330 results about "Human immunodeficiency" patented technology

The invention discloses a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affinity adsorption column, comprising a column body and at least one activated affinity microsphere located in the column body, wherein the activated affinity microsphere is connected with a human immunodeficiency virus affinity protein, and the affinity protein can be bound with human immunodeficiency virus. The affinity protein comprises a main receptor CD4 molecule, a gp120 antibody, an auxiliary receptor CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR-4) and a CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR-5). The affinity microsphere may be a glass microsphere with the size of 1mm, a chitosan crosslinking microsphere with the diameter more than 500 microns, or a gluosan microsphere. The human immunodeficiency virus affinity adsorption column disclosed by the invention is applicable for eliminating the human immunodeficiency virus in the blood of HIV patients, and relieving and treating the immunodeficiency syndrome of HIV patients; and compared with the traditional treatment methods, the immunoadsorption column has high safety, good specificity, small toxic or side effects and good operation simplicity.

Methods for treating viral infections using polyamine analogs, including mitoguazone (MGBG), are provided. In these methods, polyamine analogs destroy macrophages that act as viral reservoirs, facilitating the destruction of the viruses that dwell within the macrophages. Examples of viral infections that may be treated with the present methods include, but are not limited to, infections from human immunodeficiency viruses. These methods differ from previous methods of treatment using polyamine analogs, wherein the polyamine analogs were administered only as anti-tumor agents.

The invention provides a method for obtaining a broadly neutralizing antibody (bNab), including screening memory B cell cultures from a donor PBMC sample for neutralization activity against a plurality of HIV-1 species, cloning a memory B cell that exhibits broad neutralization activity; and rescuing a monoclonal antibody from that memory B cell culture. The resultant monoclonal antibodies are characterized by their ability to selectively bind epitopes from the Env proteins in native or monomeric form, as well as to inhibit infection of HIV-1 species from a plurality of clades. Compositions containing human monoclonal anti-HIV antibodies used for prophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection are provided. Methods for generating such antibodies by immunization using epitopes from conserved regions within the variable loops of gp120 are provided. Immunogens for generating anti-HIV1 bNAbs are also provided. Furthermore, methods for vaccination using suitable epitopes are provided.

The present invention features antibodies and antibody fragments that specifically bind a CD4-inducible HIV gp120 epitope that is enhanced by binding a co-receptor for HIV, such as CCR5 or CXCR4, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies or antibody fragments. The invention also features nucleic acids encoding the antibodies or antibody fragments, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the nucleic acids encoding the antibodies or antibody fragments, vectors comprising the nucleic acids, and cells comprising the vectors. The invention further features methods of identifying antibodies or antibody fragments with broadly neutralizing activity against HIV. The invention also features methods of inhibiting HIV entry into cells and methods of inhibiting replication of HIV in mammals, using the antibodies and nucleic acids of the invention.

The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating obesity or obesity-related disorders in a subject suffering from or predisposed to developing obesity or an obesity-related disorder, or for inhibiting the infectivity of HIV, by administering oleuropein, an analogue or derivative thereof, or the major metabolites of oleuropein including oleuropein aglycone, hydroxytyrosol, and elenolic acid or their analogues, or derivatives thereof, an iridoid glycoside, or a secoiridoid glycoside or analogues or derivatives thereof, or any combination of the foregoing including olive leave extract. The invention also relates to methods for screening/diagnosing a subject having, or predisposed to having obesity or a related disorder by measuring the expression profiles of an adipogenic gene selected from PPARγ2, LPL and αP2 gene and gene product, or other adipogenic, lipogenic, or lipolytic genes and gene products in an individual. The invention further provides for screening for novel oleuropein analogues.

A TAR marker, method for detection and monitoring of HIV latency and activation and an assay for detection of the marker. The assay sensitively detects HIV transcription and monitors HIV transcriptional activity by detecting the presence of TAR fragments and full length transcripts, quantifying both and determining the ratio of short to long transcripts. A low ratio correlates with a latent-type transcriptional activity of HIV whereas the appearance of long transcripts signifies increased efficiency of transcriptional activity of HIV and the transition from latency to activation. The size difference between the TAR fragments appearing predominantly in latency and the full length transcripts appearing predominantly during the HIV activation is detected by RT-PCR assay that utilizes novel primers and probes. The obtained ratio is a sensitive tool in detection of HIV infection, the analysis of load of latent and active virus and monitoring the transition from the latent to active state of HIV replication.

Compositions are provided that comprise antibody against coreceptors for human immunodeficiency virus such as CCR5 and CXCR4. In particular, monoclonal human antibodies against human CCR5 are provided that bind to CCR5 with high affinity and are capable of inhibiting HIV infection at low concentrations. The antibodies can be used as prophylactics or therapeutics to prevent and treat HIV infection, for screening drugs, and for diagnosing diseases or conditions associated with interactions with HIV coreceptors.

Immunological reagents obtained from multimeric forms of the HIV-2 and SIV envelope glycoproteins and their use in the detection of HIV-2, particularly, the HIV-2 proteins gp300, p200, p90, and p80, and gp300 of SIV.

The invention relates to an anti-immunodeficiency virus antibody which binds to a cellular protein and diagnostic and therapuetic methods of using the same.

A method for treating or preventing a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, or treating or preventing Acquired Human Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), in a subject in need thereof, is disclosed. The method involves colonizing a genetically modified probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri RC-14 in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, wherein the probiotic is able to secrete two or more fusion inhibitors that decrease or prevent HIV production and CD4+T cell depletion in the gastrointestinal tract.

The invention relates to the production and use of retroviral vectors for cell specific gene transfer, specially to a production method of retroviral vectors containing capsid particles of murine leukemia virus (MLV) and envelope proteins of human immunodeficiency vises (HIV) or simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIV). Said vectors can be used for gene transfer in selected cell types, specially in CD4-positive mammal cells.

The invention provides a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) nucleic acid detection kit. The kit comprises at least two sets of primer probes which are respectively from different conservative regions. Preferably, the conservative regions comprise the relative conservation regions of HIV gene, i.e. GAG, POL and LTR regions. According to the invention, the two sets of designed and combined primer probe preparation reaction systems from two different regions jointly detect HIV-1RNA to identify the existence of positive reaction, effectively lower the probability of detection miss, can more comprehensively cover all subtypes, including all the subtypes of M, N and O groups of HIV-1, and further improve detection sensitivity and quantification accuracy, wherein the detection sensitivity can reach 50 IU/ml, and the linear range of the quantification is 50-1.0*108 IU/ml. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) nucleic acid detection kit provided by the invention further comprises a set of primer probe sequence, which is selected from any one of six sets of sequences including LTR1, LTR2, GAG1, GAG2, POL1 and POL2.

The invention relates to a novel method for preparing tenofovir, in particular to a method for preparing a tenofovir compound, in particular the monohydrate of the tenofovir for resisting hepatitis B viruses and human immunodeficiency viruses. The method comprises the following steps of: using (substituted) triphenylchloromethane XIII to protect hydroxy in the end position of (R)-1,2-propanediol,condensing the obtained product with dialkyl sulfonyloxy methyl phosphonate V to obtain XV, hydrolyzing the XV in the aqueous solution of an organic acid to remove the protective group of the hydroxyl at the end position of XV to obtain an intermediate XI, condensing sulfonate XII of the intermediate XI with adenine to obtain an intermediate VII, transforming the intermediate VII into the corresponding trimethylsilyl phosphonate VIII by trimethylsilyl bromide (TMSBr), and hydrolyzing the VIII to obtain the target product. The method has the advantages of short process route, convenient operation, low cost and easy access of raw materials and favorability for large scale production.

Described are novel protease inhibitors and methods for using said protease inhibitors in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

The invention belongs to the technical field of immunologic diagnosis and particularly relates to a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody detection kit using a microparticle chemiluminiscence method and a preparation method of the kit. The kit is composed of magnetic microparticles for detecting an HIV antibody, a tracing conjugate for detecting the HIV antibody, a negative control, a I type positive control, a II type positive control and an analyzing buffering solution. The invention further discloses the preparation method of the detection kit, which adopts a particle chemiluminiscence immunoassay technology; compared with ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay), the technology has higher sensitivity and specificity and is suitable for the clinical auxiliary diagnosis of HIV.

The invention provides a 2,4,5-tri-substituted thiazole compound which is in a general formula I and can serve as a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication inhibitor, and all possible isomers or prodrug or medicinal salt or solvate or aquo-complex of the 2,4,5-tri-substituted thiazole compound, and further provides a preparation method for the compound in the general formula I as well as a medical composition of the compound in the general formula I, and the purpose of the compound in the medicine preparation process. The medicine is used for treating and/or preventing diseases caused by HIV infection.

Methods are provided for screening natural and synthetic anti-HIV agents using recombinant cells that are rendered susceptible to productive infection of various strains, subtypes or clades of HIV from both laboratory and clinical isolates. The method comprises: taking a culture of recombinant cells in which at least one of the recombinant cells comprises a reporter sequence comprising a reporter gene whose expression is regulated by a protein specific to HIV, and a heterologous sequence which encodes CD4 and one or more additional cell surface receptors, wherein the heterologous sequence expresses CD4 and the one or more additional cell surface receptors at elevated levels as compared to the cell in the absence of expression by the heterologous sequence such that productive infection of the recombinant cell by HIV is achieved, which is defined by HIV viral replication and the infection of non-infected cells in the culture of the recombinant cells; contacting the cell culture with a sample containing HIV; adding a tester agent to the cell culture; and detecting a change in a level of expression of the reporter gene in the cells in the culture.