Disclosed herein are anti-Galectin-9 antibodies and methods of using in modulating (e.g., increasing) immune responses in a subject, either taken alone or in combination with an immune checkpoint inhibitor, such as a PD-1 inhibitor.
A high-mannoseantibody-specific affinity material, a preparation method therefor and a use thereof. Provided are a lectin variant comprising (a) a histidine tag and (b) a cysteine-containing segment, added to the C-terminus of a reference lectin; a nucleic acid molecule encoding the lectin variant, and a vector and a cell containing the nucleic acid molecule; a composition and a matrix comprising the lectin variant; and a use of the lectin variant for reducing or removing a high-mannoseantibody from a sample. The lectin variant has a specific affinity for high-mannose antibodies, and can effectively bind to high-mannose antibodies formed during antibody production, to remove high-mannose byproducts contained in recombinant antibodies, thereby effectively promoting and achieving required antibody purification in downstream stages of production.
The present invention relates to a recombinant stabilized galectin 9 protein and the use thereof, and more specifically, relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the recombinant stabilized galectin 9 protein for prevention or treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and a bone disease. The recombinant stabilized galectin 9 protein differs from the wild-type galectin 9 protein in that the amino acids in the link region connecting two carbohydrates recognition domains (CRDs) are deleted, and the amino acids in the C-terminal CRD (CCRD) are deleted and substituted.
The disclosure is in the field of immunology and oncology, especially for treating, preventing, or inhibiting proliferative diseases, particularly cancer, infectious diseases and disorders associated with dysfunction of TNF cytokines. The disclosure relates to a novel SPD-TNFSF fusion protein including a TNF-superfamily (TNFSF) ligand, or receptorbinding domain thereof, fused to a coiled-coil domain of surfactant protein-D (SPD). Also provided a trimeric or multimeric fusion protein including a plurality of SPD-TNFSF fusion proteins. The disclosure also provides an expression vector as mRNA, plasmid or virus including an isolated nucleotide sequence encoding the SPD-TNFSF fusion protein and a cell or a pharmaceutical composition including thereof.
The present invention relates to a lectin for use in the treatment, reduction in progression and curing of inflammation in a subject in need thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising said lectin are also described. The lectin may comprise an amino acid sequence having sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or at least 60% homology to SEQ ID NO: 1.
The present disclosure provides trefoil factor 2 / interferon α2 fusion proteins and their use in the prevention and treatment of viral infectious diseases. Specifically, the present disclosure provides fusion proteins that contain a trefoil factor 2 (TFF2) element that includes a TFF2 peptide, and an interferon α2 (IFNα2) element that includes an IFNα2 peptide fused to the TFF2 element. The present disclosure also provides uses of such fusion proteins in the prevention and / or treatment of viral infectious diseases, such as acute respiratory / enteric viral infections.
The present invention is in the field of immunology and oncology, especially for treating, preventing, or inhibiting proliferative diseases, particularly cancer, infectious diseases and disorders associated with dysfunction of TNF cytokines. The present invention relates to a novel SPD-TNFSF fusion protein comprising a TNF-superfamily (TNFSF) ligand, or receptorbinding domain thereof, fused to a coiled-coil domain of surfactant protein-D (SPD). Also provided a trimeric or multimeric fusion protein comprising a plurality of SPD-TNFSF fusion proteins. The present invention also provides an expression vector as mRNA, plasmid or virus comprising an isolated nucleotide sequence encoding the SPD-TNFSF fusion protein and a cell or a pharmaceutical composition comprising thereof.
The present disclosure provides a T-cell modulatory multimeric polypeptide (TMMP) comprising at least one heterodimer, where the heterodimer comprises first and second polypeptide chains and where the heterodimer includes an NKG2 peptide, an HLA-E heavy chain polypeptide, a beta-2 microglobulin polypeptide, and an immunoglobulin Fc polypeptide. The heterodimer can also include an immunomodulatory polypeptide and / or a cancer-targeting polypeptide. The TMMPs are useful in methods of modulating an immune response, which methods are also provided.
Provided herein are chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that include a) an antigenbinding domain specific for an antigen, b) a spacer, c) a transmembrane domain, and d) an intracellular signaling domain, wherein the spacer consists of 1, 2 or 3 C2-set Ig-like domain(s) e.g., C2-set Ig-like domains of the sialic acid binding Ig-like lectin (Siglec) family. Also provided herein are compositions including a) an immune cell expressing a CAR, wherein the CAR is specific for a tag and b) a tagged polypeptide.
Provided is a fusion construct that includes (1) a glycan-targeting domain capable of specifically binding a pre-determined sugar molecule (such as one over-expressed on certain cancercell surface), (2) an aggregating domain capable of self-aggregation to form multimers among molecules containing the same domain, and (3) an optional solubilizing domain, which is connected to (1) or (2) via a peptidelinker optionally containing a protease (such as one over-expressed on certain cancercell surface) cleavage site. Also provided is using of said construct in treatment of cancer.
Disclosed herein is a CLEC2 fusion protein comprising a first polypeptide and a second polypeptide coupled to the upstream of the first polypeptide. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the first and the second polypeptides respectively comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 1 and 2. Also disclosed therein are uses of the CLEC2 fusion protein in treating severe acute respiratory syndromecoronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and treating influenza virus infection.