48 results about "Phagocytic Cell" patented technology

The invention discloses a ganoderma lucidum fermentation liquid capable of improving the content of total triterpenes and immunity and a preparation method and application thereof, the preparation method comprises the following steps: heating a ganoderma lucidum liquid, and carrying out hot water extraction to obtain a ganoderma lucidum extracting liquid; heating the lucid ganoderma extracting solution to be boiled, after sterilization is finished, after the lucid ganoderma liquid is cooled, adding lactic acid bacteria powder in a specific proportion for fermentation to obtain lucid ganoderma fermentation liquid; and carrying out solid-liquid separation on the fermentation liquor to obtain fermentation supernate, and sterilizing the ganoderma lucidum fermentation liquor to obtain the sterilized ganoderma lucidum fermentation liquor. According to the preparation method disclosed by the invention, the content of total triterpenes in the ganoderma lucidum fermentation liquor is increased, the immunomodulatory activity of the ganoderma lucidum product can be enhanced, and the ganoderma lucidum product has relatively high effects of resisting oxidation, improving the activity of phagocytes, improving the activity of acid phosphatase, improving the immunity and the like, and has a wide application prospect and market potential.

The invention provides universally acceptable “off-the-shelf” hypoimmunogenic pluripotent cells and differentiated cardiac, endothelial, neuronal, islet, or retinal pigment cells thereof. Such hypoimmune cells are used to treat patients in need thereof. The cells lack major immune antigens that trigger immune responses and are engineered to avoid phagocytic endocytosis.

The invention provides a GAS6 fusion protein as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The provided fusion protein comprises scFv capable of specifically recognizing tumor cell antigens, tumor cells are disguised as apoptotic cells, and phagocytes phagocytize the tumor cells through interaction with TAMRTK. The provided GAS6 fusion protein can be suitable for phagocytosis of various tumor cells and has strong broad spectrum.

Provided herein is a nucleic acid detection system comprising a detection CRISPR system having an effector protein and one or more guide RNAs each designed to bind to corresponding target molecules that are diagnostic for a tick-borne disease state; and an RNA-based masking construct. In some embodiments, the detection system of may comprise i) two or more CRISPR systems, each CRISPR system comprising an effector protein and a guide RNA designed to bind to a corresponding target molecule that is diagnostic for a tick-borne disease state; and ii) a set of detection constructs, each detection construct comprising a cutting motif sequence that is preferentially cut by one of the activated CRISPR effector proteins. Exemplary tick-borne detectable microbes include Babesia microti, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Borrelia miyamotoi.

The invention is directed to cocktails of different antibodies and methods of treating a patient. Antibodies of the collection are specifically reactive to different viral serotypes or species. Cocktails may comprise monoclonal antibodies with one or more having an extended half-life. For treating or preventing viral infections, cocktails may comprise antibodies against conserved regions of HA, NA and M proteins of influenza virus and / or conserved regions of S, M, E, P, N or NS proteins of coronavirus. Monoclonal antibody combinations enhance phagocytosis and killing of viruses by phagocytic cells, and enhance clearance of the infecting virus from the blood.

The invention discloses a coupling molecule with an effect of promoting macrophages to selectively swallow extracellular goods as well as a preparation method and application of the coupling molecule, and belongs to the technical field of biological medicines. The coupling molecule disclosed by the invention is a double-targeting polypeptide and consists of a macrophage targeting peptide fragment, a linker and a target cell targeting peptide fragment, wherein the target cell targeting peptide fragment comprises peptide fragments targeting tumor cells and apoptotic cells. One end of the dual-targeting polypeptide is connected with macrophages, the other end of the dual-targeting polypeptide is connected with tumor cells / apoptotic cells, and the interaction between the macrophages and the tumor cells / apoptotic cells is improved in a molecular glue mode. Aiming at tumor cells, the dual-targeting polypeptide can enhance the phagocytosis and killing effects of macrophages on the tumor cells under the action of a CD47 antibody, so that the anti-tumor effect is achieved; aiming at apoptotic cells, the dual-targeting polypeptide can promote the interplant effect of macrophages, so that the anti-inflammatory effect is achieved. Therefore, the dual-targeting polypeptide disclosed by the invention has relatively good drug development potential.

Provided are a GAS6 fusion protein, a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. The provided fusion protein contains an scFv capable of specifically recognizing tumor cell antigens, and can disguise tumor cells as apoptotic cells and enable phagocytosis of tumor cells by phagocytes by means of interaction with TAM RTK. The provided GAS6 fusion protein is applicable for phagocytosis of various tumor cells, showing strong broad-spectrum properties.

The present invention discloses a CXCL-BPI fusion protein that can be used for treating Gram-negative bacterial infections, a coding nucleic acid thereof, a method for expressing and preparing the same, and a use thereof in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for treating Gram-negative bacterial infections. The CXCL-BPI fusion protein comprises a human ELR+CXC chemokine and a bioactive fragment of N-terminal domain of human BPI, and has the dual functions of both ELR+CXC chemokine and BPI, with ability of binding to LPS and directly killing Gram-negative bacteria, and also inducing chemotaxis and promoting phagocytes to target, bind to and phagocytize Gram-negative bacteria. The mechanism of action of the fusion protein can overcome Gram-negative bacterial drug resistance.

Compositions and methods for preparing and using engineered phagocytes expressing chimeric antigen receptors with enhanced phagocytic activity are described, and the compositions and methods may be suitable for immunotherapy in cancer or infection.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of yolk antibody preparation, and specifically relates to an IBD yolk antibody microsphere and a preparation method thereof. The method uses polygonatum polysaccharide, IBD yolk antibody and bupleurum essential oil as the inner phase of the microsphere, and polylactic-co-glycolic acid copolymer as the outer phase. The special structure of the microspheres prepared by the present invention is conducive to presenting yolk antibodies and polygonatum polysaccharide to immune-competent cells. Phagocytic cells engulf the microspheres and can destroy the shell structure of the microspheres, releasing yolk antibodies and polygonatum polysaccharide, neutralizing the IBD virus infected by the body, playing a preventive and protective role for chickens not infected with IBD, and quickly controlling the condition of chickens infected with IBD.

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.

The application discloses a CXCL-BPI fusion protein which can be used for treating gram-negative bacterial infection, a coding nucleic acid of the CXCL-BPI fusion protein, an expression preparation method, and application of the CXCL-BPI fusion protein to preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for treating gram-negative bacterial infection. The CXCL-BPI fusion protein comprises a human ELR+CXC chemokine and a human BPI N-terminal domain functional fragment, has the functions of combining LPS, directly killing gram-negative bacteria and chemotactic cell migration, and also has the functions of promoting phagocytes to be guided to combine and phagocytize gram-negative bacteria, and the action mechanism can overcome gram-negative bacterial drug resistance.

The invention provides human phagocytic cells which are not tumorigenic, yet still capable of cell division ex-vivo, such as in cell culture. A culture containing these cells can be expanded manyfold, that is the cell number in such a culture can be increased by a factor of 10 or more. The cells show characteristics of functional phagocytes in a differentiated state and are capable to alleviate pathological defects in in vivo models.

The invention relates to methods of evaluating phagocytosis at a single-cell level by placing one or more phagocytes and one or more particles on a surface and visualizing the phagocytosis of the particles by the phagocytes. The invention also relates to systems for evaluating phagocytosis of a particle by a phagocyte at a single-cell level.

The present disclosure provides a method for judging the level of immune rejection between heterologous cells, tissues or organs, and relates to the field of biological medicine. The method provided by the present disclosure can quickly and objectively compare the interspecies relative phagocytosis rate of phagocytes in a single experiment, and provides a new way for evaluating and researching the level of immune rejection between heterologous cells, tissues or organs.

A method for estimating a number of phagocytes in a body fluid of an animal includes stimulating NADPH oxidase activity of the phagocytes; and quantifying a resulting reductive dioxygenation of a chemiluminigenic substrate by an emitted chemiluminescence of the chemiluminigenic substrate using an instrument capable of measuring light. The NADPH oxidase activity of the phagocytes is preferably stimulated by an immunologic or chemical capable of activating a respiratory burst by the phagocytes. The NADPH oxidase activity of the phagocytes is preferably stimulated by a stimulus in solution or coated to a surface contacted by the phagocytes. The stimulus is preferably phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). The animal is preferably human, and the body fluid is preferably blood and / or spinal fluid. The phagocytes are preferably neutrophil leukocytes, and the chemiluminigenic substrate is preferably lucigenin (N,N′-dimethyl-9,9′-biacridinium dinitrate). Also provided is a method of treatment based on the estimation method.

The present invention discloses a lipopolysaccharide-responsive nano antimicrobial peptide and its preparation method and application, which belongs to the field of biotechnology. The amino acid sequence of the antimicrobial peptide is as shown in SEQ ID No. 1. Also disclosed is the application of the antimicrobial peptide of the present invention in the preparation of a drug for treating diseases caused by Gram-negative bacteria infections. The antimicrobial peptide of the present invention can target and bind to lipopolysaccharide to form nanofibers for capture, and then present them in agglomerates to phagocytic cells for phagocytosis, fully avoiding the killing of beneficial bacteria in the host. In summary, the antimicrobial peptide of the present invention can target Gram-negative bacteria to break the membrane and kill bacteria, fully avoiding the accidental killing of beneficial bacteria in the host, and effectively reducing the generation of drug resistance. Therefore, it is a nano-capture peptide with immune regulation function that has great development potential and high application value.

There is provided a method for increasing antibody dependent cell phagocytosis (ADCP) activity of a phagocyte in a sample, the method comprising culturing the phagocyte in a low percentage (%) CO2 atmosphere for a period of time sufficient to increase ADCP activity of the phagocyte. In some embodiments, phagocytes are cultured in the presence of target cells. Also provided is a method for determining ADCP activity of phagocytes in a sample, the method comprising: culturing the phagocytes in a low percentage (%) CO2 atmosphere for a period of time sufficient to increase ADCP activity of the phagocytes; and detecting ADCP activity of the phagocytes in the sample. In some embodiments, phagocytes are cultured in the presence of target cells.

The present invention provides attenuated immunostimulatory bacteria whose genome is modified to, for example, reduce toxicity and increase anti-tumor activity, such as by increasing accumulation in the tumor microenvironment, particularly in tumor-resident myeloid cells, increasing resistance to complement inactivation, reducing immune cell death, promoting adaptive immunity, and enhancing T cell function. The increase in phagocyte colonization improves delivery of encoded therapeutic products to the tumor microenvironment and into the tumor, and allows for routes of immunostimulatory bacteria administration such as systemic administration.

The present application relates to a kind of drug combination products for enhancing the therapeutic effect of nanomedicine, belong to nanomedicine technical field.The drug combination product includes following (1), (2) and (3): (1) stimulus-responsive nanomedicine;(2) mononuclear phagocyte system blocker;(3) exogenous reducing substance.The drug combination product provided by the present application carries out the regulation in time sequence to the in vivo delivery and release process of nanomedicine by "first block then loose" delivery strategy, realizes the effective accumulation and intelligent release of nanomedicine in target tissue, to improve the therapeutic effect.

A product comprises: (a) a vector for specific expression of liver and / or spleen phagocytes, wherein the vector comprises a transgene operably linked to one or more expression control sequences; and (b) an immune checkpoint inhibitor or a Tr1 cell inhibitor.

The invention discloses a pH (Potential of Hydrogen) response type PAMAM (Polyamidoamine)-Antarmycin A hydrogel, and belongs to the technical field of biological medicines. The preparation method comprises the following steps: firstly, carrying out covalent coupling on an antibacterial active component Antarmycin A and a phenylboronic acid modified PAMAM (Polyamidoamine) dendrimer (PBA-PAMAM), so as to form a PAMAM-Antarmycin A compound with a pH (Potential of Hydrogen) response characteristic; and then, through specific binding of amino groups on the surface of the compound and ortho-dihydroxyl groups of oxidized dextran, hydrogel nanoparticles with a three-dimensional network structure are constructed. According to the PAMAM-Antarmycin A hydrogel disclosed by the invention, the reversible fracture characteristic of a borate bond under an acidic condition is fully utilized, so that the Antarmycin A can realize targeted release in an acidic environment (such as infected tissues or phagocytes) of an infected part, and the stability and the targeting property of a medicine are improved.

The phagocytic cell AI identification training, detection and proportion detection analysis method comprises the following steps: preprocessing a sample to obtain a microscopic sample; shooting a microscopic examination sample to obtain a microscopic examination sample image; identifying and labeling phagocytic cells in the microscopic examination sample image to obtain a phagocytic cell labeling picture; and AI training is carried out by using the labeled picture to obtain an AI identification feature data set A, and the AI identification feature data set A comprises phagocytic cell AI identification feature data. Identifying the microscopic examination sample image by using an AI identification algorithm, identifying phagocytic cells in hydrothorax and ascites in a selected area S1 of the image, obtaining the number NUM1 of the phagocytic cells, and obtaining the number NUM2 of phagocytic cells; in a microscopic examination sample, the content of phagocytic cells in unit volume is equal to NUM1 / V1. The ratio of phagocytic cells is equal to NUM1 / NUM2.

The present disclosure provides immunogenic compositions and vaccines effective for reducing the incidence of or severity of clinical signs or symptoms of infection by a tick-borne pathogen selected from the group consisting of Rickettsia rickettsii, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia ruminantium, Anaplasma marginale, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum. In preferred forms, the immunogenic composition comprises an inactivated whole cell bacteria selected from the group consisting of Rickettsia rickettsii, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia ruminantium, Anaplasma marginale, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and any combination thereof, together with an adjuvant.

The present invention provides a method for producing cells polarized to the M2 phenotype, said method comprising culturing mononuclear phagocyte system cells in a suitable medium comprising lactic acid or a lactic acid derivative, and subjecting said cells to a period of hypoxia followed by a period of reoxygenation. The present invention also provides compositions comprising cells obtained with the method as defined herein and uses thereof.

The present disclosure relates to a novel biomarker of a liver condition. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a method of identifying subjects with or at risk of developing liver inflammation and / or liver disease, and uses of a marker indicative of liver inflammation and / or liver disease. There is also provided a modulator for use in the treatment and / or prevention of liver inflammation and / or liver disease.

To provide an oxidase-based chemiluminescence assay of phagocytic leukocytes in whole blood and body fluids applicable to a point-of-care (POC) diagnostic testing point-of-care (POC) measurement of an absolute neutrophil function (ANF).SOLUTION: A method for estimating a number of phagocytes in a body fluid of an animal includes the steps of: stimulating NADPH oxidase activity of the phagocytes; and quantifying a resulting reductive deoxygenation of a chemiluminigenic substrate by an emitted chemiluminescence of the chemiluminigenic substrate using an instrument capable of measuring light. The NADPH oxidase activity of the phagocytes is preferably stimulated by an immunologic or chemical capable of activating a respiratory burst by the phagocytes, and by a stimulus in solution or coated to a surface contacted by the phagocytes. The stimulus is preferably phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). The animal is preferably human, and the body fluid is preferably blood and / or spinal fluid.SELECTED DRAWING: None

Provided are a GAS6 fusion protein, a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. The provided fusion protein contains an scFv capable of specifically recognizing tumor cell antigens, and can disguise tumor cells as apoptotic cells and enable phagocytosis of tumor cells by phagocytes by means of interaction with TAM RTK. The provided GAS6 fusion protein is applicable for phagocytosis of various tumor cells, showing strong broad-spectrum properties.

A chemiluminescence-based method for quantifying the number of phagocytes in a body fluid of an animal includes stimulating NADPH oxidase activity of the phagocytes; and quantifying a resulting reductive dioxygenation of a chemiluminescent substrate by an emitted chemiluminescence of the chemiluminescent substrate using an instrument capable of measuring light. The NADPH oxidase activity of the phagocytes is preferably stimulated by an immunologic or chemical capable of activating a respiratory burst by the phagocytes. The phagocytes are preferably neutrophil leukocytes, and the chemiluminescent substrate is preferably lucigenin (N, N′-dimethyl-9,9′-biacridinium dinitrate). Also provided is a method of measuring myeloperoxidase activity of the neutrophils present in a sample of blood or body fluid based on the non-reductive (simple) dioxygenation of a chemiluminescent substrate, preferably luminol (5-amino-2,3-dihydro-1,4-phthalazinedione). The methods use dual chemiluminescent probes on microvolumes of blood or body fluid to enable reliable optical measurements applicable to point-of-care testing.

Provided is a method for determining phagocytosis capacity of phagocytes, comprising: obtaining a phagocyte image and a target cell image, the phagocyte image and the target cell image being extracted from high-content images obtained by photographing co-cultured phagocytes and target cells; decomposing the target cell image into a plurality of sub-band images, each sub-band image comprising pixels of the target cell image having luminance values falling into a corresponding luminance sub-band of a plurality of luminance sub-bands, the plurality of luminance sub-bands being obtained by dividing a luminance range of pixels of the target cell image; determining respective numbers of target cell objects contained in the plurality of sub-band images; determining a number of phagocytes contained in the phagocyte image; and determining phagocytosis capacity of the phagocytes on the target cells based on the respective numbers of target cell objects contained in the plurality of sub-band images and the number of phagocytes contained in the phagocyte image.