289 results about "Polymorphonuclear granulocyte" patented technology

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing blood cells or haemopoietic cells, e.g. red blood cells (erythrocytes), granulocytes, mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and/or blood platelets, in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and/or vehicle, wherein the cells are transfected with at least one mRNA comprising at least one region coding for at least one antigen. The invention further discloses a method of preparing the aforesaid pharmaceutical composition and the use of blood cells transfected in this way for the preparation of drugs or pharmaceutical compositions for immune stimulation against the antigens encoded by the mRNA. The subjects according to the invention are used especially for the therapy and/or prophylaxis of carcinoses or infectious diseases and can also be employed in gene therapy.

The invention relates to methods for preventing or reducing antigen-stimulated, granulocyte-mediated inflammation in tissue of an antigen-sensitized mammal host by delivering an immunostimulatory oligonucleotide to the host. In addition, methods for using the immunostimulatory oligonucleotides to boost a mammal host's immune responsiveness to a sensitizing antigen (without immunization of the host by the antigen) and shifting the host's immune responsiveness to a Th1 phenotype to achieve various therapeutic ends are provided. Kits for practicing the methods of the invention are also provided.

The present invention provides methods and compositions for the production of hematopoietic progenitor cells or endothelial progenitor cells from human pluripotent stem cells using a defined cell culture medium without the need to utilize feeder cells or serum. In some embodiments, differentiation is accomplished using hypoxic atmospheric conditions. The defined medium of the present invention may contain growth factors and a matrix component. The hematopoietic progenitor cells may be further differentiated into cell lineages including red blood cells, macrophages, granulocytes, and megakaryocytes. The endothelial progenitor cells may be further differentiated into endothelial cells. Also disclosed are screening assays for identification of candidate substances that affect differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into progenitor cells.

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.

Described herein are methods, devices and systems for inhibition of granulocyte activation by appropriate stimulation of the vagus nerve. Methods of treating granulocyte-mediated disorders (including inflammatory disorders) by stimulating the vagus nerve to inhibit granulocyte activation (particularly neutrophil activation) are also described. Appropriate stimulation may be very low levels of stimulation, including stimulation that does not result in desensitization. The level of granulocyte activation may be detected and used to at least partially control stimulation.

The present invention relates to a liquid pharmaceutical composition comprising a granulocyte colony stimulating factor polypeptide conjugated with a polymer. In various embodiments, the composition has a pH value in the range of 4.5 to 5.5. Exemplary compositions further comprise a surfactant and optionally one or more other pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The invention provides, inter alia, formulations free from tartaric acid or salts thereof and/or from succinic acid and salts thereof as buffering agents. Exemplary formulations are essentially devoid of not amino acids as stabilizers. The composition has good storage stability and is especially useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of disorders and medical indications where granulocyte colony stimulating factor preparations are considered as useful remedies.

Novel activating receptors of the Ig super-family expressed on human myeloid cells, called TREM(s) (triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells) are provided. Specifically, two (2) members of TREMs, TREM-1 and TREM-2 are disclosed. TREM-1 is a transmembrane glycoprotein expressed selectively on blood neutrophils and a subset of monocytes but not on lymphocytes and other cell types and is upregulated by bacterial and fungal products. Use of TREM-1 in treatment and diagnosis of various inflammatory diseases is also provided. TREM-2 is also a transmembrane glycoprotein expressed selectively on mast cells and peripheral dendritic cells (DCs) but not on granulocytes or monocytes. DC stimulation via TREM-2 leads to DC maturation and resistance to apoptosis, and induces strong upregulation of CCR⁷ and subsequent chemotaxis toward macrophage inflammatory protein 3-β. TREM-2 has utility in modulating host immune responses in various immune disorders, including autoimmune diseases and allergic disorders.

The present invention provides an absorbent which can remove cells present in blood including activated leukocytes such as granulocytes and monocytes, and cancer cells as well as can remove cytokines which facilitate the activation of the remaining cells, and further has no concern for pressure loss and has high configuration stability. That is, the present invention provides an absorbent which absorbs the granulocytes and the monocytes in blood, an absorbent for cancer therapy which absorbs an immunosuppressive protein and an absorbent having a bilayer structure of a net and a nonwoven fabric, having a zeta potential of −20 mV or more, as well as a blood circulation column containing any of the absorbents filled therein.

Granulocyte colony stimulating factor obtained from eggs laid by transgenic avians having newly described G-CSF glycosylation patterns.

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.

The invention discloses a leukocyte classified counting reagent, which includes: (1) cyanine type fluorescent dye; (2) glucoside compound. The invention further discloses a kit containing the leukocyte classified counting reagent and a preparation method thereof. The invention also discloses the reagent and a method f leukocyte classified counting for the kit. With the reagent, the kit and the method disclosed in the invention, the leukocyte can be counted in classification, wherein each subclass of the leukocyte has high discrimination index and good discrimination effect, and particularly, problems of difficulty in distinguishing a lymphocyte from a mononuclear cell and too short distance between an acidophilic cell and a neutrophile granulocyte are solved.

This invention relates to a granulocyte adsorbent comprising a polymer compound having an unsubstituted hydroxyl group and a hydroxyl group in which H has been substituted with at least one substituent R, a method for producing such adsorbent, a device for adsorbing granulocytes and a system for removing granulocytes using such adsorbent, and body fluid or a cell suspension from which granulocytes have been removed using such adsorbent.

The invention provides a linear array SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) three-dimensional imaging method based on a threshold gradient tracking algorithm. The method comprises the steps of establishing a linear measurement model between linear array SAR original echo signals and a three-dimensional observation scene target scattering coefficient using a correlation among linear array SAR system parameters, motion platform parameters, space parameters of an observation scene target and original echo signals, and then reconstructing the observation scene target scattering coefficient using a TBGP (Total Blood Granulocyte Pool) method based on the signal linear measurement model. By using the contrast of maximum and minimum target scattering coefficients and the change rate of the target scattering coefficient as algorithm iteration termination conditions, the linear array SAR sparse imaging performance of a GP (Genetic Programming) algorithm under the condition that the sparsity of the observation scene is unknown is improved, the operation efficiency and the space storage efficiency are improved relative to an OMP (Orthogonal Matching Pursuit) algorithm, and the method can be applied in the fields of synthetic aperture radar imaging, earth remote sensing and the like.

A human hG-CSF-L-VFC fusion protein whose bioactivity is higher than that of rhG-CSF is disclosed. It contains human G-CSF, 20 or less flexible peptide linkers, and human IgG Fc variant which can notbe cracked and can show very little poor by-effect of Fc-mediation. A process for preparing the said fusion protein with high expression level is also disclosed. This hG-CSF-L-VFC fusion protein has longer serum half-life period and higher bioactivity, so improving its pharmacodynamics and effect.

The invention relates to a combined reagent for detecting acute myelocytic leukemia cells and a system thereof, wherein the combined reagent and the system thereof belong to the field of medical technology. The combined reagent comprises at least one selected from the following antibody combinations: a first antibody combination which comprises CD38, CD13, CD34, CD117, CD33, CD19, HLA-DR and CD45antibodies; a second antibody combination which comprises CD38, CD64, CD34, CD123, CD56, CD14, HLA-DR and CD45 antibodies; and a third antibody combination which comprises CD38, CD7, CD34, CD5, CD11b,CD15 and CD45 antibodies. The antibody combinations of the invention cover the expression marks of three systems of granulocyte, single cell and lymphocyte. A normal antibody expression mode is established. Tumor cells can be identified maximally. Furthermore, through a large number of experiment data, the antibodies in each combination have no problem of mutual expression inhibition. FurthermoreAML-MRD can be comprehensively and quickly detected with high sensitivity through multi-parameter flow type cell analysis.