175 results about "Central Memory T-Cell" patented technology

Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for modulating T cells. For example, the compositions and methods may be used to increase memory T cells. The compositions and methods may increase the expression or protein level of a transcription factor selected from TGIF2LX, TGIF1, TGIF2, FOS, HNF4A, KLF8, NFKBIZ, CARF, EBF3, HMX3, LHX4, LMX1A, PLAG1, PLAGL1, POU2F3, SOX14, TFAP2D, and WT1, or a combination thereof. The compositions and method may be used in combination with Adoptive T Cell Therapy (ACT) to enhance the ACT.

Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for modulating T cells. For example, the compositions and methods may be used to increase memory T cells. The compositions and methods may increase the expression or protein level of a transcription factor selected from THAP6, DMRT3, MEF2B, PAX2, ATOH7, KLF2, KLF1, TWIST1, NKX6, and FEV, or a combination thereof. The compositions and method may be used in combination with Adoptive T Cell Therapy (ACT) to enhance the ACT.

The present disclosure provides distinct therapeutic populations of cells that form a pharmaceutical composition useful in hematopoietic stem / progenitor cell transplant. For example, the present disclosure provides a therapeutic population of cells, comprising an enriched population of hematopoietic stem / progenitor cells, memory T cells, regulatory T cells, and wherein the population of cells is depleted of naïve conventional αβ-T cells. The present disclosure further provides methods of treatment using the therapeutic population of cells. In other embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods of producing a therapeutic population of cells.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of cancer immunotherapy, and particularly relates to a cholesterol-modified cationic liposome tumor vaccine, a preparation method therefor, and use thereof. In order to solve the problems of poor targeting and strong side effects of TLR agonists in anti-tumor treatment, the present invention provides a cationic liposome prepared from a cholesterol-modified 1V209 molecule, a cationic lipid component, cholesterol, and DSPE-PEG2000, and then the cationic liposome and ovalbumin 5 form the tumor vaccine by electrostatic adsorption. Animal experiments show that the vaccine can induce antigen-specific CD8+ T cells, activate lymphocytes, and generate stronger antigen cross-presentation, more memory T cells, antibodies, and cytokines. Prophylactic inoculation with the vaccine can significantly delay the progression of mouse melanoma and lymphoma and prolong the survival of mice. The combination use of the vaccine and a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor can further enhance the anti-tumor effect. Therefore, the vaccine is a promising cancer vaccine.

Compounds that either produced a higher proportion or greater absolute number of phenotypically identified nave, stem cell memory, central memory T cells, adaptive NK cells, and type I NKT cells are identified. Compositions and methods for modulating immune cells including T, NK, and NKT cells for adoptive cell therapies with improved efficacy are provided.

The invention provides application of a substance for detecting the ratio of lymphocyte subgroups in preparation of a reagent or a kit for diagnosis or auxiliary diagnosis of Graves disease, and belongs to the technical field of preparation of disease diagnosis reagents. A research shows that compared with a healthy sample, the proportion of B cells in a lymphocyte subpopulation of a to-be-detected sample is remarkably increased, the proportion of NK cells is remarkably reduced, the proportion of activated T cells is remarkably reduced, the proportion of memory T cells is remarkably reduced, the proportion of CD4 + memory T cells is remarkably reduced, the proportion of Th1 cells is remarkably reduced, and the proportion of Tc1 cells is remarkably reduced, so that the to-be-detected sample is a GD patient; the substance for detecting the ratio of lymphocyte subgroups is high in sensitivity and specificity when being used for diagnosis or auxiliary diagnosis of Graves disease.

The invention provides a culture method for inducing and amplifying central memory T cells with high expression of CD62L typing, which comprises the following steps: collecting peripheral blood mononuclear cells, adding the peripheral blood mononuclear cells into a culture medium containing stimulant CD3 / CD28 antibody coupling magnetic beads, amplifying for 7-12 days to obtain a cell population with TCM, and the culture medium further comprises IL-2, IL-7, IL-15 and syringaresinol. The method can effectively improve the TCM cell content and purity of the high-expression CD62L marker, and can be effectively used for treating tumors, infection or other immune related diseases.

Compounds that either produced a higher proportion or greater absolute number of phenotypically identified naïve, stem cell memory, central memory T cells, adaptive NK cells, and type I NKT cells are identified. Compositions and methods for modulating immune cells including T, NK, and NKT cells for adoptive cell therapies with improved efficacy are provided.

A method of generating an isolated population of non graft versus host disease (GvHD) inducing cells comprising a central memory T-lymphocyte (Tcm) phenotype, the cells being tolerance inducing cells and / or endowed with anti-disease activity, and capable of homing to the lymph nodes following transplantation is disclosed. The method comprising: (a) providing a population of at least 70% memory T cells; (b) contacting the population of memory T cells with an antigen or antigens so as to allow enrichment of antigen reactive cells; and (c) culturing the cells resulting from step (b) in the presence of cytokines so as to allow proliferation of cells comprising the Tcm phenotype. Cells generated by the method, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also disclosed.

An isolated cell having a central memory T-lymphocyte (Tcm) phenotype, the cell being tolerance-inducing cell and capable of homing to the lymph nodes following transplantation, the cell being transduced to express a cell surface receptor comprising a T cell receptor signaling module is described. Methods of generating same and using same are also described.

To provide novel methods for expanding cell populations, such as regulatory T cells or central memory T cells, for research, diagnostic and, in particular, therapeutic purposes.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to in vitro-methods of expanding a population of cells such as lymphocytes, comprising contacting a sample comprising a population of cells with a multimerization reagent. The multimerization reagent has reversibly immobilized thereon (bound thereto) a first agent that provides a primary activation signal to the cells and optionally, a second agent that provides a co-stimulatory signal. The invention also provides multimerization reagents, kits, arrangements and an apparatus for expanding cells.SELECTED DRAWING: None

The present invention provides nucleic acids, vectors, host cells, methods and compositions to confer and / or augment immune responses mediated by cellular immunotherapy, such as by adoptively transferring CD8+ central memory T cells or combinations of central memory T cells with CD4+ T cells that are genetically modified to express a chimeric receptor under the control of an inducible promoter. In some alternatives the genetically modified host cell comprises a nucleic acid comprising a polynucleotide coding for a chimeric antigen receptor comprising a ligand binding domain, a polynucleotide comprising a spacer region, a polynucleotide comprising a transmembrane domain, and a polynucleotide comprising an intracellular signaling domain under the control of a drug inducible promoter. Controlling the expression of the chimeric receptor provides for the ability to turn expression on and off depending on the status of the patient. Pharmaceutical formulations produced by the method, and methods of using the same, are also described.

A method to obtain more effective CAR-T cells, which are FOXO1 inhibited. The inhibition of FOXO1 potentiates the ability to induce lysis of a target cell thanks to the increased expression of TNF-α and other inflammatory cytokines, induces spontaneous cell polarization comparable to that obtained by stimulation with chemokines and thus improves the motility of the cells, induces a sharp increase of memory T cells and allows to obtain more efficient CAR-T cells to treat solid tumors than classical CAR-T cells obtained with the known protocol. An 10 ex vivo method to obtain improved CAR-T cells including the steps of (i) cultivate T cells obtained from a subject with a FOXO1 inhibitor during a time of 2 to 10 days; (ii) transducing (or transforming) the T cells into CAR-T cells thanks to a known method.

Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for modulating T cells. For example, the compositions and methods may be used to increase memory T cells. The compositions and method may be used in combination with Adoptive T Cell Therapy (ACT) to enhance the ACT.

Methods for preparing T cell populations useful for a variety of purposes requiring a highly active, long-lived T cell population. The T cell populations are enriched for: nave T cells (TN), memory stem cells (TSCM) and central memory T cells (TCM). These cell populations can be derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) by both: 1) depleting unwanted cell populations such as CD14 expressing myeloid cells and CD25 expressing cells; and 2) enriching for CD62L expressing memory and nave T cells.

This document relates to methods and materials involved in treating cancer. For example, methods and materials for using (a) APCs (e.g., dendritic cells) designed to release a viral vector that can infect a T cell (e.g., an infectious retroviral vector or an infectious lentiviral vector) and drive expression of an antigen receptor (e.g., a CAR) within that T cell and (b) an antigenic composition containing one or more antigens that can be presented to T cells within the mammal by APCs of the administered population and / or by other APCs within the mammal to produce dual specific CAR+ memory T cells are provided.

The invention discloses application of cucurbitacine I in preparation of cisplatin sensitization drugs for treating ovarian cancer, and belongs to the technical field of sensitization drugs for tumor chemotherapy. CuI and CDDP have a good synergistic tumor inhibition effect on ovarian cancer, CuI may directly act on EGFR and can be combined with CDDP to significantly inhibit phosphorylation of EGFR and downstream STAT3 protein thereof, induce DNA damage and ROS accumulation, amplify a pyroptosis effect, increase release of TAAs and DAMPs, promote DC maturation and promote infiltration of CD8 + T cells and memory T cells in TIME in vivo, so that the tumor inhibition effect on ovarian cancer is improved. The expression of an inhibitory costimulatory molecule PD-1 in CD8 + T cells is reduced, the whole body immune effect is activated, and the TIME of the ovarian cancer is remarkably improved. The combined treatment strategy of CuI-CDDP controls the progress of ovarian cancer from a dual mechanism of directly inhibiting tumor cells and promoting anti-tumor immune activation.

The invention belongs to the field of bioengineering, and particularly relates to an in-vitro culture method of CD8 < + > dry memory T cells, a product and application of the product. The method comprises the following specific steps: (1) coating, stimulating and activating T cells by using an anti-CD3 antibody and RetroNectin; (2) performing resting culture on the activated T cells in a resting culture solution for 0-60 hours; and (3) adding cell factors into the resting culture solution to perform large-scale multiplication culture on the T cells after resting. According to the method, the efficiency of obtaining the CD8 + TSCM cells through in-vitro culture is improved, the culture process is simplified, and the risk of microbial contamination in the culture process and the cost of obtaining the CD8 + TSCM cells are reduced.

To provide compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of immune related diseases and methods of using those compositions.SOLUTION: A method of determining whether a test immune cell is an activated or normal Treg, memory T cell, NK cell, or TFh cell, the method comprising assessing the level of expression of TIGIT in the test immune cell and comparing the level of expression of TIGIT in the test immune cell to the level of expression of TIGIT in a known activated or normal Treg, memory T cell, NK cell, or TFh cell, or comparing the level of expression of TIGIT in the test immune cell to one or more known standard TIGIT expression values.SELECTED DRAWING: None

A method may include, by at least one data processor and based on a set of cytokinetic parameters corresponding to a plurality of T-cell phenotypes and the plurality of T-cell phenotypes, identifying a plurality of T-cell phenotypes in peripheral tissue and lymph node compartments (i.e., T-cell phenotypes, T-cell phenotypes, T-cell phenotypes, T-cell phenotypes, T-cell phenotypes, T-cell phenotypes, and T-cell phenotypes). The distribution of the plurality of T cell phenotypes over time is determined based on a transport rate between the plurality of T cell phenotypes (e.g., a healthy tissue compartment), a blood compartment, a tumor drainage lymph node compartment, and a tumor compartment. The plurality of T cell phenotypes may include stem cell-like memory T cells, central memory T cells, effector memory T cells, effector T cells, and endogenous T cells. Related methods and articles are also disclosed.

The invention relates to the technical field of vaccine preparation, and particularly discloses an H1-pIL-24 / pCAIX nano vaccine, an anti-tumor medicine and application, and the H1-pIL-24 / pCAIX nano vaccine is prepared through the following steps: constructing an expression plasmid containing an mIL-24 sequence and an expression plasmid containing a CAIX sequence; the expression plasmid containing the mIL-24 sequence and the expression plasmid containing the CAIX sequence are respectively transformed into competent cells and cultured, two obtained recombinant plasmids are mixed with the H1 nano carrier, and the H1-pIL-24 / pCAIX nano vaccine is obtained. The H1-pIL-24 / pCAIX nano vaccine can significantly inhibit the growth of tumors and the occurrence of pulmonary metastasis, improve DC uptake and antigen presentation, enhance the expression of CD8 cells and IFN-gamma, enhance the expression of central memory T cells, and effectively stimulate the tumor immune response of mice.

The present invention relates to a biomarker for diagnosing pediatric atopic dermatitis and use thereof. As result of comparing immune phenotypes of a healthy control group with those of pediatric atopic dermatitis patients, it has been identified that Th1, Th2, Th17 and Th22 cells or expression of STAT1, CD6 and ALCAM genes are increased or decreased. In addition, in the present invention, it has been identified that the frequencies of monocytes, plasmacytoid dendritic cells, CD4 central memory T cells, and CD4 effector memory T cells are related to the severity of pediatric atopic dermatitis. Therefore, the present invention can ensure an efficient treatment strategy for pediatric atopic dermatitis by accurately diagnosing pediatric atopic dermatitis and the severity thereof.

The invention discloses an application of sarcandra glabra polysaccharide in preparation of a medicine for preventing and / or treating psoriasis and delaying relapse of psoriasis. The glabrous sarcandra herb polysaccharide can relieve inflammation caused by psoriasis, reduce expression of memory T cells at skin lesions of a psoriasis recurrence model mouse and relieve psoriasis symptoms of the recurrence model mouse. The invention finds that the glabrous sarcandra herb polysaccharide can obviously improve the skin injury degree of an imiquimod (imiquimod, IMQ) interval induced psoriasis recurrence model mouse, reduce the skin erythema, thickening and scale of the IMQ interval induced psoriasis recurrence model mouse, and reduce the expression of memory T cells at the skin injury part of the psoriasis recurrence model mouse, so that the glabrous sarcandra herb polysaccharide can be used for treating the psoriasis. The glabrous sarcandra herb polysaccharide has great application prospects in preparation of the medicine for preventing / treating the psoriasis, and especially can relieve recurrence symptoms of the psoriasis.

Phosphatidylserine (PS)-targeting biomolecules and related methods for impacting the function of memory T cells are provided. In the present methods, PS-binding biomolecules are delivered to peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) or whole blood of a subject in the presence of antigens specific to one or more diseases, wherein the PBMCs or whole blood comprise memory T cells that are exhausted or non-responsive to the antigens specific to the one or more diseases. Delivery of the PS-binding biomolecules to the PBMCs or whole blood restores effector function in the antigen non-responsive memory T cells. The administration of PS-binding biomolecules to PBMCs or blood with T cell antigens specific to pathogens can also be used to develop ultrasensitive diagnostics for latent infections or memory T cells response induced by natural infection or vaccination.

This invention belongs to the field of biomedical technology, specifically relating to a method and application for preparing CAR-T cells with enhanced persistence based on the piggyBac transposon system combined with electroporation. This invention, through specific piggyBac dual plasmid ratios and electroporation conditions, can improve transfection efficiency to over 80%, and the integration site is more likely to be located in a safe genomic region, supporting long-term stable CAR expression. Furthermore, cell expansion kinetics are significantly improved, with expansion exceeding 120-fold within 15 days. The results of the examples show that CAR-T cells prepared using the method described in this invention exhibit significantly enhanced tumor cell killing ability and cytokine secretion levels in in vitro models, and are rich in memory T cell subsets (Tcm / Tem) with greater persistence and self-renewal potential. This indicates that this invention not only changes the method of gene delivery but also shapes the intrinsic properties of cells, enabling them to acquire potentially superior in vivo persistence and long-term anti-tumor capabilities.

The invention discloses PDADMAC modified silicon dioxide mineralized foot-and-mouth disease virus-like particles as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The PDADMAC modified silicon dioxide mineralized foot-and-mouth disease virus-like particle (VLPs-SiO2) is a mineralized particle obtained by forming a silicon dioxide mineralized foot-and-mouth disease virus-like particle under the action of PDADMAC and then further modifying the silicon dioxide mineralized foot-and-mouth disease virus-like particle with PDADMAC, and the SiO2 mineralization rate of FMDV VLPs reaches 90% or above. The observation of a transmission electron microscope and a scanning electron microscope shows that the VLPS-SiO2 is spherical-like nano-particles with the particle size of 80-100 nm. According to the present invention, the level of FMDVVLPs ingestion by DC2.4 cells is increased by SiO2 mineralization, after the mice are immunized by nasal dripping, the specific antibody level in the serum of the VLPS-SiO2 immune group and the secretory IgA level in the lung, the cecum and the excrement are higher than the level of the FMDVVLPs immune group, and the levels of Tfh, Th1, Th2, memory B cells and memory T cells are increased. The invention provides an effective technical means for enhancing mucosal immune protection of the VLPs vaccine.

A culture medium for immune cells and use thereof. The culture medium comprises: 200-1000 U / mL IL-2, 10-100 ng / mL IL-4, 10-100 ng / mL IL-15, 2-20 ng / mL anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody, 2-20 ng / mL anti-CD28 monoclonal antibody, 0.5-20 μM GSK-3β inhibitor, 0.1-10 μM Wnt / β-catenin signaling pathway agonist, 1-10 μg / mL transferrin, 1-10 μg / mL ethanolamine, 1-10 μg / mL water-soluble cholesterol, 1-10 μg / mL insulin, 1-10 mM L-alanyl-L-glutamine, 1-10 μg / mL L-ascorbic acid, 1-10 μg / mL taurine, 0.1-1 μg / mL putrescine, and an RPMI 1640 medium. The culture medium can effectively keep the survival rate of cells, efficiently induce the proliferation of memory T cells, and amplify the number of memory T cells. The culture medium has the advantages of low cell culture cost and good cell quality.

The invention discloses a CD3 antibody-polypeptide, which is characterized in that an amino acid sequence of a light chain variable region of a CD3 antibody is linked with an amino acid sequence of polypeptide through a triple link of a GGGGS flexible joint; and the CD3 antibody-polypeptide can be coupled with the RNP compound through a chemical bond to form the CD3 antibody-polypeptide-RNP compound. The CD3 antibody-polypeptide-RNP compound is used as a delivery system for gene editing in the TILs cells, in the gene editing process, CD3 antibody-polypeptide has good cell penetrability and stability, an exogenous gene can be efficiently and accurately delivered into a double-chain incision manufactured on a TRAC gene of the TILs cells, cell damage caused by electrotransfection is avoided, and the CD3 antibody-polypeptide-RNP compound can be applied to gene editing of the TILs cells. The prepared TI Ls cells have a higher proportion of memory T cells (CD45RO < + > CD62L < + >) and a higher proportion of tumor specific T cells (CD8 < + >), so that the TI Ls cells have a better tumor killing effect.

The invention discloses a cell engineering method for reversing PD1 signals of T and CAR-T cells by using CD27. Specifically, the invention discloses a fusion protein PD1-CD27 (SEQ ID No. 4) and a nucleic acid molecule (SEQ ID No. 1), and further constructs a modified T cell for different antigens. The modified T cell has small influence on the phenotypes of CD4 and CD8-T cells of a patient, the proportion of memory T cells is increased, and the modified T cell can survive for a long time, specifically recognizes and kills tumor cells expressing tumor-associated antigens (mesothelin, HER2 and the like), has no killing effect on negative cells, and has the effects of resisting a tumor cell microenvironment and resisting T cell depletion. The CD27 is used for reversing an inhibition signal of PD1, and the CD27 has practical significance and potential clinical application value for overcoming a tumor microenvironment, playing a cytotoxic role in the microenvironment and prolonging the survival time of CAR-T.