a disease, preferably an infectious disease, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compound, and to methods of producing said compounds. The invention further relates to a new probiotic configured for preventing or reducing the colonization by a pathogenic microorganism of an organ of a living being.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 22, 2017
Date of Patent:
September 15, 2020
Assignee:
Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen
Inventors:
Bernhard Krismer, Andreas Peschel, Stephanie Grond, Alexander Zipperer, Martin Christoph Konnerth, Daniela Janek, Hubert Kalbacher, Nadine Anna Schilling
Abstract: A composition comprising a polypeptide ligated to an oligonucleotide through a sterol linker. A method of ligating a polypeptide to an oligonucleotide, comprising a polypeptide having a hedgehog steroyl transferse catalytic domain at the C-terminal of the polypeptide with an electrophilic residue, e.g., glycine, between polypeptide and the hedgehog steroyl transferse catalytic domain, and a steroylated oligonucleotide in solution, and permitting a reaction to cleave the hedgehog steroyl transferse catalytic domain from the polypeptide while ligating the steroylated oligonucleotide to the glycine at the C-terminal of the polypeptide. The oligonucleotide may be, for example, a therapeutic, diagnostic, or affinity ligand.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 12, 2017
Date of Patent:
August 11, 2020
Assignee:
The Research Foundation for The State University
Abstract: It is described the preparation of Insulin like peptides, of chimeric Insulin like peptides and of their derivatives by the random combination of their chains A and their chains B and the pharmaceutical application of the obtained products.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 13, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 14, 2020
Assignee:
CHEMICAL & BIOPHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORIES OF PATRAS SA
Abstract: The present application discloses a method for stimulating or enhancing proliferation of a population of cells by activating MUC1 receptor on the cells.
Abstract: Described is a vaccine for prevention and treatment of cancer characterized by microsatellite instability (MSI). The vaccine contains an MSI-specific frameshift peptide (FSP) generating humoral and cellular responses against tumor cells or a nucleic acid encoding said FSP. The vaccine of the present invention is particularly useful for the prevention/treatment of colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer, gastric cancer or small bowel cancer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 31, 2017
Date of Patent:
June 16, 2020
Assignee:
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Inventors:
Matthias Kloor, Miriam Reuschenbach, Magnus von Knebel-Doeberitz
Abstract: Provided are methods, uses and pharmaceutical compositions for inhibition of mammalian alpha-amylase in a subject, with a Helianthamide peptide or a derivative thereof in a biologically effective amount. The subject in need of alpha-amylase inhibition, may have or be at risk of developing one or more of the following: Middleton syndrome; a motility disorder of the gastrointestinal tract; postprandial reactive hypoglycemia; postprandial syndrome; irritable bowel syndrome; diabetes mellitus type 1; diabetes mellitus type 2; pre-diabetes; obesity, dumping syndrome; infant dumping syndrome; polycystic ovary syndrome; steatohepatitis; and viral infection.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 29, 2016
Date of Patent:
March 10, 2020
Assignee:
THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Inventors:
Stephen G. Withers, Andrew Tarling, Raymond J. Andersen, Gary D. Brayer, Robert Keyzers, Christina Rose Tysoe, Leslie Karen Williams
Abstract: The present invention provides URLC10-derived epitope peptides having the ability to induce cytotoxic T cells. The present invention further provides polynucleotides encoding the peptides, antigen-presenting cells presenting the peptides, and cytotoxic T cells targeting the peptides, as well as methods of inducing the antigen-presenting cells or CTLs. The present invention also provides compositions and pharmaceutical compositions containing them as an active ingredient. Further, the present invention provides methods of treating and/or preventing cancer, and/or preventing postoperative recurrence thereof, using the peptides, polynucleotides, antigen-presenting cells, cytotoxic T cells or pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention. Methods of inducing an immune response against cancer are also provided.
Abstract: Disclosed herein are nanoparticle immunoconjugates useful for therapeutics and/or diagnostics. The immunoconjugates have diameter (e.g., average diameter) no greater than 20 nanometers (e.g., as measured by dynamic light scattering (DLS) in aqueous solution, e.g., saline solution). In certain embodiments, the conjugates are silica-based nanoparticles with single chain antibody fragments attached thereto.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 7, 2016
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2020
Assignees:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Cornell University, The Curators of the University of Missouri
Inventors:
Michelle S. Bradbury, Thomas P. Quinn, Feng Chen, Barney Yoo, Jason Lewis, Ulrich Wiesner, Kai Ma
Abstract: The present invention relates to decoy peptide or polypeptide consisting of a peptide sequence represented by the following Formula I: X1-Ala-X2—X3-Ile-Glu-X4 (I). It is noteworthy that the decoy peptide or polypeptide of the present invention significantly elevates phosphorylation levels of PLB by inhibiting PP1-mediated dephosphorylation. In addition, the decoy peptide or polypeptide provides cardio-protective effects by restoring of SERCA2a activity and inotropic effect of enhancing myocardial contractility. The present invention will contribute greatly to the prevention or treatment of diseases associated with PLB.