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Recombinant NK cells, and especially recombinant NK-92 cells express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) having an intracellular domain of FcεRIγ. Notably, CAR constructs with an intracellular domain of FcεRIγ had a substantially prolonged duration of expression and significantly extended cytotoxicity over time. The CAR may be expressed from RNA and DNA, preferably as a tricistronic construct that further encodes CD16 and a cytokine to confer autocrine growth support. Advantageously, such constructs also enable high levels of transfection and expression of the recombinant proteins and provide a convenient selection marker to facilitate rapid production of recombinant NK / NK-92 cells.

The invention discloses a multi-effect repair type collagen and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of synthetic biology. Transdermal peptide TD-1, a transmembrane region of human XVII type collagen, an extracellular sixteenth non-collagen region, an extracellular fifteenth collagen region and a coding gene of a His tag are selected to be connected in series, and a gene sequence is optimized through pichia pastoris codon selection preference; and then the T-COL17R3 is constructed and expressed to obtain the T-COL17R3. Efficacy experiments prove that compared with similar products sold in the market, T-COL17R3 not only has excellent transdermal performance, but also has better cell proliferation and migration promoting capability, better capability of resisting early saccharification product ketoamine and later saccharification product dicarbonyl compounds, better capability of scavenging free radicals and resisting elastase, and can be used for preparing the anti-epidermal drug. In addition, synthesis of melanin in B16-F10 cells can be reduced, so that T-COL17R3 has excellent application potential in development of pharmaceutical compositions or skin care products with repairing, anti-wrinkle and firming or whitening and brightening effects.

Some aspects of this disclosure provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods, and kits that are useful for the targeted editing of nucleic acids, including editing a single site within the genome of a cell or subject, e.g., within the human genome. In some embodiments, fusion proteins of Cas9 and nucleic acid editing proteins or protein domains, e.g., deaminase domains, are provided. In some embodiments, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided. In some embodiments, reagents and kits for the generation of targeted nucleic acid editing proteins, e.g., fusion proteins of Cas9 and nucleic acid editing proteins or domains, are provided.

Disclosed are compositions and methods for preventing graft versus host disease (GVHD) in subjects receiving donor cells. In particular, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) polypeptides are disclosed that can be used with adoptive cell transfer suppress alloreactive donor cells. Also disclosed are immune effector cells, such as T cells or Natural Killer (NK) cells, that are engineered to express these CARs. Therefore, also disclosed are methods of suppressing alloreactive donor cells in a subject receiving transplant donor cells that involves adoptive transfer of the disclosed immune effector cells engineered to express the disclosed CARs.

The present invention relates, in part, to chimeric proteins comprising consensus interferon, or a variant thereof, and their use as therapeutic agents.

The present disclosure relates generally to multisubunit nucleic acids comprising a plurality of polynucleotide sequences, wherein each polynucleotide sequence of the plurality comprises a target sequence, a linker sequence, and a self-assembling sequence, or a linker sequence, a target sequence, a linker sequence, and a self-assembling sequence, or a combination thereof, wherein each polynucleotide sequence of the plurality is connected to an adjacent polynucleotide sequence of the plurality by a cleavage sequence, and wherein the multisubunit nucleic acid further comprises a signal sequence upstream of one or more of the polynucleotide sequences of the plurality, wherein the target sequence is obtained or derived from a respiratory syncytial virus, a metapneumovirus, a human parainfluenza virus, or a combination thereof. The multisubunit nucleic acid encodes a multisubunit peptide.

The present disclosure provides bispecific chimeric antigen receptors that target BCMA and CD19. The CAR may comprise an scFv targeting BCMA and an scFv targeting CD19, a hinge region, a transmembrane domain, a co-stimulatory region, and a cytoplasm signaling domain. Chimeric antigen receptors can be used to treat autoimmune disorders or cancer.

The invention provides immune effector cells (for example, T cells, NK cells) that express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), and compositions and methods thereof.

The present disclosure relates to IL12 receptor agonists with improved therapeutic profiles.

Provided herein are methods and compositions comprising a set of paired peptides comprising a first bacterial effector polypeptide or fragment thereof linked to a second bacterial effector polypeptide or fragment thereof. The paired peptides can be linked to a protein transduction domain. The compositions can be formulated as pharmaceuticals. The compositions are useful for the treatment of inflammatory disorders.

The present invention relates to a fusion protein that produces point mutations in cells, its preparation and use. Specifically, the fusion protein provided by the present invention contains a Cas enzyme that lacks cytosine deaminase and nuclease activity and retains helicase activity, or is formed by a Cas enzyme that lacks cytosine deaminase and nuclease activity and retains helicase activity. The present invention also relates to the coding sequence of the fusion protein, a polynucleotide sequence containing the coding sequence, a nucleic acid construct containing the polynucleotide sequence, a corresponding host cell, a method for producing point mutations in a cell, and a kit, etc. By using the present invention, it is possible to achieve site-directed mutagenesis while obtaining high mutation efficiency and a variety of mutation combinations in a specific gene region.

Genetically modified cells that are compatible with multiple subjects, e.g., universal donor cells, and methods of generating said genetic modified cells are provided herein. The universal donor cells comprise at least one genetic modification within or near at least one gene that encodes a survival factor, wherein the genetic modification comprises an insertion of a polynucleotide encoding a tolerogenic factor. The universal donor cells may further comprise at least one genetic modification within or near a gene that encodes one or more MHC-I or MHC-II human leukocyte antigens or a component or a transcriptional regulator of a MHC-I or MHC-II complex, wherein said genetic modification comprises an insertion of a polynucleotide encoding a second tolerogenic factor.

Provided are variant Cas12f4 polypeptides, fusion proteins containing variant Cas12f4 polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding variant Cas12f4 polypeptides and fusion proteins, compositions and methods related to those variant Cas12f4 polypeptides and fusion proteins, and modified host cells comprising the variant Cas12f4 polypeptides and / or encoding nucleic acids. The variant Cas12f4 polypeptides disclosed herein exhibit improved functionality, stability, and / or other desirable properties and may be used in combination with guide Cas12f4 RNAs that can be used in a variety of applications ex vivo, in vitro, and in vivo.

The present disclosure provides Crispr / cas9-based repressors for silencing gene targets in vivo and methods of use.

Disclosed herein are an engineered immune cell with CD7 gene knock-out and use thereof. According to the present invention, an sgRNA specifically targeting CD7 gene is designed and synthesized, which can accurately target CD7 gene to achieve gene knock-out with high knock-out efficiency. The provided sgRNA can be used for preparing a CD7-targeting engineered immune cell, and can be further used for preparing a CD7-targeting universal CAR-T cell

The present invention relates to modified Dda helicases which can be used to control the movement of analytes such as polynucleotides. The modified Dda helicases are used in analyte detection and characterisation. The present invention also relates to novel protein pores and their uses in analyte detection and characterisation. The invention particularly relates to an isolated pore complex formed by a CsgG-like pore and a modified CsgF peptide, or a homologue or mutant thereof, thereby incorporating an additional channel constriction or reader head in the nanopore.

Provided are nucleic acids that encode decoy-resistant interleukin 18 (DR-18) polypeptides, as well as vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acids and cells that comprise such vectors. Cells encoding DR-18 polypeptides may be referred to as DR-18 armored cells. The nucleic acids may further encode a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) or multiple CARs, including CARs that bind to antigens described herein. Methods are also provided, including methods of making the nucleic acids, vectors, and / or cells, as well as methods of use, such as employing the nucleic acids, vectors, and / or cells, in the treatment of a subject having cancer.

The invention provides a GPRC5D single-domain antibody B11, and the GPRC5D single-domain antibody B11 has relatively strong binding activity and reaction specificity on GPRC5D. The invention provides an amino acid sequence of a single-domain antibody, an antibody derivative, a biological material and application thereof. The single-domain antibody provided by the invention can be used for constructing a chimeric antigen receptor T cell, and the chimeric antigen receptor T cell has stronger killing power on a target cell.

The invention provides an anti-human BCMA monoclonal antibody and a hybridoma cell strain, the antibody has strong affinity with a BCMA antigen, the Kd value is 1.892 * 10 <-8 > M, and the antibody can compete with a commodity BCMA antibody 19F2 to combine with a target cell; the antibody can be specifically combined with a BCMA positive cell line H929, and has no cross reaction with a BCMA negative cell line Raji and peripheral blood source T cells; the monoclonal antibody 2D2 not only can be used for detecting cells expressing human BCMA, but also can be applied to tumor immunotherapy of targeted human BCMA, and has diagnosis and treatment values.

The invention relates to the technical field of gene engineering, in particular to Escherichia coli for efficient soluble expression of recombinant human collagen III and construction and application thereof. The invention constructs Escherichia coli for efficient soluble expression of recombinant human III type collagen, and the Escherichia coli can co-express the recombinant human III type collagen and molecular chaperone which are regulated and expressed by signal peptide. Experiments prove that the engineering bacterium provided by the invention has the capability of efficient soluble expression of the recombinant human III-type collagen, and the recombinant human III-type collagen provided by the invention has good stability and anti-inflammatory effect.

The invention provides a CLDN6 single domain antibody and a humanization method thereof. The CLDN6 single-domain antibody provided by the invention has targeted specificity to CLDN6, only recognizes the CLDN6 and does not recognize CLDN3, CLDN4 and CLDN9 of the same family, or the recognition modes are obviously different. The CLDN6 single-domain antibody 1H07 with targeting specificity provided by the invention can be used for constructing a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and a bivalent antibody (bispecific antibody). The CAR constructed based on the antibody sequence can be transduced into a T cell to create a CAR-T cell specifically targeting CLDN6, and the CAR-T cell can be used for treating solid tumors such as ovarian cancer.

Compositions of retroviruses and methods of using the same for gene delivery, wherein the retroviruses comprise a viral envelope protein comprising at least one mutation that diminishes its native function, a non-viral membrane-bound protein comprising a membrane-bound domain and an extracellular targeting domain.

Provided herein are engineered immune cells and populations thereof for administration to patients to treat cancer (e.g., solid tumors or liquid tumors) and other conditions. The cells are engineered to functionally express a reduced level of one or more of RFX5, NLRC5, TAP2, β2m, TRAC, RFXAP, CIITA and RFXANK. The cells optionally are further engineered to express one or more than one additional protein such as an antigen binding protein (e.g., a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) or T cell receptor) to target tumor cells or other damaged cells in the patient and / or to express other genes at a reduced level. Also provided are methods of making and using the engineered cells, compositions and kits comprising them, and methods of treating by administering the cells and the compositions.

Chimeric antigen receptors that include an antigen recognition domain; a spacer domain derived from a modified immunoglobulin Fc region having one or more mutations in its CH2 region resulting in impaired binding to an FcR; and an intracellular signaling domain.

The invention provides a saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering strain HYB05 capable of releasing astaxanthin in a controllable self-splitting manner. The saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering strain HYB05 is constructed by taking a basic strain for producing astaxanthin as a starting strain, introducing a coding sequence comprising cell wall lyase Lyc, a coding sequence of a signal peptide mutant F8A and a recombinant nucleic acid construct for expressing a regulatory element, and knocking out an SSD1 gene to relieve a translation inhibition effect. The cell wall lyase Lyc is found and disclosed by the inventor for the first time, and the amino acid sequence is shown as SEQ ID NO: 6; the amino acid sequence of the signal peptide mutant F8A is as shown in SEQ ID NO: 8. According to the engineering strain HYB05, by introducing the recombinant nucleic acid construct, the activation of the catalytic activity of cell wall lyase under specific conditions is realized, so that the cell wall of the saccharomyces cerevisiae is broken, and the astaxanthin synthesized by the saccharomyces cerevisiae is released. Compared with the prior art, the astaxanthin is produced through fermentation of the strain, the extraction steps are simplified, extraction of the astaxanthin in the yeast is achieved to the maximum extent, the yield of the astaxanthin is remarkably increased, and the technical effect is remarkable.

Disclosed are a therapeutic agent comprising a labeling polypeptide introduced into a tumor cell and a multispecific antibody capable of binding to and recognizing the labeling polypeptide, the multispecific antibody, a kit comprising the therapeutic agent, and use of the therapeutic agent or the multispecific antibody in the manufacture of a medicament for treating a tumor and / or a cancer.

Disclosed herein are antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to human CD19. Chimeric antigen receptors and chimeric antigen receptor transgenes comprising an antigen binding domain that specifically binds to human CD19 are also disclosed. Also described herein are immune cells, viral vectors, and other compositions containing the antibodies, the antigen binding fragments, the chimeric antigen receptors, and / or the chimeric antigen receptor transgenes.

Relating to the field of biotechnology, disclosed are a recombinant human elastin peptide with anti-aging effects and a use thereof. The recombinant human elastin peptide comprises an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1 or a fragment of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1, the fragment comprises 30% or more of SEQ ID NO:1, or a mutant of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1 or the fragment of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1. A disclosed method for producing elastin peptides by using a yeast expression system enables the targeted synthesis of highly effective protein fragments with 100% homology to human proteins, while achieving low costs and facilitating large-scale production, avoiding animal-derived sources and viral risks. This makes the recombinant human elastin peptide safe for use as an anti-aging and anti-photoaging active ingredient in cosmetics, while also supporting a use thereof in the field of biomedical materials.

The present application is directed to methods and compositions that are useful for reducing the number of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC), tumor associated macrophages (TAM), or both in a subject. The methods include administering an antigen binding protein that binds to an antigen expressed by MDSC and / or TAM, or administering a modified T cell or NK-92 cell that expresses an antigen binding protein that binds to an antigen expressed by MDSC and / or TAM, or a combination of both, to a subject. For example, the antigen binding protein can bind to CD33 expressed by MDSC and / or TAM. The methods and compositions are useful for treating a disease associated with MDSC and / or TAM infiltration into a tissue or tumor.

Provided herein are chimeric cytokine receptors bearing a binding domain capable of binding a TGF-β ligand or a TGF-β receptor antibody. When present on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-bearing immune cells (CAR-T-cells), such receptors allow for increased CAR-T cell expansion, activity and persistence, constitutively and / or through engagement of a TGF-β ligand or a TGF-β receptor antibody. Also provided are methods of making and using the chimeric cytokine receptors described herein.