448 results about "Antigen specific" patented technology

In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, there is provided an imaging agent, a including dye compound conjugated to an antigen specific targeting vector which can be particularly advantageous because their behavior in vivo can contribute to superior optical imaging properties, for example, by significantly increasing the target-to-background ratio of imaged tissues, leading to higher resolution imaging, and ultimately providing for better recognition of malignant tissue for resection and margin assessment and improved visualization during minimal invasive laparoscopic surgery, for example. A method of imaging tumor cells in a subject, can include, administering an imaging effective amount of an imaging agent according at least one embodiment of the invention; 2-4 hours after administration of the imaging agent, irradiating a region in the subject in which tumor cells are expected to be found with at a wavelength absorbed by the imaging agent; and detecting a signal from the imaging agent, thereby imaging the tumor cells, wherein the target-to-background ratio 2-4 hours after administration is from about 2.75 to about 15.

The disclosure provides a method for immunotherapy of a subject afflicted with cancer, comprises administering to the subject a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody that inhibits signaling from the PD-1 / PD-L1 signaling pathway. This disclosure also provides a method for immunotherapy of a subject afflicted with cancer comprising selecting a subject that is a suitable candidate for immunotherapy based on an assessment that the proportion of cells in a test tissue sample from the subject that express PD-L1 on the cell surface exceeds a predetermined threshold level, and administering a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-PD-1 antibody to the selected subject. The invention additionally provides rabbit mAbs that bind specifically to a cell surface-expressed PD-L1 antigen in a FFPE tissue sample, and an automated IHC method for assessing cell surface expression in FFPE tissues using the provided anti-PD-L1 Abs.

The disclosure provides a method for immunotherapy of a subject afflicted with cancer, comprises administering to the subject a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody that inhibits signaling from the PD-1 / PD-L1 signaling pathway. This disclosure also provides a method for immunotherapy of a subject afflicted with cancer comprising selecting a subject that is a suitable candidate for immunotherapy based on an assessment that the proportion of cells in a test tissue sample from the subject that express PD-L1 on the cell surface exceeds a predetermined threshold level, and administering a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-PD-1 antibody to the selected subject. The invention additionally provides rabbit mAbs that bind specifically to a cell surface-expressed PD-L1 antigen in a FFPE tissue sample, and an automated IHC method for assessing cell surface expression in FFPE tissues using the provided anti-PD-L1 Abs.

The disclosure provides a method for immunotherapy of a subject afflicted with cancer, comprises administering to the subject a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody that inhibits signaling from the PD-1 / PD-L1 signaling pathway. This disclosure also provides a method for immunotherapy of a subject afflicted with cancer comprising selecting a subject that is a suitable candidate for immunotherapy based on an assessment that the proportion of cells in a test tissue sample from the subject that express PD-L1 on the cell surface exceeds a predetermined threshold level, and administering a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-PD-1 antibody to the selected subject. The invention additionally provides rabbit mAbs that bind specifically to a cell surface-expressed PD-L1 antigen in a FFPE tissue sample, and an automated IHC method for assessing cell surface expression in FFPE tissues using the provided anti-PD-L1 Abs.

The invention provides a method for detecting an external vesicle marker through high-flux nano plasma exciting light immune color development, and belongs to the technical field of human extracellular vesicles. After a serum sample is subjected to centrifugal treatment, the serum sample and a CD81 capture antibody substrate are incubated, and the particle size distribution of the vesicles is monitored in real time; a zwitterionic polymer modified gold nanoparticle LAM detection probe and a polyethylene glycol modified silver nanoparticle LprG detection probe are prepared to be specifically combined with a vesicle surface antigen, a chromogenic enhancement solution is adopted to induce a plasma resonance signal, and full-hole scanning imaging is carried out; and constructing a double-layer game optimization model to cooperatively optimize the detection sensitivity and the signal stability, carrying out weighted summation on normalized signals of the particle size subgroups to obtain comprehensive detection signal intensity, comparing the comprehensive detection signal intensity with a threshold value, and outputting a final judgment result. The technical problem that quantitative accuracy is affected by signal intensity deviation caused by vesicle particle size difference in outer vesicle marker detection is solved.

The invention belongs to the field of biomedical detection, and particularly relates to a protein chip, a detection kit based on a polypeptide coding microarray chip and application of the detection kit. According to the protein chip provided by the invention, an antibody and a bispecific antibody of corresponding indexes can be added into a treating fluid according to detection requirements, the antibody and the bispecific antibody are combined with the chip in a manner of polypeptide specific recognition after being subjected to antigen specific recognition respectively, and joint detection of different antigen combinations and detection of a single index are carried out. By utilizing the polypeptide sample application chip and the antigen and antibody combined bispecific antibody provided by the invention, the universality of the chip in use, the high efficiency of detection and the low cost can be remarkably improved.

The present disclosure provides recombinantly manufactured fusion proteins comprising a Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) protein fragment or an analog thereof linked to a canine Fc fragment. Embodiments include the administration of the fusion proteins to patients as a treatment for cancers, tumors or other diseases associated with expression of the PD-L1 protein in dogs. Exemplary Fc fusion proteins and pharmaceutical formulations of exemplary Fc fusion proteins are provided, in addition to methods of use and preparation.

The invention discloses a method for quantitatively detecting the specific activity of a MntC antigen in a recombinant staphylococcus aureus vaccine or / and a stock solution. The method comprises the following steps: (1) coating an elisa plate by taking MntC-686 as a capture antibody; (2) adding a sample to be detected into the coated ELISA plate; (3) carrying out a chromogenic reaction by using HRP-MntC-A7, and measuring an OD450 / 630 nm value; and (4) preparing a standard curve by using the MntC reference, and calculating the specific activity of the MntC antigen in the detected sample according to the standard curve. According to the present invention, the fully human monoclonal antibody for specifically recognizing the recombinant staphylococcus aureus vaccine MntC protein is adopted as the coating antibody, and the anti-MntC protein fully human monoclonal antibody is adopted as the detection antibody; the kit can be used for detecting the specificity of the MntC antigen in a staphylococcus aureus vaccine or a stock solution, and has good stability and repeatability.

Provided herein are methods for preparing and characterizing SARS-co2 antigen specific immune cell cultures and preparations and methods of using the same in adoptive immunotherapy for cancer, infections and immune disorders. Also, provided are compositions and methods for generating immune cells expressing synthetic antigen binding receptors targeting SARS-cov2 and methods of use of these cells for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19. Also provided are compositions and methods for determining immune response to SARs-cov2 in a subject, detecting SARS-cov2, measuring cytotoxicity induced by SARS-cov2, and detecting the expression and cytotoxicity of synthetic antigen binding receptors targeting SARS-cov2.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising physiological dendritic cells and at least one mRNA. The invention further relates to a composition comprising physiological dendritic cells and at least one mRNA for vaccination.

The present invention provides compositions and methods for inducing antigen-specific tolerance in a subject. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a composition comprising an apoptotic body and an epitope of an antigen. Also provided herein are methods of preparing and administering the composition. The composition and methods provided herein can induce antigen-specific tolerance in a subject.

The invention belongs to the technical field of vaccine adjuvants, and particularly relates to tubeimoside B liposome as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: dissolving phospholipid, cholesterol and PEGylated phospholipid in an organic solvent to form a mixed solution, and then evaporating the mixed solution to form a film; and hydrating the film by using an aqueous solution of tubeimoside B to finally prepare the tubeimoside B liposome. Compared with free tubeimoside B, the lipidosome has the advantages that the hemolysis percentage is obviously reduced, and antigen-specific humoral immune response and / or cellular immune response can be effectively enhanced when the lipidosome is used as a vaccine adjuvant. In an H1N1 influenza mouse model, the lipidosome combined antigen shows an excellent protection effect, which is shown in that the mouse weight fluctuation is relatively small and the lung virus load is remarkably reduced. The invention provides important theoretical basis and practical examples for developing low-toxicity and high-efficiency plant-derived vaccine adjuvants, and has a wide application prospect.

The present application is directed, in general, to compositions comprising antigens and cGAS-STING pathway activating agents and uses thereof to induce or enhance tolerogenic immune responses to an antigen.

T cell responses are exquisitely antigen-specific and directed against peptide epitopes displayed by human leukocyte antigen (HLA) on the surface of presenting cells. In particular, class II HLA (HLA-II) is remarkably polymorphic, which allows for presentation of diverse peptide antigens to T cells, but also forms the basis for genetic associations with diverse immunopathologies across the spectrum of infectious disease and autoimmunity. Here, Applicants employ monoallelic immunopeptidomics to retrieve over 200,000 unique peptides presented by 41 HLA-II heterodimers covering major alleles across diverse ancestries. Applicants leveraged this expansive dataset to develop computational models that predict peptide antigens based on HLA-II binding properties and infer informative features of the protein antigens from which these peptides derive. Combining both peptide and (contextual) protein features, Applicants develop Context Aware Predictor of T cell Antigens (CAPTAn) to discover novel T cell epitopes from prokaryotes in the human microbiome and the viral pandemic pathogen SARS-COV-2.

Generation of antigen specific T cells by controlled ex vivo induction or expansion can provide highly specific and beneficial T cell therapies. The present disclosure provides T cell manufacturing methods and therapeutic T cell compositions which can be used for treating subjects with cancer and other conditions, diseases and disorders personal antigen specific T cell therapy.

The invention relates to the technical field of tumor vaccines, and provides a novel mRNA (messenger Ribonucleic Acid) tumor vaccine for treating mouse liver cancer, which is prepared by the following steps: S1, specific neoantigen prediction: carrying out bioinformatics analysis on a next-generation sequencing database of tumor patients in the hospital, and selecting tumor specific neoantigens through the following steps; s11, low-quality readings are removed through a filtering step; s12, detecting single nucleotide variation by using a Mutect method and a VarScan method; s13, annotating missense mutation by using ANNOVAR software; in-vivo and in-vitro experiments prove that the vaccine has a remarkable anti-tumor effect, is designed and synthesized aiming at a newly screened new antigen mutation sequence and has high specificity and pertinence, and experimental results show that the vaccine can remarkably improve immune response of specific CTLs cells, induce T cell response of new antigen specificity, and has a good anti-tumor effect in a tumor-bearing mouse model. The vaccine has a remarkable inhibiting effect on tumor growth, and the problems in the prior art are solved through the technical scheme.

Waning immunity induced by first-generation Spike-alone-based COVID-19 has failed to prevent immune escape by many variants of concern (VOCs) that emerged from 2020 to 2024, resulting in a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, a next-generation Coronavirus (CoV) vaccine incorporating highly conserved non-Spike SARS-CoV-2 antigens is described herein. Conserved non-Spike T cell antigens in combination with a Spike antigen encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles: (i) Induced high frequencies of lung-resident antigen-specific CXCR5+CD4+ T follicular helper cells, GzmB+CD4+ and GzmB+CD8+ cytotoxic T cells, and CD69+IFN-γ+TNFα+CD4+ and CD69+IFN-γ+TNFα+CD8+ effector T cells; and (ii) Reduced viral load and COVID-19-like symptoms caused by various VOCs. The combined antigen / LNP-based pan-CoV vaccine could be rapidly adapted for clinical use to confer broader cross-protective immunity against emerging highly mutated and pathogenic VOCs.

The invention discloses neutral homogeneous lycium barbarum polysaccharide as well as a preparation method and application thereof. Through systematic structure characterization, it is clarified for the first time that the polysaccharide NLBPE1 is atypical arabinogalactan with 1, 5-alpha-L-arabinose as a bridging unit, and the polysaccharide NLBPE1 has a uniform molecular weight and a definite branched chain topological structure. The NLBPE1 serving as an adjuvant and an antigen are jointly entrapped in various delivery systems (such as PLGA nanoparticles, lipidosome, hydrogel and the like) to form the vaccine composition, so that the immunogenicity of the vaccine can be remarkably improved, and the antigen-specific T cell response can be enhanced. The invention provides an application scheme of the polysaccharide as a vaccine adjuvant in tumor immunotherapy and tumor prevention, and particularly shows a remarkable synergistic anticancer effect when the polysaccharide is combined with an immune checkpoint inhibitor for use. The polysaccharide has a clear structure, good biocompatibility and remarkable immunological enhancement activity, and has a wide application prospect of tumor vaccine adjuvants.

The invention discloses a pig whole sperm membrane protein antigen specific nano antibody library construction method which comprises the following steps: S1, immunizing alpaca with pig whole sperms, and separating peripheral blood cells after immunization; s2, RNA in peripheral blood cells is extracted, cDNA is obtained through reverse transcription, and a VHH coding sequence of an antibody is amplified; s3, cloning the amplified VHH coding sequence to a bacteriophage plasmid vector to prepare a recombinant bacteriophage vector; s4, transforming the recombinant bacteriophage vector into escherichia coli and carrying out enlarged culture to obtain a bacteriophage display library; and S5, performing panning on the phage display library for a plurality of times by using the pig X / Y sperms, and constructing the pig single sex sperm specific nano antibody library. According to the method, the pig whole sperm is adopted as an immunogen for immunizing alpaca for the first time, the capacity of the constructed antibody library reaches 3.4 * 10 < 8 > pfu, the abundance of the antibody library is higher, the coverage degree of whole sperm antigens is higher, and the variety is more complete, so that the capture success rate of the pig sex control specific antibody is increased, and a foundation is laid for industrial application of the pig sperm specific antibody.

Provided are modified varicella-zoster virus (VZV) gE polypeptide, a circular RNA encoding the modified VZV gE polypeptide, a linear RNA encoding the modified VZV gE polypeptide and the use thereof for inducing an antigen specific immune response in a subject, or preventing or treating VZV infection.

The invention provides a polypeptide for activating cellular immunity in chronic hepatitis B and application of the polypeptide, and belongs to the technical field of biological medicine. A polypeptide library is designed and synthesized on the basis of a preS1 structural domain for coding HBV large HBsAg, a full-length core protein Core, a polymerase protein fragment rich in T cell epitopes and an mRNA-PreS1CPX holoantigen sequence (as shown in SEQ ID NO.1) of full-length X protein HBX, and peptide fragments capable of activating T cell immunity are screened by utilizing ELISPOT and flow cytometry. Experimental results show that the polypeptide sequences as shown in SEQ ID NO.2-15 can promote HBV antigen specific immune response by stimulating CD8 + T lymphocytes to secrete IFN-gamma, so that immune activation treatment of hepatitis B is realized.

Provided in the present invention are an anti-TLR7 antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition thereof. The antibody or the antigen-binding fragment thereof can specifically bind to a human or simian TLR7 antigen and does not bind to murine TLR7, exhibits significant TLR7 antigen-binding activity, and can effectively inhibit various inflammatory cytokines produced upon TLR7 activation. The anti-TLR7 antibody or the antigen-binding fragment thereof can be used, either as a monotherapy or in combination with other drugs, for treating and / or preventing diseases pathologically associated with the TLR7 target, including immune inflammation-related diseases, allergic diseases, infectious diseases, cancers, etc.

The invention discloses a spleen-targeted nano platform construction method suitable for tumor vaccination, and particularly relates to the field of vaccines.The spleen-targeted nano platform construction method comprises the steps that S1, CL15H6-DOPS LNPs, spherical polymer vesicles and erythrocyte membrane coated nano-particles are selected as spleen-targeted nano-carriers; s2, integrating an immunologic adjuvant; mn < 2 + > doped LNPs, ultrasonic response lipidosome and a CD3 antibody are selected to be coupled to serve as an integration material; s3, delivering in vivo; animal models are selected for in-vivo delivery and curative effect verification, and B16F10 melanoma mice, MC38 colon cancer mice and non-human primates are selected as the animal models respectively. By optimizing the chain length and the surface topological structure (such as spherical polymer vesicles) of the liposome, the spleen enrichment rate is remarkably increased, and the red marrow myeloid cell uptake efficiency is enhanced. By combining with common delivery of a manganese adjuvant, an STING channel is activated, secretion of type I interferon is promoted, and the proportion of antigen-specific CD8 + T cells and the tumor inhibition rate are increased.

The invention belongs to the technical field of biological medicine, and discloses an anti-CD39 nano antibody and application thereof. The anti-CD39 nano antibody has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO.1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 or 25. The anti-CD39 nano antibody of some examples has good antigen specificity, can be effectively combined with a target antigen CD39, and can effectively block or inhibit the hydrolysis of ATP (adenosine triphosphate) by the CD39, so that the depletion of T cells by a tumor microenvironment is effectively inhibited, and the curative effect of tumor immunotherapy is expected to be improved. The anti-CD39 nano antibody of some examples of the invention can further improve the curative effect of T cell immunotherapy related to CAR-T, TCR-T, TIL, TAL, NK, CIK and the like.

Provided herein are computer-implemented methods including receiving, by a processor, a data set comprising cellular data, and presenting an end user with a visualization tool, wherein the cellular data may include at least one of an antigen binding specificity value associated with a cell receptor and a unique molecular identifier (UMI) count associated with the cell receptor. The visualization tool can provide a dynamic display of the data set by generating a visual sequence from the data set, displaying at least a portion of the generated visual sequence, and displaying in response to a user interaction with the visualization tool, the antigen binding specificity value or the UMI associated with the cell receptor in conjunction with the at least a portion of the visual sequence. The visual sequences include sets of indicia corresponding paired chains of the cell receptor.

The present disclosure relates to the field of RNAs for the prevention or treatment of various infectious agents. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods and agents for vaccination against coronavirus infection, influenza infection and / or RSV infection and induction of effective coronavirus, influenza virus and / or RSV antigen-specific immune responses, such as antibodies and / or T cell responses. Specifically, in one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method comprising administering to a subject (i) a bivalent RNA vaccine encoding a peptide or protein comprising an epitope of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S protein), and (ii) a tetravalent RNA vaccine encoding a peptide or protein comprising an epitope of hemagglutinin (HA), the present invention relates to a method for inducing an immune response in a subject against a coronavirus S protein, in particular an S protein of SARS-CoV-2, and an influenza protein, in particular an HA protein of influenza A and B viruses.

The invention provides an anti-TLR7 antibody or an antigen binding fragment and a pharmaceutical composition thereof, the antibody or the antigen binding fragment thereof can be specifically bound with a human or monkey TLR7 antigen and is not bound with mouse TLR7, has remarkable TLR7 antigen binding activity, and can effectively inhibit various inflammatory cytokines generated by TLR7 activation. The anti-TLR7 antibody or the antigen binding fragment thereof can be used as a single agent or a drug combination and can be used for treating and / or preventing diseases related to TLR7 target pathology, including immune inflammation related diseases, allergic diseases, infectious diseases or cancers and the like.

The present disclosure provides recombinantly manufactured fusion proteins comprising a SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Binding Domain (SARS-CoV-2-RBD) fragment or an analog thereof linked to a human Fc fragment for use in relation to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Embodiments include the administration of the fusion proteins to patients that have recovered from COVID-19 as a booster vaccination, to antibody naïve patients to produce antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus to enable the patients to become convalescent plasma donors, to patients who have been infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and have contracted COVID-19 in order to limit the scope of the infection and ameliorate the disease, and as a prophylactic COVID-19 vaccine. Exemplary Fc fusion proteins and pharmaceutical formulations of exemplary Fc fusion proteins are provided, in addition to methods of use and preparation.

The present disclosure provides recombinantly manufactured fusion proteins comprising a HERV-K (HML-2) Env protein fragment or an analog thereof linked to a human Fc fragment. Embodiments include the administration of the fusion proteins to patients having a disease or a disorder with the intention of mitigating and / or reducing the duration of symptoms associated with the condition or disease (for example but not limited to muscular weakness, paralysis and respiratory failure), and / or preventing symptoms associated with the condition or disease, for example, by preventing motor neuron degeneration and cell death in ALS patients associated with the condition or disease. Accordingly, “treatment” generally means both therapeutic treatment and prophylactic or preventative measures. Improvement after treatment may be manifested as a decrease or elimination of such symptoms, e.g., by a decrease or elimination of symptoms associated with ALS, and / or by a decrease in the duration of such symptoms.