4721results about "SsDNA viruses" patented technology

The invention belongs to the technical field of biological medicines, and provides application of DRAM1 as a diagnosis and treatment target for resisting non-alcoholic fatty liver disease related hepatocellular carcinoma in preparation of a kit, a carrier and a medicine aiming at the problem of lack of effective treatment targets of NAFLD-related HCC. As a target spot for resisting the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease related hepatocellular carcinoma, the expression level of the DRAM1 in liver tissues of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease related hepatocellular carcinoma patients and mice is increased. According to the application disclosed by the invention, research is developed aiming at the effect of the DRAM1 in the generation and development of NAFLD-related HCC, the analysis of TCGA liver cancer queue data and a GSE164760 data set is taken as an entry point, the influence of the DRAM1 on the diagnosis and prognosis of the liver cancer is comprehensively analyzed, and verification is carried out through a mouse in-vivo experiment, so that a new thought and a new target spot are provided for clinical diagnosis and treatment of the liver cancer.

The invention belongs to the field of virus detection and diagnosis, and relates to an anti-AAV2 monoclonal antibody as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The invention provides an anti-AAV2 rabbit monoclonal antibody, and amino acid sequences of a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region of the anti-AAV2 rabbit monoclonal antibody. The anti-AAV2 rabbit monoclonal antibody provided by the invention can be specifically combined with the VLP of AAV2, and can be used for detecting the AAV virus antigen. The anti-AAV2 monoclonal antibody provided by the invention provides an effective detection tool for the detection of AAV2 in the research and development process of a gene therapy vector and the detection of AAV2 in basic scientific research.

Disclosed are methods of treating a subject with a neurological disease associated with a splicing defect caused by TDP-43 proteinopathies, comprising administering to said subject an agent to increase expression levels and / or stability of hnRNP L, thereby attenuating and / or repairing the splicing defect. The disclosure also relates to nucleic acids targeting heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein L (hnRNP L), and their use.

Provided herein are engineered nucleic acids (e.g., expression vectors, including viral vectors, such as lentiviral vectors, adenoviral vectors, AV vectors, herpes viral vectors, and retroviral vectors) that encode OCT4; KLF4; SOX2; or any combination thereof that are useful, for example, in inducing cellular reprogramming, tissue repair, tissue regeneration, organ regeneration, reversing aging, or any combination thereof. Also provided herein are recombinant viruses (e.g., lentiviruses, alphaviruses, vaccinia viruses, adenoviruses, herpes viruses, retroviruses, or AAVs) comprising the engineered nucleic acids (e.g., engineered nucleic acids), engineered cells, compositions comprising the engineered nucleic acids, the recombinant viruses, engineered cells, engineered proteins, chemical agents that are capable of activating expression of OCT4; KLF4; SOX2; or any combination thereof, an engineered protein selected from the group consisting of OCT4; KLF4; SOX2; or any combination thereof, an antibody capable of activating expression of OCT4; KLF4; SOX2; or any combination thereof, and methods of treating a (e.g., ocular disease), preventing a disease (e.g., ocular disease), regulating (e.g., inducing or inducing and then stopping) cellular reprogramming, regulating tissue repair, regulating tissue regeneration, or any combination thereof).

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

A printed circuit board according to an embodiment comprises: an insulating layer; a circuit pattern disposed on the upper surface of the insulating layer; a support layer which is disposed on the upper surface of the insulating layer to expose the upper surface of the circuit pattern and is in contact with the sides of the circuit pattern; and a protective layer disposed on the upper surfaces of the support layer and the circuit pattern, wherein the upper region of the insulating layer comprises a first region and a second region, and the protective layer comprises an open region exposing the upper surfaces of the support layer and the circuit pattern that are disposed in the first region, and the support layer comprises a first upper surface positioned at the highest level among the upper surfaces of the support layer and a second upper surface positioned at the lowest level among the upper surfaces of the support layer, the second upper surface being lower than the first upper surface, and the protective layer comprises a first portion which contacts the upper surface of the circuit pattern of the first region and a second portion which contacts the upper surface of the support layer of the first region, and the second portion of the protective layer contacts the second upper surface of the support layer and includes a first lower surface which is lower than the upper surface of the circuit pattern.

Methods and compositions for modulating repeat non-ATG protein (RAN protein) translation are provided. In some aspects, the disclosure provides methods of inhibiting RAN protein translation by contacting a cell with an effective amount of an inhibitor of eIF2 phosphorylation or an inhibitor of protein kinase R (PKR). In some embodiments, methods described by the disclosure are useful for treating diseases associated with RAN protein translation, such as certain neurodegenerative diseases.

Provided herein are engineered nucleic acids (e.g., expression vectors, including viral vectors, such as lentiviral vectors, adenoviral vectors, AAV vectors, herpes viral vectors, and retroviral vectors) that encode OCT4; KLF4; SOX2; or any combination thereof that are useful, for example, in inducing cellular reprogramming, tissue repair, tissue regeneration, organ regeneration, reversing aging, or any combination thereof. Also provided herein are recombinant viruses (e.g., lentiviruses, alphaviruses, vaccinia viruses, adenoviruses, herpes viruses, retroviruses, or AAVs) comprising the engineered nucleic acids (e.g., engineered nucleic acids), engineered cells, compositions comprising the engineered nucleic acids, the recombinant viruses, engineered cells, engineered proteins, chemical agents that are capable of activating expression of OCT4; KLF4; SOX2; or any combination thereof, an engineered protein selected from the group consisting of OCT4; KLF4; SOX2; or any combination thereof, an antibody capable of activating expression of OCT4; KLF4; SOX2; or any combination thereof, and methods of treating a (e.g., ocular disease), preventing a disease (e.g., ocular disease), regulating (e.g., inducing or inducing and then stopping) cellular reprogramming, regulating tissue repair, regulating tissue regeneration, or any combination thereof).

The present disclosure provides materials and methods for delivery of a transgene to target cells. The regulatory elements, transgenes, and expression vectors are useful in, e.g., expressing a transgene in CNS cells that results in an improvement in at least one symptom related to a neurological disease or disorder, including epilepsy disorders, such as refractory epilepsy.

The invention discloses chicken infectious anemia virus-like particles as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The invention discloses a virus-like particle vaccine for preventing chicken infectious anemia. The virus-like particle vaccine comprises VP1 and VP2 proteins of chicken infectious anemia viruses. Chicken infectious anemia VP1 and VP2 proteins are expressed by using a baculovirus expression system, immunoblotting shows that the two proteins are successfully expressed in sf9 cells, electron microscope observation finds that the expressed proteins can be autonomously assembled into complete chicken infectious anemia virus-like particles, and the chicken infectious anemia virus-like particles have a space structure similar to that of an original virus and can be used for preparing chicken infectious anemia virus-like particles. Meanwhile, the virus-like particles have the advantages of high titer, high safety, capability of stimulating humoral immunity and cellular immunity and the like. The preparation method disclosed by the invention is simple, can be used for preparing the antigen protein of the chicken infectious anemia virus on a large scale, is high in expression quantity and short in time consumption, greatly reduces the production cost, and is suitable for large-scale production.

Provided herein are methods of inserting a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide of interest into a target genomic locus in a cell or a population of cells in a subject, methods of expressing a polypeptide of interest from a target genomic locus in a cell or a population of cells in a subject, methods of treating an enzyme deficiency in a subject in need thereof, and methods of preventing or reducing the onset of a sign or symptom of an enzyme deficiency in a subject in need thereof. The methods use CD40 inhibitors (e.g., CD40 antigen-binding molecules) to mitigate immune response and facilitate redosing of nucleic acid constructs encoding a polypeptide of interest and nuclease agents targeting a target genomic locus to achieve, for example, a step-wise increase in expression of a polypeptide of interest in a subject following insertion of the nucleic acid construct without overshooting.

The present disclosure relates to cellular compositions that are modified to introduce a nucleic acid or vector expressing the same. Such compositions may be used to deliver nucleic acid to a target cell and treat disease such as cancer.

The present disclosure provides compositions for targeting trans-splicing of an mRNA precursor in a cell and methods of using the same.

The present disclosure provides codon optimized GBA1 polynucleotides encoding a GCase protein, wherein a portion of the coding sequence deviates from the wild type. The disclosure also provides expression constructs, vectors, viral particles or compositions containing the disclosed polynucleotides. In addition, methods and uses of these polynucleotides, expression constructs, vectors, viral particles or compositions are also provided, including the treatment of diseases or conditions associated with GCase deficiency.

Provided herein are engineered nucleic acids (e.g., expression vectors, including viral vectors, such as lentiviral vectors, adenoviral vectors, AAV vectors, herpes viral vectors, and retroviral vectors) that encode OCT4; KLF4; SOX2; or any combination thereof that are useful, for example, in inducing cellular reprogramming, tissue repair, tissue regeneration, organ regeneration, reversing aging, or any combination thereof in the central nervous system or ex vivo. Also provided herein are recombinant viruses (e.g., lentiviruses, alphaviruses, vaccinia viruses, adenoviruses, herpes viruses, retroviruses, or AAVs) comprising the engineered nucleic acids (e.g., engineered nucleic acids), engineered cells, compositions comprising the engineered nucleic acids, the recombinant viruses, engineered cells, engineered proteins, chemical agents that are capable of activating expression of OCT4; KLF4; SOX2; or any combination thereof, an engineered protein selected from the group consisting of OCT4; KLF4; SOX2; or any combination thereof, an antibody capable of activating expression of OCT4; KLF4; SOX2; or any combination thereof, and methods of treating a disease (e.g., a neurological disease), preventing a disease (e.g., neurological disease), regulating (e.g., inducing or inducing and then stopping) cellular reprogramming, regulating tissue repair, regulating tissue regeneration, or any combination thereof.

The present disclosure provides modified AAV capsid proteins comprising a targeting peptide in variable region VIII (VR.VIII) and / or a peptide segment in variable region I (VR I). The modified AAV capsid proteins can form rAAVs with preferred tropism, specificity, or biodistribution in vivo or in vitro. The rAAVs of the present disclosure can be used for gene therapy targeted to specific tissues. The present disclosure provides modified AAV capsid proteins that can form rAAVs with preferred tropism and specificity for therapeutic targets.

The disclosure features systems and methods for correcting a mutation in the human beta-globin (HBB) gene in a cell or population of cells. The disclosure also features methods of increasing repair of a DNA double stranded break (DSB) in an HBB gene by the homology-directed repair (HDR) pathway. The disclosure also features compositions for use in the methods.

Described herein are muscle-specific targeting moieties and compositions including the muscle specific targeting motifs. Also described herein are uses of the muscle-specific targeting motifs and compositions including the muscle specific targeting moieties. In some embodiments, the muscle-specific targeting moieties and compositions including the muscle specific targeting moieties can be used to direct delivery of a cargo to a muscle cell.

Disclosed are VHH chimeric antigen receptors (VCARs), VCAR transposons encoding VCARs of the disclosure, cells modified to express VCARs of the disclosure, as well as methods of making and methods of using the same for adoptive cell therapy.

The disclosure relates to compositions and methods for the preparation, use, and / or formulation of adeno-associated virus capsid protein variants.

The present disclosure relates to novel adeno-associated adenovirus (AAV) vectors comprising targeting peptides. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an adeno-associated serotype 2 virus vector, AAV2, comprising a transgene encoding LIGHT wherein the viral capsid of the AAV2 vector comprises a targeting peptide that alters its tropism to target tumor endothelial cells; and a use of the carrier. The disclosure also relates to the use of said vectors in therapy, in particular in the treatment of cancer.

Among other things, provided herein are systems that replace the natural random integration activity of a retrovirus with site-specific integration machinery. This approach allows for a more precise targeting of a gene of interest into a human genome, e.g., for therapeutic purposes. The system may include integration-deficient retrovirus (e.g., lentivirus) (IDLV), in which the natural integration activity has been reduced (e.g., by mutation to the viral integrase polypeptide). Instead, the system may comprise a site-specific recombinase (e.g., a serine recombinase, e.g., a serine integrase) capable of directing insertion of a template DNA, or portion thereof, into a desired site in the human genome.

To provide a gene therapy vector comprising an expression cassette coding for a mammalian apolipoprotein E (APOE); a pharmaceutical composition; and a method for preventing, inhibiting or treating Alzheimer's disease in mammals.SOLUTION: The invention provides a gene therapy vector comprising an expression cassette coding for a mammalian apolipoprotein E that has a residue other than arginine at at least one of positions 112, 136 or 158, but is not a mammalian apolipoprotein E that has R112, R136 and R158 or a mammalian apolipoprotein E that has C112, R136 and C158, or coding for an antibody that binds to APOE4 or disrupts the binding of APOE to heparan sulfate proteoglycans.SELECTED DRAWING: None

Described herein are targeting moieties that can be capable of specifically targeting muscle cells and can include an n-mer motif. In some embodiments, the n-mer motif contains an RGD motif. Also described herein are vector systems, particles, polypeptides that can encode and / or contain one or more targeting moieties. Also described herein are methods of delivering a cargo to a cell, such as a muscle cell, using one or more of the targeting moieties described herein.

Provided herein are monocistronic, bicistronic, and polycistronic expression constructs for the expression of gut peptides and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such expression constructs. Also provided are methods of using such expression constructs, for example, for inducing satiation in a subject in need thereof or for treating obesity in a subject in need thereof.

The present invention relates to methods for producing a preparation comprising recombinant AAV (rAAV), such methods comprising a step of mechanical lysis on mammalian producer cells, and methods for increasing the viral genome titre and / or capsid titre of a preparation comprising recombinant adeno-associated virus, related uses, and preparations obtained by or obtainable by the methods.

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) particles that are redirected with an antibody against CACNG1 and carry a nucleotide of therapeutic interest are provided. Also provided are methods of making and using the AAV particles, e.g., for treating a patient in need thereof or for manufacturing a medicament for treating a patient in need thereof.

An engineered producer cell comprising an inactivating mutation in one or more endogenous REP binding sites is provided, as are methods for producing the engineered producer cell and using the engineered producer cell to produce a recombinant viral vector and reduce producer cell genomic DNA contamination of a recombinant adeno-associated virus vector preparation.

Compositions and methods for binding to a target sequence of interest are provided. The compositions find use in cleaving or modifying a target sequence of interest, visualizing a target sequence of interest, and modifying the expression of a sequence of interest. Compositions comprise RNA-guided nuclease (RGN) polypeptides, polymerase editors (PEs), guide RNAs, and polynucleotides encoding the same. Vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotides are also provided. Further provided are RGN systems for binding and modifying a target sequence of interest, wherein the RGN system comprises an RNA-guided nuclease polypeptide and one or more guide RNAs, as well as PE systems for modifying a target sequence of interest, wherein the PE system comprises a polymerase, a RGN polypeptide, and one or more polymerase editing guide RNAs.

Described herein are methods and compositions that utilize a CRISPR / Cas system. In some cases, the utilization includes the use of such systems for gene activation or interference.