532 results about "Natural killer cell" patented technology

The present invention relates to a chimeric receptor capable of signaling both a primary and a co-stimulatory pathway, thus allowing activation of the co-stimulatory pathway without binding to the natural ligand. The cytoplasmic domain of the receptor contains a portion of the 4-1BB signaling domain. Embodiments of the invention relate to polynucleotides that encode the receptor, vectors and host cells encoding a chimeric receptor, particularly including T cells and natural killer (NK) cells and methods of use.

The present invention relates to a chimeric receptor capable of signaling both a primary and a co-stimulatory pathway, thus allowing activation of the co-stimulatory pathway without binding to the natural ligand. The cytoplasmic domain of the receptor contains a portion of the 4-1BB signaling domain. Embodiments of the invention relate to polynucleotides that encode the receptor, vectors and host cells encoding a chimeric receptor, particularly including T cells and natural killer (NK) cells and methods of use. Also included is a method for obtaining an enriched population of NK cells from a mixed population of NK cells and T cells.

In an aspect, the present invention relates generally to the field of treating disease with CAR devices, Smart CAR devices, DE CAR devices, and/or Smart-DE CAR devices. The present invention also relates generally to the genetic modification of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes to reduce target cell killing by apoptosis and/or increase production of lytic proteins at desired times. In an aspect, the invention relates to the use of these genetically modified T-lymphocytes and/or natural killer cells with CAR devices, Smart CAR devices, DE CAR devices, and/or Smart-DE CAR devices to enhance the immune response against a disease.

Methods of ex-vivo culture of natural killer (NK) cells are provided and, more particularly, methods for enhancing propagation and/or functionality of NK cells by treating the cells with a nicotinamide or other nicotinamide moiety in combination with cytokines driving NK cell proliferation. Also envisioned are compositions comprising cultured NK cells and therapeutic uses thereof.

The invention discloses a method for culturing natural killer (NK) and/or natural killer T (NKT) cells. The method comprises the following step: inoculating isolated NK and/or NKT cells into a culture system A for culture to obtain propagated NK and/or NKT cells, wherein the culture system A consists of a buffer solution containing CD3 antibody and/or Retronectin and inducing factors. Experiments prove that peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) extracted from peripheral blood are separated and enriched through magnetic beads, high-purity CD56+ cells are obtained, two proteins, namely Retronectin and CD3mAb are added into an in-vitro culture system for joint stimulation, and IL-2 and IL-5 factors are used for assisting in induction, so that a culture method capable of obtaining massive NK and NKT cells with high killing activity is established.

The present invention relates to a method for inducing and expanding natural killer cells derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cells, which comprises co-culturing, as feeder cells, irradiated Jurkat cells and irradiated Epstein-Barr virus transformed lymphocyte continuous line (EBV-LCL) cells in the presence of cytokines, along with peripheral blood mononuclear cells. According to the present invention, a large quantity of natural killer cells can be induced and proliferated from a small quantity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells even without the use of high-cost equipment or various kinds of expensive cytokines, thereby making it possible to significantly improve the efficiency and efficacy of the prevention and treatment of cancer using the natural killer cells.

The invention relates to a specialized subpopulation of natural killer cells that have enhanced effector functions and the potential to kill malignant tumor cells or infected cells when the natural killer cells are exposed to an antibody bound to the tumor cells or the infected cells.

The invention belongs to the field of immunology and particularly provides a method for amplifying and activating a natural killer cell (NK) in an oriented way under the mutual effect of a K562 cell, which is transfected by transmembranes IL-21, CD14, CD19, CD86 and CD137, and a low-concentration interleukin 2. According to the invention, the method comprises the following steps: transcribing expression carriers, which are used for stably expressing CD8 alpha-interleukin 21, CD14, CD19, CD86 and CD137, by using K562 cell lines, wherein the CD8 alpha is a membrane protein expressed on a cell membrane, and the interleukin 21 is expressed on the cell membrane to become a transmembrane protein after the CD8 alpha gene is connected with the interleukin 21 gene; and then culturing the K562 cell for a section of time; and finally, obtaining a purified K562 cell by using a physical and chemical method and then culturing the NK cell. According to the invention, by using the amplified and activated NK cell, the immunity of the patient can be enhanced, the viruses and bacteria are resisted, and high efficiency is obtained. The method for amplifying and activating the natural killer cell, provided by the invention, medically has wide purposes.

The invention relates to the cell culture technical field, and particularly relates to a natural killer cell culture medium and a natural killer cell amplification culture method. The invention provides the culture medium used for amplification culture of natural killer cells and containing a serum-free culture medium, human plasma, IL-2, IL-21, IL-15 and OKT-3. The culture medium provided by the invention is used for amplification culture of the natural killer cells, can avoid risks caused by exogenous serum, has high amplification efficiency and allows the obtained natural killer cells to have high purity. With adopting the method for amplification of the natural killer cells, amplification of the natural killer cells can be maintained at a logarithmic phase for a longer period of time. Moreover, the cultured natural killer cells have good killing activity on tumor cells.

The invention relates to the field of stem cell biology, specifically to a method for differentiating human pluripotent stem cells into natural killer cells and an application. The invention disclosesa pluripotent stem cell-derived natural killer cell. The pluripotent stem cell-derived natural killer cell expresses CD56, Nkp30, Nkp44 and Nkp46, and also expresses markers CD16 and CD94 of a maturenatural killer cell. The invention also discloses a method for preparing the natural killer cell. The method comprises the following steps: S1, formation of an embryoid body; S2, differentiation of the embryoid body into hematopoietic progenitor cells; S3, differentiation of the hematopoietic progenitor cells into NK cells; and S4, maturation and expansion of the NK cells. With the differentiation method provided by the invention, the pluripotent stem cells can be rapidly, efficiently, simply and conveniently induced to be differentiated into the natural killer cells with low cost on the basis of a culture medium with definite components and an optimized cell factor combination.

Modified glycolipid compounds are provided. Also disclosed are methods for activating an NKT cell, methods of stimulating an immune response in a subject, and methods suitable for labeling NKT cells.

Provided herein are compositions comprising anti-HLA-Ib antibodies as IVIg mimetics and methods for using the same for the prevention, treatment, therapy and/or amelioration of inflammation induced diseases and allograft rejection. In certain embodiments, the anti-HLA-Ib antibodies (monoclonal antibodies or mixed monoclonal antibodies, recombinant or chimeric or humanized or human antibodies) strongly mimic IVIg in immunoreactivity to HLA class Ia (HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-Cw) and Ib antigens (HLA-E, HLA-F and HLA-G). In certain embodiments, the anti-HLA-Ib antibodies (monoclonal or mixed monoclonal antibodies; recombinant, chimeric, humanized or human antibodies) strongly mimic IVIg in immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive activities. While anti-HLA-Ib mAbs can be used to restore anti-tumor activities of CD8+ T cells and Natural killer cells by passive therapy in cancer patients, methods are also provided herein to induce production of polyclonal anti-HLA-Ib antibodies in cancer patients for restoring anti-tumor activities of CD8+ T cells and NK cells, by active specific immunotherapy.

The invention discloses a culturing method of an NK (natural killer) cell. The culturing method comprises the following steps of (1) separating a mononuclear cell from peripheral blood or umbilical cord blood of a human body; (2) inoculating the mononuclear cell into a culture medium suitable for culturing lymphocyte, adding a CD3 monoclonal antibody, recombinant human interleukin 2 and autologous plasma, and culturing for 3 to 5 days; (3) adding the recombinant human interleukin 2 and the autologous plasma, and culturing; (4) harvesting the NK cell. According to the culturing method of the NK cell, the culturing cost is reduced, the amplification multiple and cell toxicity of the NK cell are guaranteed, the operation time is saved, meanwhile the probability of error operation is reduced, the obtaining efficiency of the NK cell is higher, and the safety of the NK cell is better.

The invention relates to a method for abundantly amplifying NK (Natural Killer) cells from a mononuclear cell of peripheral blood. The method comprises the following steps of collecting the mononuclear cell of the peripheral blood, first putting the mononuclear cell into a culture bottle enveloped by a CD16 monoclonal antibody, culturing the mononuclear cell, and adding IL-2, IL-15, OK432 and inactivated autoserum into a culture medium; subsequently, transferring the cell into a culture bottle which is not enveloped by the CD16 monoclonal antibody, culturing the cell, adding the IL-2, the IL-15 and the inactivated autoserum into the culture medium; afterwards, transferring the cell into a culture bag, culturing the cell, and adding IL-4 into the culture medium on the last third day, and continuously culturing the cell, so as to obtain abundant NK cells. According to the method, components of animal serum and a tumor cell are not contained; therefore, the safety and the reliability of the NK cells are improved to a great extent; the method has a favorable application prospect.

The invention discloses a method for jointly preparing CAR-NK (chimeric antigen receptor-natural killer) cells and CAR-NKT (natural killer T) cells. The method includes steps of 1), adding peripheral blood mononuclear cells into cell culture media, pre-activating NK cells and NKT cells in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells and selectively activating and amplifying the NK cells and the NKT cells in an in-vitro manner; 2), transducing mixed cells obtained at the step 1) by the aid of lentiviral vectors with gene sequences of chimeric antigen receptors. The method has the advantages that the CAR-NK cells and the CAR-NKT cells can be prepared from NKs and NKTs of healthy donors in a standardized and batched manner; the purity of the NK cells and the NKT cells can respectively reach 60% and 30% at least without purification, and accordingly preliminary purification can be omitted; the in-vivo activation and amplification degrees and the in-vivo existence time of the CAR-NK cells and the CAR-NKT cells which are jointly prepared by the aid of the method can be controlled by means of clinical medication.