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PD-1 binding proteins

The present invention features PD-1 binding proteins, a subset of which inhibits binding of PD-L1 to the PD-1 receptor. These binding proteins can be employed to modulate the immune system through the manipulation of the PD-1 signaling pathway, enhancing host immunity to treat infections and cancer.
Owner:MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC

Device and method for attenuating an immune response

Stimulation of one or more neurons of the sympathetic nervous system, including the splenic nerve, to attenuate an immune response, including an inflammatory immune response, is discussed. Devices and systems to stimulate the sympathetic nervous system to attenuate an immune response are also discussed. Devices discussed include pulse generators and drug pumps. Systems are described as optionally having one or more sensors and operator instructions. In specific examples, stimulation of the splenic nerve of pigs with a pulse generator is shown to be safe and effective in attenuating a lipopolysaccharide-induced immune response.
Owner:MEDTRONIC INC

Device and method for inhibiting release of pro-inflammatory mediator

Stimulation of one or more neurons of the sympathetic nervous system, including the splenic nerve, to attenuate an immune response, including an inflammatory immune response, is discussed. Devices and systems to stimulate the sympathetic nervous system to attenuate an immune response are also discussed. Devices discussed include pulse generators and drug pumps. Systems are described as optionally having one or more sensors and operator instructions. In specific examples, stimulation of the splenic nerve of pigs with a pulse generator is shown to be safe and effective in attenuating a lipopolysaccharide-induced immune response.
Owner:MEDTRONIC INC

Pd-1 binding proteins

The present invention features PD-1 binding proteins, a subset of which inhibits binding of PD-L1 to the PD-1 receptor. These binding proteins can be employed to modulate the immune system through the manipulation of the PD-1 signaling pathway, enhancing host immunity to treat infections and cancer.
Owner:MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC

Modified RNA with decreased immunostimulatory properties

ActiveUS20160235864A1Reduce innate immune responseIncrease mRNA levelsOrganic active ingredientsPeptide/protein ingredientsVaccine ImmunogenicityRNA
The present invention provides a method for providing modified mRNAs of reduced immunogenicity and / or immunostimulatory capacity for use in protein replacement therapy. The invention further provides modified mRNAs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the modified mRNAs according to the invention for use in protein replacement therapy.
Owner:CUREVAC SE

Method to reduce inflammatory response in transplanted tissue

The present invention provides a therapeutic method for treating biological diseases that includes the administration of an effective amount of a suitable antibiotic agent, antifungal agent or antiviral agent in conjunction with an A2A adenosine receptor agonist. If no anti-pathogenic agent is known the A2A agonist can be used alone to reduce inflammation, as may occur during infection with antibiotic resistant bacteria, or certain viruses such as those that cause SARS or Ebola. Optionally, the method includes administration of a type IV PDE inhibitor.
Owner:UNIV OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI PATENTS FOUND

Methods and compositions for immunotherapy of B cell involvement in promotion of a disease condition comprising multiple sclerosis

Methods are provided for reducing a pro-multiple sclerosis immune response by administering to an individual a composition comprising an affinity ligand which binds to B cell determinant, and which is administered in an amount effective to reduce B cells.
Owner:BIOCRYSTAL LTD

Alternative nucleic acid molecules containing reduced uracil content and uses thereof

ActiveUS20160237134A1Low immunogenicityEnhance protein expressionDepsipeptidesOxidoreductasesBiotechnologyUracil
The present disclosure provides alternative nucleosides, nucleotides, and nucleic acids, and methods of using them. In some aspects, the disclosure provides mRNA wherein the uracil content has been modified and which may be particularly effective for use in therapeutic compositions, because they may benefit from both high expression levels and limited induction of the innate immune response. In some aspects, the disclosure provides methods for the production of pharmaceutical compositions including mRNA without reverse phase chromatography.
Owner:MODERNATX INC

Regulatory t cells and methods of making and using same

InactiveUS20090136470A1Inhibiting IL-6-driven induction of Th-1Adjust balanceBiocideSenses disorderRegulatory T cellPeroxisome
Methods of stimulating or increasing differentiation to regulatory T cells, cultures of regulatory T cells and methods of reducing or decreasing an immune response, inflammation or an inflammatory response, among other things, are provided. Methods include, among other things, contacting blood cells or T cells with an amount of TGF-beta or a TGF-beta analogue and a retinoic acid receptor agonist, or an amount of a retinoid X receptor (RXR) or peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) agonist, sufficient to stimulate or increase differentiation to regulatory T cells. Cultures of regulatory T cells include T cells that express a marker associated with regulatory T cells, such as cultures in which regulatory T cells represent, for example, 30% or more of the total number of cells in the culture.
Owner:LA JOLLA INST FOR ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY

Methods for Cell Expansion and Uses of Cells and Conditioned Media Produced Thereby for Therapy

A method of cell expansion is provided. The method comprising culturing adherent cells from placenta or adipose tissue under three-dimensional culturing conditions, which support cell expansion.
Owner:PLURISTEAM LTD

Method for delivering interferons to the intradermal compartment

The present invention relates to methods and devices for intradermal delivery of substances, preferably therapeutic substances by targeting the substance to the intradermal compartment of a subject's skin. Substances delivered in accordance with the methods of the invention have an improved clinical utility and therapeutic efficacy relative to other drug delivery methods including intramuscular, and subcutaneous delivery. The present invention provides benefits and improvements over conventional drug delivery methods including but not limited to, improved pharmacokinetics and bioavailability.
Owner:BECTON DICKINSON & CO

Use of Serum Albumin Binding Peptides Conjugates for the Preparation of a Medicament

A new use of a molecule comprising at least one moiety which is a biologically active protein and at least one moiety capable of binding to a serum albumin of a mammal is provided, for preparation of a medicament which elicits no or a reduced immune response upon administration to the mammal, as compared to the immune response elicited upon administration to the mammal of the biologically active protein per se. Also provided is a method of reducing or eliminating the immune response elicited upon administration of a biologically active protein to a human or non-human mammal, which comprises coupling the polypeptide to at least one moiety capable of binding to a serum albumin of the mammal.
Owner:AFFIBODY TECH AB

Method for delivering interferons to the intradermal compartment

The present invention relates to methods and devices for intradermal delivery of substances, preferably therapeutic substances by targeting the substance to the intradermal compartment of a subject's skin. Substances delivered in accordance with the methods of the invention have an improved clinical utility and therapeutic efficacy relative to other drug delivery methods including intramuscular, and subcutaneous delivery. The present invention provides benefits and improvements over conventional drug delivery methods including but not limited to, improved pharmacokinetics and bioavailability.
Owner:BECTON DICKINSON & CO

Modified enzymes having polymer conjugates

The present invention relates to polypeptide-polymer conjugates having added and / or removed one or more attachment groups for coupling polymeric molecules on the surface of the polypeptide structure, a method for preparing polypeptide-polymer conjugates of the invention, the use of said conjugates for reducing the immunogenicity and allergenicity and compositions comprising said conjugate.
Owner:NOVOZYMES AS

Method for ice-free cryopreservation of tissue

ActiveUS20100216110A1Preserve extracellular matrix integrityImprove long term functionDead animal preservationDisinfectantsBiomedical engineeringGlass transition
Method for preserving tissue including immersing the tissue in a solution having a cryoprotectant concentration of at least 75% by weight, a cooling step where the tissue is cooled to a temperature between the glass transition temperature of the solution having a cryoprotectant concentration of at least 75% by weight and −20° C., a storage step where the tissue is stored at a temperature between the glass transition temperature of the solution and −20° C., a rewarming step, where the tissue is warmed, and a washing step.
Owner:LIFELINE SCI

Allergen-specific induced tolerogenic dendritic cells for allergy therapy

Disclosed are allergen-specific induced tolerogenic dendritic cells (itDCs), as well as related compositions and methods.
Owner:SELECTA BIOSCI

Toll like receptor modulators

The invention relates to TLR9 antagonist compounds and their therapeutic or prophylactic use. The invention provides novel immune regulatory oligonucleotides and immunomers as antagonist of TLRs and methods of use thereof. These immune regulatory oligonucleotides have unique sequences that suppress, without completely ablating, TLR-mediated signaling in response to a TLR ligand or TLR signaling agonist. The methods may have use in the prevention and treatment of autoimmunity, inflammation, inflammatory bowel disease, lupus, allergy, asthma, infection, sepsis, cancer and immunodeficiency.
Owner:IDERA PHARMA INC

Process for delivering nucleic acids to cardiac tissue

A process for delivering a nucleic acid to a cardiac tissue cell in a mammal is described, comprising introducing a composition consisting of a nucleic acid to a blood vessel, which subsequently delivers the nucleic acid to the cardiac tissue cell. The nucleic acid can be DNA or RNA or plasmid DNA or viral. This process is for purposes of gene therapy, and research.
Owner:WISCONSIN ALUMNI RES FOUND +1

Modified polypeptide

The present invention relates to polypeptides with reduced immune response including reduced allergenicity having one or more amino acid residues being substituted with other amino acid residues and / or having coupled one or more polymeric molecules in the vicinity of the polypeptides metal binding site, a method for preparing modified polypeptides of the invention, the use of the polypeptide for reducing the immunogenicity and allergenicity and compositions comprising the polypeptide.
Owner:NOVOZYMES AS

11-Aza, 11-Thia and 11-Oxa Sterol Compounds and Compositions

The invention provides compositions comprising formula 1 steroids, e.g., 16α-bromo-3β-hydroxy-5α-androstan-17-one hemihydrate and one or more excipients, including compositions that comprise a liquid formulation comprising less than about 3% v / v water. The compositions are useful to make improved pharmaceutical formulations. The invention also provides methods of intermittent dosing of steroid compounds such as analogs of 16α-bromo-3β-hydroxy-5α-androstan-17-one and compositions useful in such dosing regimens. The invention further provides compositions and methods to inhibit pathogen replication, ameliorate symptoms associated with immune dysregulation and to modulate immune responses in a subject using the compounds. The invention also provides methods to make and use these immunomodulatory compositions and formulations.
Owner:BIOVIE INC +1

Genes of an otitis media isolate of haemophilus influenzae

The invention relates to the polynucleotide sequence of a nontypeable stain of Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) and polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides and uses thereof. The invention also relates to NTHi genes which are upregulated during or in response to NTHi infection of the middle ear and / or the nasopharynx.
Owner:THE BOARD OF RGT UNIV OF OKLAHOMA +1

Genes of an otitis media isolate of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

The invention relates to the polynucleotide sequence of a nontypeable stain of Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) and polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides and uses thereof. The invention also relates to NTHi genes which are upregulated during or in response to NTHi infection of the middle ear and / or the nasopharynx.
Owner:NATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL +1

Glycotargeting therapeutics

Several embodiments of the present disclosure relate to glycotargeting therapeutics that are useful in the treatment of transplant rejection, autoimmune disease, food allergy, and immune response against a therapeutic agent. In several embodiments, the compositions are configured to target the liver and deliver antigens to which tolerance is desired. Methods and uses of the compositions for induction of immune tolerance are also disclosed herein.
Owner:ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)

Uses of fibroblasts or supernatants from fibroblasts for the suppression of immune responses in transplantation

Disclosed is a method of inducing a reduced immune response to a transplant in a recipient by treating said recipient with an amount of fibroblasts or a supernatant from a fibroblast culture effective to reduce or inhibit host rejection of the transplant. The fibroblasts or a supernatant from a fibroblast culture can be administered before, at the same time as, or after the transplant. This method is effective in reducing an immune response to a transplant without compromising the immune response to other foreign antigens. Also disclosed is a method of inducing a reduced immune response against a host by foreign tissue, i.e., graft versus host disease.
Owner:MESOBLAST INT

Method to reduce inflammatory response in transplanted tissue

The present invention provides a therapeutic method for treating biological diseases that includes the administration of an effective amount of a suitable antibiotic agent, antifungal agent or antiviral agent in conjunction with an A2A adenosine receptor agonist. If no anti-pathogenic agent is known the A2A agonist can be used alone to reduce inflammation, as may occur during infection with antibiotic resistant bacteria, or certain viruses such as those that cause SARS or Ebola. Optionally, the method includes administration of a type IV PDE inhibitor.
Owner:UNIV OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI PATENTS FOUND
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