90 results about "Auto antigen" patented technology

The present invention provides methods and compositions for expanding Treg cells ex vivo or in vivo using one or more conjugates comprising a costimulatory moiety that stimulates at least one of three signals involved in Treg cell development and / or using dendritic cells pulsed with antigens and modified to display TGF-β, or hematopoetic stem cells or bone marrow cells modified to display TGF-β. The methods and compositions are useful, for example, in the treatment and prevention of autoimmune disease, including Type 1 diabetes and in preventing foreign graft rejection, as well as to establish mixed chimerism, induce tolerance to autoantigens, alloantigens or xenoantigens, beta cell regeneration, prevention of foreign graft rejection, and treatment of a genetically inherited hematopoietic disorder.

Methods of inducing T cell proliferation and expansion in vivo for treating conditions wherein antigen-specific T cell immune response are therapeutically desirable such as cancer, infection, inflammation, allergy and autoimmunity and for enhancing the efficacy of vaccines are provided. These methods comprise the administration of at least one CD27 agonist, preferably an agonistic CD27 antibody, alone or in association with another moiety such as immune stimulant or immune modulator such as an anti-CD40, OX-40, 4-1BB, or CTLA-4 antibody or an agent that depletes regulatory cells, or a cytokine. These mono and combination therapies may also optionally include the administration of a desired antigen such as a tumor antigen, an allergen, an autoantigen, or an antigen specific to an infectious agent or pathogen against which a T cell response (often CD8+) is desirably elicited.

The present invention provides novel peptides and homologues thereof. The peptides of the invention comprise (i) a T-cell epitope of an antigen (self or non-self) with a potential to trigger an immune reaction presented by a class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) determinant and recognised by CD4+ T cell more specifically of an allergen or auto-antigen, coupled, optionally through the use of a linker to (ii) an amino acid sequence having a reducing activity, such as a thioreductase sequence. The peptides of the invention have been shown to be useful a medicine, more in particular for the prevention or treatment of immune disorders, more specifically of allergic disorders or autoimmune diseases. The present invention thus provides for the use of said peptides for the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of an immune disorder and further provides for methods of treatment or preventing immune disorders by using said peptides. The present invention also provides for compositions comprising said peptides.

Provided are viral display vehicles which display multiple sclerosis associated antigens on the surface thereof for induction of immune tolerance to autoantigens such as MOG. Also provided are methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating multiple sclerosis using the viral display vehicles of the present invention.

ITP may be treated using a method that involves identifying the autoimmune response, collecting allogeneic platelets, sterilizing allogeneic platelets and feeding them orally. Auto-antigens contained on the surface of allogeneic platelets administered to the intestines deactivate or delete lymphocytes responsible for auto-antibody production. This treatment can be used for ITP, specifically targets the cause of the disease and provides the possibility of a sustained response without further medication.

The invention provides a composition, and method of use thereof, comprising self-antigen displaying nanoparticles to target auto-reactive immune components for treating and / or preventing the autoimmune diseases associated therewith. The nanoparticles can also be loaded with cytotoxic drugs for targeted cell killing or with immune-tolerizing compounds to normalize the immune regulation.

The invention provides applications of deoxyhypusine dioxygenase, namely, DOHH, or a fragment thereof in preparation of a reagent for diagnosis of anti-citrullinated protein antibody negative (ACPA-negative) rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In the method, a high-density protein chip is hybridized with RA serum to screen 35 proteins, which are candidate auto-antigens of the ACPA-negative RA. It is identified that four protein antigens, DOHH, DUSP11, PTX3 and PAGE5, have high sensitivity and specificity in ACPA-negative serum of the RA, wherein the four protein antigens are all novel auto-antigens. The method shows that the DOHH, DUSP11, PTX3 and PAGE5 can be used as diagnosis markers for the ACPA-negative RA.

The invention relates to a protein chip, a protein chip diagnostic kit, a preparation method and a using method. The protein chip contains the following protein markers of autologous antigen protein: a P53 antigen fragment, an SOX2 antigen fragment, a COPB1 antigen fragment, an EFHD2 antigen fragment, an EIF4G3 antigen fragment and a PCNA antigen fragment, wherein the characteristic amino acid sequence of the P53 antigen fragment is as shown in ID.1sequence; the characteristic amino acid sequence of the SOX2 antigen fragment is as shown in ID.2sequence; the characteristic amino acid sequence of the COPB1 antigen fragment is as shown in ID.3sequence; the characteristic amino acid sequence of the EFHD2 fragment is as shown in picture 4seeqeunce; the characteristic amino acid sequence of the EIF4G3 antigen fragment is as shown in ID.5seqeunce; the characteristic amino acid sequence of the PCNA antigen fragment is as shown in ID.6sequence. Early diagnosis or general investigation screening for suspected patients of lung cancer or high-risk population of lung cancer can be carried out extremely conveniently, quickly, noninvasively and efficiently.

The invention provides applications of Pentaxin related protein 3, namely, PTX3 or a fragment thereof, in preparation of a reagent for diagnosis of anti-citrullinated protein antibody negative (ACPA-negative) rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In the method, a high-density protein chip is hybridized with RA serum to screen 35 proteins, which are candidate autoantigens of the ACPA-negative RA. It is identified that four protein antigens, DOHH, DUSP11, PTX3 and PAGE5, have high sensitivity and specificity in ACPA-negative serum of the RA, wherein the four protein antigens are all novel auto-antigens. The method shows that the DOHH, DUSP11, PTX3 and PAGE5 can be used as diagnosis markers for the ACPA-negative RA.

The present invention provides for methods of producing human monoclonal antibodies against a wide variety of antigens including bacterial and viral antigens, as well as tumor antigens, and various autoantigens. Also provided are the antibodies themselves, nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, cells producing such antibodies, and methods of using such antibodies for diagnostic assays and passive immunity against disease states such as infection and cancer.

The present invention is related to the development and treatment of autoimmune disease. Autoimmune diseases can result from tissue damage caused by the activation of autoreactive T cells by autoantigens. For example, peptide fragments of naturally occurring proteins (i.e., for example, chromogranin A) may activate autoreactive T cells that result in the destruction of pancreatic β islet cells, possibly by the release of inflammatory cytokines (i.e., for example, interferon-γ). One naturally occurring biologically active chromogranin A peptide fragment, WE14, may comprise a diabetogenic autoantigen. Truncation and extension analysis of WE14 indicates that the stimulating binding register of WE14 occupies only half of the mouse IAg7 peptide binding groove, leaving positions p1 to p4 empty. Inhibition of autoantigen-autoreactive T cell binding may provide therapeutic as well a prophylactic treatments for autoimmune diseases

The present invention relates to an isolated polypeptide useful for immunisation against self-antigens. In particular the invention relates to a self-protein that is capable of raising auto-antibodies when administered in vivo. The invention particularly relates to rendering human cytokines immunogenic in humans. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and their use in medicine and to methods for their production.

The present invention relates to non-immunogenic RNA. This RNA forms the basis for the development of therapeutic agents for inducing tolerance towards an autoantigen and thus, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.

The present invention relates to methods and formulations for GAD- vaccination to evoke a systemic effect rather that a GAD-specific effect. The present invention may therefore be used in the treatment of disease in humans not bearing on a GAD-specific effect. The invention includes a method to treat an autoimmune disease or disorder by administering at least one sequestered autoantigen in a primeand boost regimen for sensitization purposes followed by a boost for treatment purposes. This may be done upon diagnosis. Examples of sequestered autoantigens include: GAD65, GAD67, Pro-Insulin, Basic Myelin Protein, MOG and Chondrotoin II. The present invention relates to medications and methods for treatment of autoimmune disease within six months from diagnosis.

A method for diagnosing the likelihood and severity of cardiovascular disease in a patient is disclosed. The method determines the levels of antibodies against autoantigens, including myosin, oxidized LDL, β-2-glycoprotein, heat shock protein-60, platelet glycoprotein, and immune complexes. It then compares the results to normal levels to determine the likelihood and severity of cardiovascular disease.

An antigen-specific T-cell response to alloantigen, tissue-specific antigen (e.g., islet antigen or other autoantigens involved in autoimmune disease), or self (or host) antigen is detected at an early stage of graft rejection or recurrent autoimmunity. An increase in cytotoxic lymphocyte gene (CLG) expression in peripheral blood is a risk factor for development of deleterious immune responses, which may be confirmed by functional assays. For example, the distinction between production of regulatory or inflammatory cytokines by T cells may dissect the type of immune response which is being induced: the survival of transplanted islet cells used to treat type 1 diabetes may be monitored, loss of the transplant by graft rejection (i.e., an alloantigen target) may be distinguished from autoimmune disease (i.e., a self or host antigen target).

The present invention provides for methods of producing human monoclonal antibodies against a wide variety of antigens including bacterial and viral antigens, as well as tumor antigens, and various autoantigens. Also provided are the antibodies themselves, nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, cells producing such antibodies, and methods of using such antibodies for diagnostic assays and passive immunity against disease states such as infection and cancer.

The invention discloses a human-derived anti-bullous pemphigoid antigen BP180 ScFv; the gene sequence of the BP180 ScFv structurally belongs to the single-chain antibody (scFv) and is composed of a light chain variable region gene and a heavy chain variable region gene. The antibody preparation method mainly comprises the following steps: a, separating the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of bullous pemphigoid patients, extracting the RNA and constructing a phage antibody library through RT-PCR amplification of the antibody light and heavy chain variable region genes; b, selecting the BP180 phage antibodies from the phage antibody library; c, obtaining the human-derived anti-BP180 ScFv of soluble expression through genetic engineering means; d, identifying the binding activity, specificity, affinity and other immunological characteristics of the obtained antibody. The antibody of the invention can block the binding activity between the bullous pemphigoid autoantibody and the corresponding self-antigen and can block the activation of the complement-mediated inflammatory response as a result of the combination of the autoantibodies, and can be used in bullous pemphigoid treatment.

Synthetic human target autoantigen genes comprising sequences coding for at least two immunogenic epitopic clusters (hereinafter IEC) of autoantigen(s) related to a specific autoimmune disease, wherein said at least two IECs may be derived from a sole autoantigen or from at least two different autoantigens related to said autoimmune disease, and polypeptides encoded thereby, can be used for the treatment and the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), myasthenia gravis (MG) and uveitis.

The invention relates to methods of characterizing autoimmune diseases by detecting and measuring at least one analyte using multiplexed assay systems. According to one embodiment, a target is detected and measured by different bead sets having different reactants. According to another approach the ratio of self-antigen to autoantibody is measured by exposing a sample suspected of containing self-antigen and autoantibody to a bead set associated with monoclonal antibody specific for the self-antigen and a bead set associated with the self-antigen.

The invention discloses a specific autoantigen EIF2C1 of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). According to the specific autoantigen of PBC and the application thereof, six novel autoantigens of PBC are obtained through screening; during the detection on the blood serum of a PBC patient, the positive rate of each autoantigen reaches over 15%, so that the new-found autoantigens are potential biomarkers which are used for accurately diagnosing PBC through distinguishing other autoimmune diseases.

The invention relates to the treatment of autoimmune diseases and disorders, in particular myasthenia gravis, by administration of effector-function-deficient antibodies, wherein said effector-function-deficient antibodies are capable of competing with one or more of the auto-antibodies involved in mediating the antibody-mediated auto-immune disease or disorder for binding to a target auto-antigen.

A method and compositions for detecting autoimmunity to islet glucose-6 phosphatase related protein (IGRP). Detection of IGRP autoantibodies alone, and in combination with other molecules such as the 65-kDa form of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD65), insulin and insulin granule membrane proteins ICA512 (IA-2) and phogrin (IA-2) auto-antigens, provides an effective and reliable chemical assay for the diagnosis of autoimmune (type 1) diabetes. Additionally, this invention provides therapeutic regimens based on IGRP and related molecules for the amelioration of the diabetic clinical condition. Therefore, IGRP alone or in combination with other autoimmune diabetes associated antigens such as insulin, IA-2 and GAD65, is useful in the prediction (diagnosis), treatment (therapy), and prevention (prophylaxis) of diabetes.

Synthetic human target autoantigen genes comprising sequences coding for at least two immunogenic epitopic clusters (hereinafter IEC) of autoantigen(s) related to a specific autoimmune disease, wherein said at least two IECs may be derived from a sole autoantigen or from at least two different autoantigens related to said autoimmune disease, and polypeptides encoded thereby, can be used for the treatment and the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), myasthenia gravis (MG) and uveitis.

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the application of tolerance-promoting adjuvants embedded in alum-, microcrystalline tyrosine-, or hydrogel-based formulations for allergen- or autoantigen-specific immunotherapy.