184 results about "Macrophage colony-stimulating factor" patented technology

The invention provides methods and compositions for targeting a separately generated immune response to a specific organ or tissue, e.g. one affected by cancer, using one or more agents with a tropism for the organ or tissue or that can be specifically localized to the desired organ or tissue. For example, the invention provides methods ands compositions for treating liver metastases from colorectal cancer using a combination of a granulocyte/macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) augmented tumor cell vaccination and Listeria monocytogenes (LM) infection.

The present invention relates to a method of isolating and culturing mesenchymal stem cells using umbilical cord blood that is most ideal for cell therapy. The method comprises adding an anti-coagulant to umbilical cord blood having a volume of more than 45 ml per unit, which is obtained within 24 hours after parturition; diluting the resulting mixture of the anti-coagulant and umbilical cord blood with an αMEM (alpha-minimum essential medium), followed by centrifugation to harvest monocytes; and subjecting the obtained monocytes into suspension culture in the αMEM containing Stem Cell Factor, GM-CSF (granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor), G-CSF (granulocyte colony-stimulating factor), IL-3 (interleukin-3) and IL-6 (interleukin-6).

The invention discloses a quantitative determination method for activity of a nerve growth factor. The method comprises the following steps of: (1) washing TF-1 cells in a logarithmic phase by a basal culture medium that contains no serum and recombined human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factors, and then resuspending the TF-1 cells to obtain TF-1cell suspension liquid; (2) respectively adding the TF-1cell suspension liquid into a gradient-diluted nerve growth factor standard sample and a sample to be tested, and incubating at 37 DEG C in presence of 5% of CO2; then respectively adding an indicating agent to detect the absorbance/fluorescence value and drawing a standard curve line; and (3) calculating the activity concentration of the nerve growth factor of the sample to be tested according to the standard curve line and the absorbance/fluorescence value of the sample. The quantitative determination method for activity of the nerve growth factor disclosed by the invention has good accuracy and precision.

Described herein are methods of inhibiting M-CSF activity, and, in particular, M-CSF/c-fms dependent cell signaling. In a first embodiment of the invention, one administers to a mammal viral vectors that deliver genes experessing antisense c-fms RNA; in a second embodiment, one induces in vivo production of a high-affinity soluble c-fms protein that competes for non-bound M-CSF; in a third embodiment, one administers a ribozyme-viral vector against c-fms mRNA; and in a fourth embodiment, one administers oligodeoxynucleotides that inhibit expression of c-fms gene product. The methods may be used to treat any disease in which M-CSF activity plays a role, and are particularly effective in treating and preventing atherosclerosis.

Embodiments of the present invention are directed primarily, but not exclusively, to a method for treating and preventing cardiovascular disease by inhibiting receptors to M-CSF. Other embodiments of the present invention include any and all biologic and/or pathobiologic phenomena mediated in whole or in part by M-CSF signaling through its receptor. Pathobiologic phenomena include, but are not limited to, disease entities such as osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes mellitus (Type 1 and/or Type 2), infectious diseases, cancer, and inherited disorders characterized by defects in one or more components in the M-CSF signaling pathway.

A tumor vaccine which comprises a microparticle or a lysate prepared from a solidified tumor material selected from the group consisting of a tumor tissue, a tumor cell, and a component thereof, and at least one cytokine and/or cytokine-inducing agent (e.g., a granulocyte-macrophage-colony stimulating factor and/or interleukin-2 and the like), and optionally an adjuvant. The vaccine can be easily prepared and widely applied for prevention of recurrence, inhibition of metastasis and therapeutic treatment regardless of a type of a tumor, and has excellent antitumor effect.

A mechanism of macrophage-induced T cell suppression is the selective elimination of tryptophan and/or increase in one or more tryptophan metabolites within the local macrophage microenvironment Studies demonstrate that expression of IDO can serve as a marker of suppression of T cell activation, and may play a significant role in allogeneic pregnancy and therefore other types of transplantation, and that inhibitors of IDO can be used to activate T cells and therefore enhance T cell activation when the T cells are suppressed by pregnancy, malignancy or a virus such as HIV. Inhibiting tryptophan degradation (and thereby increasing tryptophan concentration while decreasing tryptophan metabolite concentration), or supplementing tryptophan concentration, can therefore be used in addition to, or in place of, inhibitors of IDO. Similarly, increasing tryptophan degradation (thereby , decreasing tryptophan concentration and increasing tryptophan metabolite concentration), for example, by increasing IDO concentration or IDO activity, can suppress T cells. Although described particularly with reference to IDO regulation, one can instead manipulate local tryptophan concentrations, and/or modulate the activity of the high affinity tryptophan transporter, and/or administer other tryptophan degrading enzymes. Regulation can be further manipulated using cytokines such as macrophage colony stimulating factor, interferon gamma, alone or in combination with antigen or other cytokines.

The invention provides a preparation method of a large-scale culture dendritic cell vaccine. The preparation method comprises the following process steps of: performing in-vitro separation and purification on collected white blood cells in human peripheral blood by adopting a blood cell separation machine to obtain a large number of mononuclear cells, wherein the order of magnitude can be above 10<9>; using a human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor and interleukin 4 to induce the culture to obtain a large number of immature dendritic cells, wherein the order of magnitude can be above 10<8>; and loading a tumor specific antigen in the immature dendritic cells, and then obtaining the mature dendritic cell vaccine with an anti-tumor effect under the induction culture conditions of a tumor necrosis factor alpha and lipopolysaccharides. The invention further provides a multi-time and multi-treatment course clinical application of the dendritic cell vaccine obtained through the method.

Disclosed is a method for preventing and/or soothing dry or sensitive skin against external stresses, comprising contacting the skin with a composition including an agent that decreases the release of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GMCSF) from keratinocytes in the skin, wherein under conditions of external stress, dry or sensitive skin is soothed and/or prevented. Agents that decrease the release of GMCSF include silybin, piperine, tetrahydropiperine, nortrachelogenine, rhapontin, arctiin, artigenin and mixtures thereof. Also disclosed is a method of identifying an agent that decreases the level of GMCSF released from keratinocytes.

The present invention provides compositions comprising as an essential feature granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) together with fosfomycin for the treatment of wounds, ulcers, sores, burns and other injuries to the skin or mucous membranes of the body.

The present invention discloses one kind of secretion vector of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) and its simple purification method, host cell transformed with the secretion vector, as well as the method of fermentation with the recombinant pichia yeast engineering strain of the said expression vector to express rhGM-CSF. The present inention replaces colibacillus occlusion body expression system with yeast secreting expression sytem and has no need of renaturation of target protein rhGM-CSF, biological specific activity up to 3.4E7 unit/mg protein and less toxic side effect. Therefore, the rhGM-CSF of the present invention has high yield, simple purification process, low cost and less toxic side effect.

A method of generating a population of dendritic cell (DC) precursors includes obtaining a population of progenitor cells from a subject and culturing the progenitor cells in a culture medium. The culture medium can include Flt3 ligand and interleukin-6 and be free of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.

The invention discloses a composition for promoting physiologically regulative regeneration of a damaged tissue. The composition comprises such components as albumin, epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor alpha, keratinocyte growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor, vascular endothelial growth factor, interleukin-8 and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor. The eight protein factors are combined for use to comprehensively develop the physiological tissue repair function; the eight protein factors functionally promote each other; based on the own physiological tissue recovery mechanism of the human body, the wound healing is accelerated and the wound healing quality is improved, including recovering the structure and the functions of the normal skin tissue. Each cell factor-containing component has clear mechanism of action without any potential toxic and side effect and objectionable odor. Such a combined recovery agent is capable of recovering the normal structure and the physiological functions of tissues more quickly under the physiological conditions of the human body.

The invention provides a GM-CSF neutralizing human monoclonal antibody, 1783J22, as well as methods of making and use thereof. The monoclonal antibody is further characterized by its ability to bind epitopes from GM-CSF proteins of multiple species.