250 results about "Chronic infection" patented technology

The present invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment, prevention, or reduction of persistent infections, such as chronic infections, latent infections, and slow infections and cancer. The methods and compositions of the invention are also useful for the alleviation of one or more symptoms associated with such infections and cancer.

The present invention relates to stable formulations of antibodies against human programmed death receptor PD-1, or antigen binding fragments thereof. The present invention further provides methods for treating various cancers and chronic infections with stable formulations of antibodies against human programmed death receptor PD-1, or antigen binding fragments thereof.

The present invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment, prevention, or reduction of persistent infections, such as chronic infections, latent infections, and slow infections and cancer. The methods and compositions of the invention are also useful for the alleviation of one or more symptoms associated with such infections and cancer.

The present invention relates to stable formulations of antibodies against human programmed death receptor PD-1, or antigen binding fragments thereof. The present invention further provides methods for treating various cancers and chronic infections with stable formulations of antibodies against human programmed death receptor PD-1, or antigen binding fragments thereof.

The present invention relates to methods of making and using chimeric antibody molecules comprised of at least two domains, namely RAF, and IAF, linked by a flexible peptide linker.

Compositions and methods useful for modulating immunity, enhancing vaccine efficacy, decreasing morbidity associated with chronic FHV-1 infections, and / or preventing or treating conjunctivitis in animals. The compositions contain effective amounts of probiotic Enterococcus bacteria and the methods involve administering such compositions to animals alone, in supplements, or in food compositions in amounts suitable for the intended purpose. In certain embodiments, the probiotic is Enterococcus faecium strain NCIMB 10415 (SF68) and the animal is a feline.

The present invention relates to methods useful for the treatment or prevention of disease-related wasting. The methods of the invention comprise the administration of an effective amount of a JNK Inhibitor. In one embodiment, the disease is HIV, AIDS, cancer, end-stage renal disease, kidney failure, chronic heart disease, obstructive pulmonary disease or tuberculosis. The methods can further comprise the administration of a therapeutic or prophylactic agent useful for the treatment or prevention of HIV, AIDS, cancer, end-stage renal disease, kidney failure, chronic heart disease, obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic infectious diseases (e.g., osteoarthritis and bacterial endocarditis), chronic inflammatory diseases (e.g., scleroderma and mixed connective tissue disease) or tuberculosis.

The invention concerns a gene therapy for treatment of animals and humans which suffer from an infection with a chronic virus such as HIV or HCV. It can also be used prophylactically to prevent chronic infection. The therapy makes use of a nucleotide construct stably integrated in the genome of the target cells of the virus, which is able to produce a single transcript or multiple transcripts capable of forming a double-stranded RNA which inhibits replication of the virus in situ.

The invention is for the combination of EDTA, cystine, selenium, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and zinc for anti-thrombotic effect and for the effect of restoring platelet aggregation, an integral component of thrombus formation, to normal and for the monitoring of the response to therapy with the combination. Methods for use of the components and method for performing the monitoring are included. The combination and method are particularly efficacious for vascular deficiency ailments including atherosclerotic vascular disease, reduction of ischemic cerebal event, complications from surgical procedures including restenosis, neurogenerative disease, and erectile disfunction, and vascular deficiency resulting from etiology of sepsis and chronic infection.

A convenient way of inducing a broad recognition of dominant and subdominant responses to epitopes of any given antigen of importance for prophylaxis or treatment of a chronic disease is provided. The method involves by immunizing with pools of overlapping fragments (synthetic peptides, e.g., 10-30 mers with 2-20 aa overlap) of the desired antigen in appropriate adjuvants. The T cell repertoire is primed to include not only the immunodominant epitope recognized when the intact molecule is used for immunization and induced by the chronic infection itself, but induce a much broader and balanced response to a number of the subdominant epitopes as well. The vaccination with peptide mix induces a T-cell response that includes response to subdominant epitopes is important for protection against chronic disease that on their own induces a response focused only on immunodominant epitopes. The major advantage of the present invention is that it requires no prior knowledge of the precise localisation and identity of the subdominant epitopes and their recognition in a human population, but expands the T-cell repertoire and thereby the total number of epitopes recognized by specific T cells primed by vaccination from a few immunodominant epitopes to a multiple of epitopes.

The present invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment, prevention, or reduction of persistent infections, such as chronic infections, latent infections, and slow infections and cancer. The methods and compositions of the invention are also useful for the alleviation of one or more symptoms associated with such infections and cancer.

The invention relates to a silver thiosulfate complex or silver-ammonia complex-containing hygroscopic silver-containing product and a preparation method thereof. The invention discloses a hygroscopic silver-containing antibacterial product which comprises a silver thiosulfate complex or a silver-ammonia complex as an antibacterial ingredient, the silver thiosulfate complex or the silver-ammonia complex is evenly distributed and combined on the inner side and / or surface, the hygroscopic silver-containing antibacterial product comprises 0.01-10 wt% of silver, and the moisture absorption ability of the hygroscopic silver-containing antibacterial product is 6g / g and above. The invention also provides a preparation method of the hygroscopic silver-containing antibacterial product as well as a silver-containing antibacterial product dressing prepared from the hygroscopic silver-containing antibacterial product. The hygroscopic silver-containing antibacterial product has a very wide antibacterial spectrum, shows strong antibacterial activity to gram-negative bacteria and gram-positive bacteria, is rapid in effect, has light stability, and can be widely applied to chronic infections exudative wounds.

The invention concerns agents for the treatment of acute and chronic infections with human and animal pathogenic viruses which assemble along the cell membrane and are released through budding on the surface of the cell. Hereunto count especially causative agents of infectious diseases such as AIDS, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, SARS, smallpox, measles, polio or the flu. The subjects of the invention are agents that contain inhibitors of the protein folding as active components. Hereunto count inhibitors of cellular folding enzymes (the enzymatic chaperones) as well as substances that disturb the folding of proteins through chemical chaperones. The following substance classes and their derivates belong thereunto: Geldanamycin, Deoxyspergualin, 4-PBA or Herbimycin A. Due to these agents the highly organised processes of the assembly and the proteolytical maturation of virus structure proteins is disturbed. As a result the release and production of infectious decendent viruses is prevented.

Methods and devices for the detection of proteins secreted by the pathogenic growth form of Candida species are disclosed. The disclosed devices may constitute a method for the diagnosis of acute or chronic infections, including candidiasis, caused by microorganisms of the Candida species, such as C. albicans, for example. The devices of the present invention incorporate antibodies specific to lipase proteins whose expression is differentiated upon the conversion of the Candida species from the commensal to the pathogenic form. The antibodies may be used in assays to allow the diagnosis of candidal infections and disease conditions. Either monoclonal antibodies or polyclonal antibodies may be used, and in the case of the monoclonals, the specific epitopes of the LIP protein may be detected as well as the LIP protein itself.

The invention relates to bio-pharmaceutical engineer technology domain. At present, the therapeutic drugs for HBV infection mainly depend on IFN-Alpha and nucleotide analog, which can not kill virus thoroughly with worse remote therapeutic effect. The invention provides a cytotoxic T cell epitope vaccine for hepatitis B, comprising a fused polypeptide formed by connecting 21 CTL epitopes selected from CTL epitopes data of HBV antigen and two universal epitopes of auxiliary T lymphocyte. Saccharomyces Serevisiae is selected to express the fused antigen and mixes with immunologic adjvant. The said vaccine can activate and enhance the cellular immune response of patient with chronic HBV infection. The vaccine can also promote the immune elimination of HBV, and can be used for treatment of chronic hepatitis B.

The invention concerns compositions comprising a demethylationg agent and an antigen for inducing and enhancing antigen-specific immunity and uses thereof. The invention also concerns methods for enhancing antigen-specific immunity by administrating a demethylating agent.

The present invention provides methods or kits with inflammatory cytokines to pretreat 1-ISCs to augment their immune modulatory effect, in prevention and treatment of various diseases such as multiple sclerosis, arthritis, lupus, sepsis, hepatitis, cirrhosis, Parkinson's disease, chronic infections, and GvHD. The present invention relates to novel methods for enhancing the immunosuppressive or the immune stimulatory activities of mesenchymal stem cells (JvfSCs).

The invention discloses liquid dressing capable of sterilizing and repairing wounds and a production method of the liquid dressing. The liquid dressing is double-emulsion-system solution using water-soluble amino polysaccharide, sterilizing preservatives and high-molecular polymer as main active constituents and high-molecular emulsifier as the emulsifier. The liquid dressing has the advantages that the liquid dressing can promote wound healing, resist exudation, inhibit bacteria and prevent infection and is applicable to washing or wet dressing treatment of related wounds such as scald wounds, knife wounds and chronic infection wounds. The production method of the liquid dressing includes: preparing water-soluble amino polysaccharide emulsion solution, preparing antibacterial compound emulsion solution, compounding a double-emulsion system and sterilizing.

The invention discloses an anti-PD-L1 antibody as well as application, a preparation method, a kit and a drug, and relates to the technical fields of biological detection and treatment. The anti-PD-L1 antibody provided by the invention contains a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region, wherein the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain variable region is shown in SEQ ID NO. 5, and the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region is shown in SEQ ID NO. 6. The anti-PD-L1 antibody can be combined with PD-L1 recombinant proteins and inflammation tissue cells or tumor tissue cells expressing PD-L1 molecules via specific recognition, so that the anti-PD-L1 antibody has a relatively high specificity and avidity, can be used for immunoblotting, enzyme-linked immuno sorbent assay, immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry and can also be used for treating diseases of tumors, immunological diseases, chronic infectious diseases and the like.

New markers for diseased liver conditions have been identified. A combination of protein C (PROC) and retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) in blood are biomarkers to distinguish patients at different stages of hepatic fibrosis due, for example, to chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Also, alpha-1-B glycoprotein (A1BG), complement factor H (CFH) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein acid labile subunit (IGFALS) distinguish subjects with chronic or acute liver conditions such as hepatitis infection or liver fibrosis from healthy controls.

The discovery of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) on the surface of hematopoietic cells provides new methods for the stimulation and differentiation of various classes of progenitor cells. TLR2 and TLR4 agonists (natural ligands, mimetics, antibodies) are particularly useful in these methods. The cells can be isolated and used for various purpose including tissue regeneration and grafting. In contrast, antagonists of TLRs can be used to protect cells from various insults such as chemo- and radiotherapy, acute and chronic infection, and transplantation by inhibiting activation and differentiation. TLR2, TLR4 and TLR9 pathway antagonists (soluble TLR, mimetics, antibodies) are particularly useful in these methods. Cells can be isolated and used for various purposes including transplantation.

Methods and devices for the detection of proteins secreted by the hyphal growth form of Candida species are disclosed. The disclosed devices may constitute a method for the diagnosis of acute or chronic infections, including candidiasis, caused by microorganisms of the species Candida, such as C. albicans, for example. The devices of the present invention incorporate antibodies specific to secreted aspartyl protease proteins whose expression is upregulated upon the conversion of the Candida species from the commensal to the pathogenic form. The antibodies may be used in assays to allow the diagnosis of candidal infections and disease conditions. Either monoclonal antibodies or polyclonal antibodies may be used, and in the case of the monoclonals, the specific epitopes of the SAP protein may be detected as well as the SAP protein itself.

This invention discloses means for obtaining immunogenic peptides, polypeptides, proteins, and their corresponding nucleic acid sequences, target cells with vaccine interest, or lysates thereof, without making structural changes in said antigens, through their association with Very Small Size Proteoliposomes. The object of the invention is to provide immunogenic compositions containing peptides, polypeptides, proteins, their corresponding DNA sequences, cells or their lysates and Very Small Size Proteoliposomes (VSSP), which are formed by binding the Outer Membrane Protein Complex (OMPC) of Neisseria meningitidis with gangliosides, by means of hydrophobic links. Additionally, it is stated that these compositions can be formulated alone or in the form of emulsions with the Incomplete Freund's Adjuvant (IFA), and may also be lyophilized. The essence of the invention consists in describing compositions that triggers immunogenicity in low immunogenic antigens, such as growth factor receptors, without imparting structural changes therein. Particularly, this invention refers to preparation of immuno-stimulating compositions capable of generating antigen-specific immune responses, even in immuno-compromised hosts, such as those suffering form cancer or viral or bacterial chronic infections. In said patients, the administration of the vaccine compositions described in this invention has lead to the reestablishment of the functionality of the immune system. Vaccine compositions of this invention can be used to protect or treat infectious, or auto-immune diseases.

Methods and devices for the detection of proteins secreted by the hyphal growth form of Candida species are disclosed. The disclosed devices may constitute a method for the diagnosis of acute or chronic infections, including candidiasis, caused by microorganisms of the species Candida, such as C. albicans, for example. The devices of the present invention incorporate antibodies specific to secreted aspartyl protease proteins whose expression is upregulated upon the conversion of the Candida species from the commensal to the pathogenic form. The antibodies may be used in assays to allow the diagnosis of candidal infections and disease conditions. Either monoclonal antibodies or polyclonal antibodies may be used, and in the case of the monoclonals, the specific epitopes of the SAP protein may be detected as well as the SAP protein itself.

The invention discloses a replicative HBV (Hepatitis B Virus) vector carrying a foreign gene and a recombinant HBV generated after transfection and a corresponding preparation method and an application. The vector separates overlaying genes C and P on an HBV genome by a molecular cloning technique based on originally expressed HBV plasmid to respectively form an integral opened reading frame where a protein translation starting sequence or a protease enzyme cutting site is inserted to respectively guide expression of foreign gene and gene P. The replicative HBV vector carrying the foreign gene transiently transfecting hepatoma carcinoma cell secretes the recombinant HBV. The recombinant HBV prepared from the HBV vector transfection cells provided by the invention can express the foreign gene and maintain the replicative and infecting capacity. The invention is suitable for constructing an HBV chronic infection animal model, an HBV cell model with cccDNA stably and automatically replicated and a traceable HBV strain, researching a molecular mechanism of HBV infection, replication, packaging and the like, and screening anti-HBV novel medicines.

The invention discloses application of RNA and carrier in preparation of a product for preventing and / or treating liver cancer. The invention provides a recombinant adenovirus carrier which is a recombinant adenovirus carrier formed by inserting at least one encoding gene of miR-122 into a pDC312-cmv; and the miR-122 refers to RNA shown in a sequence 1 in a sequence table or RNA encoded by a sequence 3 in the sequence table. The experiment proves that the miR-122 encoding genes are introduced into the adenovirus carrier, the adenovirus is purified and is used for performing an animal experiment, the miR-122 and the recombinant adenovirus carrier or adenovirus can obviously suppress the liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B infection, and a novel liver cancer treatment medicine can be developed.

The present invention is directed to LAK-T cells, which have been transformed by a transgenic T cell receptor (tg-TCR). The invention is further directed to a method of generating those transgenic T cells, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said cells and the use of the LAK-T cells or of the pharmaceutical composition in the adoptive cell therapy and for treating hematological malignancies or solid tumors or acute or chronic infections or autoimmune diseases.

Methods and compositions are provided for inducing phagocytosis of a target cell, treating an individual having cancer, treating an individual having an intracellular pathogen infection (e.g., a chronic infection), and / or reducing the number of inflicted cells (e.g., cancer cells, cells infected with an intracellular pathogen, etc.) in an individual. Methods and compositions are also provided for predicting whether an individual is resistant (or susceptible) to treatment with an anti-CD47 / SIRPA agent. In some cases, the subject methods and compositions include an anti-MHC Class I / LILRB1 agent. In some cases, the subject methods and compositions include an anti-MHC Class I / LILRB1 agent and an anti-CD47 / SIRPA agent (e.g., co-administration of an anti-MHC Class I / LILRB1 agent and an anti-CD47 / SIRPA agent). Kits are also provided for practicing the methods of the disclosure.