78 results about "Infected cell" patented technology

Therapeutic compounds for red blood cell-mediated delivery of an active pharmaceutical ingredient to a target cell are described. The therapeutic compounds are configured to bind CD47 on the surface of a red blood cell and to be subsequently transferred to CD47 on the surface of the target cell, the therapeutic compound ultimately being internalized by the target cell via endocytosis. The target cell may be a cancer cell, a virus-infected cell, or a fibrotic cell.

The invention belongs to the field of biology, and relates to a broad-spectrum monoclonal antibody aiming at avian influenza virus M1 protein and application of the broad-spectrum monoclonal antibody, the monoclonal antibody has specific reaction with A549 cells infected by avian influenza, has no specific reaction with Newcastle disease virus, duck tembusu virus, goose astrovirus and infectious laryngitis virus, has good specificity, and can be used for preparing the broad-spectrum monoclonal antibody. The 5G9 monoclonal antibody has good reactivity with A549 cells infected by H1-H11 subtype AIV, has good broad spectrum, can be used for detecting M1 protein sub-localization after the AIV infected cells are detected by using the 5G9 monoclonal antibody, and can be used for indicating the infection process of the AIV.

The invention provides a method of preparing a vaccine composition. The method includes infecting gene-edited porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) negative swine cells with a microorganism which expresses at least one protein antigen capable of inducing protective immunity in an animal against an infectious agent; culturing the infected cells in culture medium to propagate the microorganism; and harvesting the propagated microorganism from the culture medium to obtain a fraction comprising a PERV free antigen for use in immunizing an animal against the infectious agent.

The invention provides a method of preparing a vaccine composition. The method includes infecting gene-edited porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) negative swine cells with a microorganism which expresses at least one protein antigen capable of inducing protective immunity in an animal against an infectious agent; culturing the infected cells in culture medium to propagate the microorganism; and harvesting the propagated microorganism from the culture medium to obtain a fraction comprising a PERV free antigen for use in immunizing an animal against the infectious agent.

The invention relates generally to replication defective HSV-1 vectors, and, more particularly, the invention relates to replication defective HSV-1 vectors comprising an alteration (such as a gene deletion) that prevents expression of one or more infected cell polypeptide 4 (ICP4) and infected cell polypeptide 47 (ICP47) proteins, and their use to deliver one or more genes encoding transgenic proteins that stimulate immune destruction of tumors.

Chemical agents are added to standard production methods for recombinant adeno-associated viral vector to alter intracellular trafficking pathways in producer cells. This achieves, per producer cell, the synthesis of more genome containing vector particles and particles that are better transducing agents. Vector so produced also has: a greater propensity for export out of the producer cell, a more gradual transduction of infected cells, an enhanced ability for integration into the genome of cells that are coinfected by the adeno-associated virus, and an increased probability of transforming cells with multiple vectors.

This invention provides a vaccinia virus that induces cell fusion between infected cells and a method for producing the same. Such vaccinia virus is deprived of the K2L gene or the HA gene or functions of the K2L gene and the HA gene and is mutated to induce cell fusion between infected cells and induce cell death.

Described herein are compositions and methods for reducing or eliminating latent herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) in HSV-2 infected cells, or for reducing or eliminating latent HSV-2 reactivation in HSV-2 infected cells, thereby providing viable therapeutic methods for latent HSV-2 infection. The compositions comprise a plurality of viral vectors, where the viral vectors comprise a sequence encoding a HSV-2 specific megasuclease. The method comprises delivering a plurality of one or more viral vectors to the HSV-2 infected cell, where each of the one or more viral vectors comprises a sequence encoding an HSV-2 specific megasuclease.

The invention discloses application of RMTE in preparation of a medicine for preventing and controlling grass carp reovirus. The hemorrhagic disease caused by the grass carp reovirus (GCRV) is a key bottleneck restricting healthy development of the grass carp breeding industry, and the current vaccine for treating the grass carp reovirus (GCRV) has the problems of unstable immune protection effect, low protection rate for crossing of strains of different genotypes and the like, so that the research and development process of antiviral drugs is slow. The invention discloses an influence and a potential mechanism of a rhodamine B-ethyl sulfide condensation compound (RMTE) on GCRV (Growth Factor Receptor Virus) infection. Results show that the RMTE can significantly inhibit expression of VP6 and VP7 genes in GCRV infected cells, can effectively relieve expression inhibition of GCRV on GPX4, Caspase and p53 genes and promote expression of the three genes, and prove that the RMTE has a significant inhibition effect on GCRV infection and plays an antiviral effect through multiple ways. Research results provide new potential drugs and theoretical basis for prevention and control of GCRV.

Therapeutic compounds for red blood cell-mediated delivery of an active pharmaceutical ingredient to a target cell are described. The therapeutic compounds are configured to bind CD47 on the surface of a red blood cell and to be subsequently transferred to CD47 on the surface of the target cell, the therapeutic compound ultimately being internalized by the target cell via endocytosis. The target cell may be a cancer cell, a virus-infected cell, or a fibrotic cell.

The invention relates to an infectious arenavirus particle that is genetically engineered to contain a genome with the ability to amplify and express its genetic information in infected cells but incapable of producing further infectious progeny particles in normal, non-genetically engineered cells.One or more of the four arenavirus open reading frames glycoprotein (GP), nucleoprotein (NP), matrix protein Z, and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase L are removed or mutated to prevent replication in normal cells, but still allow gene expression in arenavirus vector-infected cells, and foreign genes encoding an antigen or other protein of interest or nucleic acids that regulate host gene expression are expressed under the control of arenavirus promoters, internal ribosome entry sites, or under the control of regulatory elements that can be read by the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, cellular RNA polymerase I, RNA polymerase II, or RNA polymerase III. The modified arenaviruses are useful as vaccines and therapeutic agents for a variety of diseases.

The present invention provides a method for efficiently delivering a transgene to the brain of a subject. The method includes intrathecal administration or one or more injections into the striatum of a replication defective herpes simplex virus (rdHSV) vector comprising an inactivating mutation of one copy of infected cell protein 0 (ICP0) HSV gene; and wherein the rdHSV-1 vector expresses a functional ICP0 protein from the other copy of the ICP0 gene.

The invention discloses an application of a small molecule compound in inhibiting HBV (Hepatitis B Virus) replication and treating hepatitis B. According to the application of the small molecule compound C18H12F3N3OS in resisting hepatitis B virus (HBV) provided by the invention, systematic in-vitro and in-vivo experiments prove that the compound can effectively inhibit the replication and expression of the HBV through a multi-target action mechanism. Experimental data show that the compound can significantly reduce the total virus RNAs level in HBV infected cells and the expression level of HBVpgRNA and HBc proteins under the micromolar concentration, and can reduce the expression of HBeAg in a dose-dependent manner. The small molecule compound has the advantages of good chemical structure solubility and low toxicity (CC50gt; and the compound is expected to be applied to clinical transformation of anti-HBV drugs.

Provided herein are methods for ex vivo expansion of a specialized subset of natural killer (NK) cells, and compositions containing such NK cells. Also provided are methods for identifying or detecting a specialized subset of NK cells. Also provided are methods for treating diseases and conditions such as cancer using provided compositions, including in combination with an antibody capable of binding to disease-associated tissues or cells, such as tumor cells or infected cells.

Methods are provided for treating a subject with for an intracellular pathogen infection, by administering an agent that reduces the binding of CD47 on a infected cell to SIRPα on a host phagocytic cell, in an effective dose for increasing the phagocytosis of infected cells.

Formulations and uses thereof are provided for supporting human natural defense against viral infections as well as providing treatment for viral infections susceptible to a lysosomotropic agent. Administration of a lysosomotropic agent, such as ammonium chloride (NH4Q), can militate against the uncoating of viruses within the lysosome of an infected cell and thereby minimize infection by viruses whose replication cycle relies upon an uncoating step in such a manner.

The invention relates to the technical field of traditional Chinese medicine extract fermentation, and provides a microspore ganoderma lucidum immune protein and herba houttuyniae fermentation method for treating AIDS and application of microspore ganoderma lucidum immune protein and herba houttuyniae fermentation method.The microspore ganoderma lucidum immune protein and herba houttuyniae fermentation method comprises the steps that microspore ganoderma lucidum strains and herba houttuyniae fermentation liquor are co-fermented, beta-cyclodextrin-selenocystine of a specially-made additive is combined, and the microspore ganoderma lucidum immune protein is obtained; the problems that in traditional AIDS treatment, latent infection cells are difficult to remove, toxic and side effects of drugs are remarkable, and the reconstruction efficiency of an immune system is low are effectively solved, experiments prove that the fermentation product can activate the immune system, the cell number and the dendritic cell maturity are remarkably improved, and the curative effect is good. Meanwhile, the multi-target antiviral effect is achieved by blocking virus envelope combination, inhibiting reverse transcriptase activity and inducing latent infection cell apoptosis; the anti-oxidation and anti-inflammatory characteristics can reduce the risk of opportunistic infection, reduce the toxic damage of antiviral drugs to liver, kidney and intestinal tracts, and provide a new scheme for comprehensive treatment of AIDS and nutrition support of patients.

Formulations and uses thereof are provided for supporting human natural defense against viral infections as well as providing treatment for viral infections susceptible to a lysosomotropic agent. Administration of a lysosomotropic agent, such as ammonium chloride (NH4Cl), can militate against the uncoating of viruses within the lysosome of an infected cell and thereby minimize infection by viruses whose replication cycle relies upon an uncoating step in such a manner.

This invention provides compositions and methods to prevent aberrant cell proliferation in a subject using a single-domain antibody (sdAb) directed against an intracellular component, wherein the aberrant cell proliferation can be cancer. The sdAb is synergistic with one or more chemotherapeutic drugs and improves therapeutic efficacy of the one or more chemotherapeutic drug against cancer. The invention also includes a method of treating viral infections using a sdAb, wherein the sbAb inhibits the replication of viruses such as Ebola virus and Zika virus in infected cells.

The invention discloses a scorpion margaritae polypeptide with anti-EV71 virus activity and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of traditional Chinese medicinal material polypeptides. The Buthus martensii Karsch polypeptide with the anti-EV71 virus activity is Pep 15 or Pep 16; the amino acid sequence of the Pep 15 is as shown in SEQ ID NO. 1; the amino acid sequence of the Pep16 is as shown in SEQ ID NO. 2. The obtained buthus martensii polypeptide has remarkable anti-EV71 virus activity, inhibits the cytopathic effect generated by EV71 virus on host cells Vero, increases the survival rate of infected cells and inhibits replication and proliferation of EV71 virus in cells, has no toxic effect on cells when the concentration of the buthus martensii polypeptide reaches 200 mu M, has the potential of being used as an anti-EV71 virus drug, and can be used as a drug for treating EV71 virus. The compound has a good application prospect in the aspect of developing a novel medicine for preventing and treating the hand-foot-and-mouth disease of infants induced by the EV71 virus.

The invention provides trispecific antibodies having one binding site binding to a target antigen on a cancer cell, pathogen, infected cell or autoreactive cell, and second and third binding sites binding to CD3 and CD28 respectively. Such antibodies can crosslink CD3 and CD28 on the surface of T cells at the cell-to-cell junction with target cells, and trigger CD3-mediated signal transduction (Signal 1) and costimulatory molecule-mediated signal transduction (Signal 2) for activation of T cells resulting in efficient elimination of target cells.

The application discloses a HER2 adenovirus and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of adenovirus preparation. The application provides a novel HER2 specific chimeric antigen, and the nucleotide sequence is shown as SEQ ID NO. 19. The chimeric antigen is formed by inserting a CAR structure into an MCS region of an Ad5F35 type adenovirus vector, and the CAR structure is as follows: signal peptide + C-MYC + HER2scfv + hinge region + transmembrane region + CD3Z + FCER1G + CD19. The novel HER2 adenovirus can specifically target HER2 positive tumor cells, has a wide host range, has high infection efficiency, and can be used for infecting hematopoietic stem cells, dendritic cells, T cells, NK cells, K562, U937 and other difficult-to-transfect blood cells. The infected cells can rapidly express the adenovirus, the expression stability is high, the adenovirus cannot be integrated into host chromosomes, and the safety is good.

The invention provides the antibody specifically bound with the African swine fever virus CD2v protein and the application thereof, the antibody is high in titer and stable in property, can be bound with ASFV infected cells, and provides an important tool for ASFV detection, CD2v antigen or fragment detection and CD2v protein structure analysis.

The invention discloses application of alpha-hederin in preparation of a medicine for preventing or treating staphylococcus aureus infectious diseases, and belongs to the technical field of medicines. The staphylococcus aureus infectious disease is one of skin or soft tissue infection, pneumonia, osteoarthritis, mastitis, enteritis, endocarditis, urinary tract infection and enteritis. The medicine does not have an in-vitro direct sterilization function on sensitive and methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, but can remarkably promote infected cells to remove thalli under a cell infection condition, so that the medicine plays a role in resisting sensitive and methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infection by improving the anti-infection immune level of the cells.

The invention provides a method of preparing a vaccine composition. The method includes infecting gene-edited porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) negative swine cells with a microorganism which expresses at least one protein antigen capable of inducing protective immunity in an animal against an infectious agent; culturing the infected cells in culture medium to propagate the microorganism; and harvesting the propagated microorganism from the culture medium to obtain a fraction comprising a PERV free antigen for use in immunizing an animal against the infectious agent.

The invention discloses a method for detecting the infection titer of an AAV (adeno-associated virus) vector, which comprises the following steps: (1) adding a recombinant adeno-associated virus vector sample to be detected into cells, and culturing for a period of time; (2) cracking the infected cells to obtain a DNA sample; (3) performing quantitative PCR (qPCR) on the DNA sample to obtain the concentration of a target fragment in the recombinant adeno-associated virus vector sample; and (4) calculating the infection titer of the recombinant adeno-associated virus vector sample according to the concentration of the target fragment. The method provided by the invention is simpler and quicker, and can sensitively and accurately determine the infection titer of the infectious AAV vector in the biological product.

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for inhibiting hepatitis B virus (HBV) in infected cells. Exemplary methods include contacting an infected cell with one or more agents that induce interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) activation in the infected cell. In some embodiments, the one or more agents include a nucleic acid molecule containing a pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP), a small molecule agent (e.g., a benzothiazole derivative molecule), or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the methods further include contacting the infected cell with an NRTI. The methods can be in vivo methods of treating a subject having an HBV infection, which include administering a therapeutically relevant amount of one or more agents formulated in one or more therapeutically effective compositions. Exemplary compositions are formulated for treating a hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in a subject, which include: a RIG-I agonist, a vehicle for intracellular delivery, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

A method of expanding TCRalpha deficient T-cells by expressing pTalpha or functional variants thereof into said cells, thereby restoring a functional CD3 complex. This method is particularly useful to enhance the efficiency of immunotherapy using primary T-cells from donors. This method involves the use of pTalpha or functional variants thereof and polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides to expand TCRalpha deficient T-cells. Such engineered cells can be obtained by using specific rare-cutting endonuclease, preferably TALE-nucleases. The use of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR), especially multi-chain CAR, in such engineered cells to target malignant or infected cells. The invention opens the way to standard and affordable adoptive immunotherapy strategies for treating cancer and viral infections.

Therapeutic compounds for red blood cell-mediated delivery of an active pharmaceutical ingredient to a target cell are described. The therapeutic compounds are configured to bind CD47 on the surface of a red blood cell and to be subsequently transferred to CD47 on the surface of the target cell, the therapeutic compound ultimately being internalized by the target cell via endocytosis. The target cell may be a cancer cell, a virus-infected cell, or a fibrotic cell.

The invention discloses a Griffithsin-IL18 fusion protein and a preparation method and application thereof.The Griffithsin-IL18 fusion protein comprises a Griffithsin protein fragment, an IL18 protein fragment and a flexible connecting peptide connecting the Griffithsin protein fragment and the IL18 protein fragment, the Griffithsin protein fragment is located at the N end of the fusion protein, and the IL18 protein fragment is located at the C end of the fusion protein. According to the present invention, the dual functions of virus infection blocking and immune activation are achieved, the Griffithsin fragment is specifically combined with host cell surface integrin to induce internalization and block virus endocytosis, and the IL-18 fragment activates NK cells so as to improve the overall antiviral efficiency and achieve the precise targeting intervention on the infected cells.