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349 results about "Immunity active" patented technology

Active immunity is a subset of adaptive immunity, in which the body attacks specific invaders. Innate immunity, on the other hand, defends the body against invaders without attacking specific types. For example, lymphocytes such as neutrophils, macrophages, and natural killer cells attack foreign microbes...

Therapeutic application of chimeric and radiolabelled antibodies to human B lymphocyte restricted differentiation antigen for treatment of B cell lymphoma

Disclosed herein are therapeutic treatment protocols designed for the treatment of B cell lymphoma. These protocols are based upon therapeutic strategies which include the use of administration of immunologically active mouse / human chimeric anti-CD20 antibodies, radiolabeled anti-CD20 antibodies, and cooperative strategies comprising the use of chimeric anti-CD20 antibodies and radiolabeled anti-CD20 antibodies.
Owner:BIOGEN INC

Antibodies Reactive with B7-H3, Immunologically Active Fragments Thereof and Uses Thereof

The present invention relates to antibodies and their fragments that are immunoreactive to the mammalian, and more particularly, the human B7-H3 receptor and to uses thereof, particularly in the treatment of cancer and inflammation. The invention thus particularly concerns humanized B7-H3-reactive antibodies and their immunoreactive fragments that are capable of mediating, and more preferably enhancing the activation of the immune system against cancer cells that are associated with a variety of human cancers.
Owner:MACROGENICS INC

Methods for engineering t cells for immunotherapy by using rna-guided cas nuclease system

The present invention relates to methods of developing genetically engineered, preferably non-alloreactive T-cells for immunotherapy. This method involves the use of RNA-guided endonucleases, in particular Cas9 / CRISPR system, to specifically target a selection of key genes in T-cells. The engineered T-cells are also intended to express chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) to redirect their immune activity towards malignant or infected cells. The invention opens the way to standard and affordable adoptive immunotherapy strategies using T-Cells for treating cancer and viral infections.
Owner:CELLECTIS SA

Immunogenic composition for immune system modulation and use thereof, method for treating and preventing diseases, method for inducing cell regeneration and method for restoring immune response

The present invention relates to immunogenic compositions for modulating the immune system, comprising a therapeutically effective quantity of two or more immuno-active antigenic agents with pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and / or danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) and one or more physiologically acceptable carriers, excipients, diluents or solvents. The immunogenic compositions according to the present invention are used for producing medicaments for preventing and / or treating, and for preventing and / or treating infectious diseases, auto-immune diseases, allergic diseases, inflammation, arthritis, inflammatory diseases, transplant rejection, affections caused by vascular disorders, diseases caused by haemorrhagic or ischaemic cardiovascular accidents, ischaemia, heart attack and haemorrhagia leading to tissue destruction, heart, kidney, respiratory or liver insufficiency, cancer, malign and benign tumours and neoplasia. The present invention further relates to methods for inducing the regeneration of cells, tissues, organs and organic systems such as the circulatory, nervous and endocrine systems. Finally, the present invention relates to methods for restoring immune response in an animal, in particular a human being.
Owner:NOWILL ALEXANDRE EDUARDO

In Vitro System for Assessing Immune Activity Using Pig Immune Cells

An in vitro system in which immune cells of a non-immunized pig are used for assessing immunoactivity of a substance.
Owner:LEE SHING MOU

Combined adeno-associated virus and adenovirus cocktail gene delivery system for high efficiency gene expression without eliciting immune response in immuno-competent subjects

The present invention provides an efficient gene delivery system using Adeno-Associated Viral (AAV) vector in gene therapy. Furthermore, the invention provides a combined AAV and Adenovirus (Adv) cocktail gene delivery system which is even more efficient in in vivo gene delivery and expression without eliciting any significant immune responses in an immunocompetent subject. In particular, the invention provides a therapeutic agent and methods for preventing, treating, managing, or ameliorating various diseases and disorders including, but not limited to, bone diseases, by delivering Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 (BMP-2) for new bone formation via gene therapy using said system. The invention provides a nucleic acid molecule comprising an AVV vector and a promoter operably linked to a sequence encoding BMP-2; and a nucleic acid molecule comprising an Adv vector and a promoter operably linked to a sequence encoding BMP-2, as well as vectors and host cells comprising said nucleic acid molecules, respectively.
Owner:THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

B7-h4 receptor agonist compositions and methods for treating inflammation and auto-immune diseases

Compositions containing B7-H4 receptor agonists in an amount effective to reduce, inhibit, or mitigate an inflammatory response in an individual and methods for the treatment or prophylaxis of inflammatory disorders and autoimmune diseases or disorders have been developed. It has been discovered that B7-H4 receptor agonists, for example B7-H4 fusion proteins function as an agonist of the B7-H4 receptor on T cells to suppress both humoral and cellular autoimmunity activity. In one embodiment, B7-H4 fusion proteins compete with sH4 for a common receptor on T cells.
Owner:THE JOHN HOPKINS UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Rapid, efficient purification of HSV-specific T-lymphocytes and HSV antigens identified via same

Described is a method of identifying an immunologically active antigen of a virus that attacks skin, as well as a method of enriching a population of lymphocytes for T lymphocytes that are specific to a virus that attacks skin. Also provided are HSV antigens and epitopes that are useful for the prevention and treatment of HSV infection that have been identified via the methods of the invention. T-cells having specificity for antigens of the invention have demonstrated cytotoxic activity against cells loaded with virally-encoded peptide epitopes, and in many cases, against cells infected with HSV. The identification of immunogenic antigens responsible for T-cell specificity provides improved anti-viral therapeutic and prophylactic strategies. Compositions containing antigens or polynucleotides encoding antigens of the invention provide effectively targeted vaccines for prevention and treatment of HSV infection.
Owner:UNIV OF WASHINGTON

Stabilization of alum-adjuvanted immunologically active agents

InactiveUS20060067943A1Improve the level ofEnhancement is mitigated or avoidedBiocideOrganic active ingredientsAdjuvantAlum adjuvant
A composition and method for formulating and delivering an adjuvanted immunological active agent, especially a vaccine, wherein adjuvant coagulation and concomitant loss of vaccine efficacy enhancement is mitigated or avoided. The adjuvanted, immunologically-active agent can be subjected to freezing, drying, freeze-drying, or lyophilization, and when reconstituted, retains a high level of potency. The present invention further provides for a composition and method for formulating and delivering a stable, adjuvanted, immunologically-active agent capable of being deposited on a transdermal delivery device or microprojection or array thereof.
Owner:ALZA CORP

Detection/Measurement Of Malaria Infection Disease Utilizing Natural Immunity By Hemozoin Induction, Screening Of Preventative Or Therapeutic Medicine For Malaria Infection Disease, And Regulation Of Natural Immunity Induction

The instant invention is to provide a method for detecting and measuring malaria infection utilizing the induction by hemozoin (HZ); a method for screening a vaccine for malaria infection and a preventative or therapeutic agent for malaria infection using the method for detecting and measuring; and a means for regulating the induction of innate immunity using the HZ, synthetic HZ, or derivatives thereof as an adjuvant or immunostimulant. Malaria infection is detected and measured of by detecting and measuring HZ-induced, TLR9-mediated, and MyD88-dependent innate immune activity. The detection and measurement of malaria infection can be used to diagnose malaria infection. The method for detecting and measuring is also used for screening a vaccine for malaria infection and a preventative or therapeutic agent for malaria infection. Further, HZ, synthetic HZ, or derivatives thereof are used as an adjuvant or immunostimulant to regulate HZ-induced innate immune induction.
Owner:OSAKA UNIV

Recombinant baculovirus strain of porcine circovirus type 2 Cap protein expression, construction method and application thereof

The present invention discloses a recombinant baculovirus strain rBac / PCV2Cap (microorganism preservation number: CGMCC NO.2083) efficiently expressing Porcine circovirus type 2 Cap protein and applications thereof. The recombinant baculovirus strain rBac / PCV2Cap constructed by the present invention can efficiently express recombinant PCV2-Cap protein in insect cells, and the expressed recombinant Cap protein, which has good immunocompetence and antigenicity, can serve as a subunit vaccine used to prevent the related plague caused by Porcine circovirus type 2 infection as well as a detecting and diagnostic antigen for Porcine circovirus type 2 serum antibody.
Owner:HARBIN VETERINARY RES INST CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRI SCI

Method for in situ inhibition of regulatory t cells

ActiveUS20170067022A1Reducing FoxP transcriptional activityHydrolasesAntibody mimetics/scaffoldsAntigenInfected cell
The present invention pertains to engineered T-cells, method for their preparation and their use as medicament, particularly for immunotherapy. The engineered T-cells of the invention are designed to express both a Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) directed against at least one antigen expressed at the surface of a malignant or infected cell, and a secreted inhibitor of regulatory T-cells (Treg). Preferably, such secreted inhibitor is a peptide inhibitor of forkhead / winged helix transcription factor 3 (FoxP3), a specific factor involved into the differentiation of T-cells into regulatory T-cells. The engineered T-cells of the invention direct their immune activity towards specific malignant or infected cells, while at the same time will prevent neighbouring regulatory T-cells from modulating the immune response. The invention opens the way to standard and affordable adoptive immunotherapy strategies, especially for treating or preventing cancer, and bacterial or viral infections.
Owner:CELLECTIS SA

Preparation method and application of carbon nanomaterial-immunostimulatory sequence compound

The invention discloses a preparation method and application of a carbon nanomaterial-immunostimulatory sequence compound. The preparation method comprises the steps of (1) modifying a carbon nanomaterial through polylysine to obtain a polylysine-modified carbon nanomaterial; and (2) mixing the polylysine-modified carbon nanomaterial obtained from the step (1) with an immunostimulatory sequence in a water solution, oscillating for 0.5-3 hours at 20-37 DEG C, and centrifuging, collecting and depositing to obtain the carbon nanomaterial-immunostimulatory sequence compound. According to the carbon nanomaterial-immunostimulatory sequence compound, the carbon nanomaterial serves as a carrier for intracellular transport of the immunostimulatory sequence (CpG DNA), so as to remarkably improve the cellular uptake efficiency of the CpG DNA, protect the CpG DNA from being degraded by nuclease and enhance the immunocompetence of an organism for a long time, so the carbon nanomaterial-immunostimulatory sequence compound has a good medical application prospect.
Owner:SHANGHAI INST OF APPLIED PHYSICS - CHINESE ACAD OF SCI

Blended self-assembly membrane based micro ampere immunity sensor and preparation thereof

The micro-amp immunity sensor based on mixed self-assembly film comprises: a silicon substrate, a SiO2 and Si3N4 insulation layer, and the concentric circular gold film electrode, SU-8 photoresist ring sensitive film pond, a ring Pt-film counter electrode / reference electrode, a Su-8 photoresist ring reaction pond, and a bio-molecular sensitive film fixed on the electrode. With nano technology and mixed self-assembly film, this invention has well consistence, correlativity and compatibility with IC, and shows a new path for immunity analysis and detection.
Owner:INST OF ELECTRONICS CHINESE ACAD OF SCI

Methods of administering microencapsulated materials for immune modulated diseases

Compositions useful in treating immune modulated disease comprising an anticytokine antibody or immune active drug capable of modifying cytokine activity or modulating the immune system microencapsulated with a biodegradable nonantigenic material, such as albumin or PLGA. When the composition is introduced into a subject, it is phagocytosed by the target organ, the target organ digests the microsphere, releasing the drug or an active form or fragment thereof intracellularly. The drug then modifies the target organ function, thereby modulating it's activity. A method is disclosed for preparation of the microencapsulated composition.
Owner:OF MERCER UNIV THE

Synbiotics composition having immunity enhancing function and preparation and application thereof

The invention discloses a synbiotics composition having an immunity enhancing function. The synbiotics composition comprises prebiotics and probiotics with a weight ratio being 1-10:1-10. The invention also discloses a preparation of the synbiotics composition having the immunity enhancing function, and powder, tablets, a particulate agent and capsules prepared by pharmaceutically acceptable accessories are added in the synbiotics composition. The invention also discloses an application of the synbiotics composition in preparation of a drug or a health food for preventing / treating hypoimmunity. The synbiotics composition combines a plurality of probiotics and prebiotics according to a ratio, and is helpful for inhibiting harmful pathogen reproduction and recovering the pH value of intestinal tract, by simulating an immunization function in the intestinal tract, immunocompetence can be regulated to a normal state, ecological balance of the human body can be kept, so that function healthof human body can be effectively promoted, human body immunity can be enhanced, and pathogenic bacteria invasion can be prevented.
Owner:云南中京国建投资有限公司

Nucleic acid fragments and polypeptide fragments derived from M. tuberculosis

The present invention is based on the identification and characterization of a number of M. tuberculosis derived novel proteins and protein fragments (SEQ ID NOs: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17-23, 42, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72-86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, and 168-171). The invention is directed to the polypeptides and immunologically active fragments thereof, the genes encoding them, immunological compositions such as vaccines and skin test reagents containing the polypeptides. Another part of the invention is based on the surprising discovery that fusions between ESAT-6 and MPT59 are superior immunogens compared to each of the unfused proteins, respectively.
Owner:STATENS SERUM INST

Microencapsulated compounds and method of preparing same

Compositions useful in treating immune modulated disease comprising an anticytokine antibody or immune active drug capable of modifying cytokine activity or modulating the immune system microencapsulated with a biodegradable nonantigenic material, such as albumin or PLGA. When the composition is introduced into a subject, it is phagocytosed by the target organ, the target organ digests the microsphere, releasing the drug or an active form or fragment thereof intracellularly. The drug then modifies the target organ function, thereby modulating it's activity. A method is disclosed for preparation of the microencapsulated composition.
Owner:OF MERCER UNIV THE

Vaccine composition and preparation method and application thereof

The invention provides a method for preparing a vaccine composition. The method comprises the following steps: (1) preparing a liquid containing a porcine pseudorabies virus; (2) adding a nonionic surfactant or a solution containing the nonionic surfactant into the liquid in the step (1) and solubilizing envelope proteins in the liquid containing the porcine pseudorabies virus; (3) removing the nonionic surfactant in the step (2) to obtain a purified porcine pseudorabies virus antigen; and (4) preparing the vaccine composition by using the antigen prepared in the step (3). The invention further provides the vaccine composition containing porcine pseudorabies antigen prepared by the preparation method. Immunosuppression components are removed from the vaccine composition and meanwhile, immunity active ingredients are retained to the maximum extent. The vaccine composition has a relatively good protective effect on porcine lung diseases; when the vaccine composition and a live virus antigen of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome are jointly acted, the vaccine composition has no inhibiting effect to the live virus antigen, showing that the vaccine composition can be jointly used with various other antigen components.
Owner:PU LIKE BIO ENG

Preparation method of barley extract fermented by lactobacillus and anti-tumor effect of barley extract fermented by lactobacillus

The invention discloses a preparation method of a barley extract fermented by lactobacillus and an anti-tumor effect of the barley extract fermented by lactobacillus, belonging to the field of food biotechnology. Lactobacillus plantarum (lactobacillus plantarum Dy-1, CGMCC No.6016) is screened from pickled vegetables to serve as a fermentation strain for fermenting the barley, and fermentation conditions are controlled, so that the extract of fermented barley is obtained. Cell tests indicate that the extract has obvious effects on promoting apoptosis and suppressing multiplication of human colon cancer HT-29 cells and gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells, and a model test of the nude mouse bearing the tumor with the human colon cancer HT-29 indicates that the extract has obvious effects on suppressing tumor growth and improving the immune activity of the nude mouse bearing the tumor. According to the preparation method of the barley extract fermented by lactobacillus, the barley is pretreated simply and the production cost is low; and direct vat set fermentation is employed, so that the preparation method of the barley extract fermented by lactobacillus is convenient and rapid, safe and stable, and convenient to control the quality.
Owner:JIANGSU UNIV

Coupling object between CB and biological active peptide or immunoglobhulin or immunological activity original as well as medication usage

A choleragen subunit B (CB) used as ligand / carrier, the conjugate of the bioactive polypeptide and immunoglobulin or immunoreactive source, which has the therapeutic action to encephalomyelopathy or cerebrorachidian injury, the compound composition containing said conjugate and medicinal additive, and the preparing process able to keep the bioactivity of said conjugate are disclosed. A delivery system (DS) with nerve receptor mediated endocytosis (RME) is created.
Owner:万选才 +1

Novel peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and other cancers

The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. In particular, the present invention relates to several novel peptide sequences and their variants derived from HLA class I and class II molecules of human tumor cells that can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses or as targets for the development of pharmaceutically / immunologically active compounds and cells.
Owner:IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH

Preparation method of antitumor adoptive immune cells and prepared immune cells

The invention discloses a preparation method of antitumor adoptive immune cells. The method comprises the following steps of: sampling and separating a single peripheral blood karyocyte; and adding a cell factor for inducting and culturing to obtain a cytokine induced kill cell (CIK), wherein the cell factor comprises CD28. In a CIK induced system, the cell factor CD28 is induced, so that the inducing effect is enhanced, and the cell proliferation multiple is increased simultaneously.
Owner:深圳市中美康士生物科技有限公司

Coxsackie virus A16 virus strain, uses of strain, vaccine and preparation method of vaccine

ActiveCN104099301AEffective immune activityObvious paralysisSerum immunoglobulinsImmunoglobulins against virusesCoxsackievirus a16Antiviral drug
The invention provides a Coxsackie virus A16 virus strain, uses of the strain, a vaccine and a preparation method of the vaccine. The preservation number of the Coxsackie virus A16 virus strain is CGMCC No.6954. The CA16 virus strain has strong virulence, can be used for evaluating the CA16 vaccine, and can also be used for researching the CA16 virus infection mechanism. A method for establishing a Coxsackie virus A16 infected animal model provided by the invention can provide a stable animal model, and provides a foundation for the development of the Coxsackie virus A16 vaccine, the screening of antiviral drugs and the researches of the CA16 virus infection mechanism. The vaccine prepared by using the CA16 virus has effective immune activity.

Compositions and methods for activating innate and allergic immunity

ActiveUS20090318337A1Altering hyperreactive responseElicit and enhance innate immune responseAntibacterial agentsAntimycoticsAnaphylaxisClinical settings
Methods for making and using therapeutic formulations of Proteosome-based immunoactive compositions are provided. The immunogenic compositions, which include Proteosomes and liposaccharides, may be used to elicit or enhance a nonspecific innate immune response to, for example, treat or prevent infectious disease. In addition, after activating the innate immune system, immunogenic compositions further containing an antigen may be used to elicit a specific adaptive immune response. Furthermore, provided are compositions capable of altering hyperreactive responses or inflammatory immune responses, such as allergic reactions. Such compositions may be used as a prophylactic, or in various clinical settings to treat or prevent infectious disease (such as parasite, fungal, bacterial or viral infections), or to alter inappropriate inflammatory immune responses (such as allergic reactions or asthma).
Owner:ID BIOMEDICAL CORP LAVAL

Novel peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and other cancers

The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. In particular, the present invention relates to several novel peptide sequences and their variants derived from HLA class I and class II molecules of human tumor cells that can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses or as targets for the development of pharmaceutically / immunologically active compounds and cells.
Owner:IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH

Nucleic acid fragments and polypeptide fragments derived from M. tuberculosis

The present invention is based on the identification and characterization of a number of novel M. tuberculosis derived proteins and protein fragments. The invention is directed to the polypeptides and immunologically active fragments thereof, the genes encoding them, immunological compositions such as vaccines and skin test reagents containing the polypeptide.
Owner:STATENS SERUM INST
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