231 results about "Survivin" patented technology

MHC Class I-restricted peptides derived from the tumor associated antigen, survivin, which peptides are capable of binding to Class I HLA molecules at a high affinity, capable of eliciting INF-gamma-producing cells in a PBL population of a cancer patient and capable of in situ detection of cytotoxic T cells in a tumor tissue, therapeutic and diagnostic composition comprising the peptide and uses hereof.

The present invention relates to combination therapies for heme malignancies with anti-CD38 antibodies and survivin inhibitors.

The present invention provides an inhibitor of NF-κB, guggulsterone and its analogs. Guggulsterone suppresses NF-κB activation induced by TNF, phorbol ester, okadaic acid, cigarette smoke, H₂O₂ and IL-1β, as well as constitutive NF-κB activation expressed in most tumor cells. One mechanism by which guggulsterone inhibits activation of NF-κB is through suppression of IκBα phosphorylation and IκBα degradation. NF-κB-dependent gene transcription is modulated by guggulsterone and its analogs. In particular, induction by TNF, TNFR1, TRADD, TRAF2, NIK and IKK, is modulated by guggulsterone and its analogs. In addition, guggulsterone decreased the expression of genes involved in anti-apoptosis (IAP1, XIAP, Bfl-1/A1, bcl-2, cFLIP, survivin), proliferation (cyclin D1, c-myc) and metastasis (MMP-9, COX2 and VEGF).

The present invention relates to peptides, nucleic acids, and cells for use in the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to survivin-derived tumor-associated cytotoxic T cell (CTL) peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. The present invention specifically relates to three novel peptide sequences and variants thereof derived from HLA class I and class II molecules of human tumor cells that can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses.

The invention discloses a method for effectively culturing tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs). The method comprises the following steps: extracting mononuclear cells from the pectoral ascite or tumor tissue of a patient, washing, inoculating into a culture bottle coated with recombinant human fibrin and cluster-of-differentiation-3 antibody, culturing for 24 hours, adding interleukin II, then using a serum-free culture medium containing the interleukin II and the supernatant pectoral ascite to enlarge and subculture every two or three days, and adding apoptosis-regulated protein survivin and mucoprotein-1 on the twelveth or thirteenth day to activate the killing activity; and harvesting cells on the fourteenth day. By adopting the method, the culture time, which is only 14 days, is greatly shortened, so that the hospital stays of the patient can be greatly shortened and the hospital burden of the patient can be reduced. Meanwhile, the problems that the cell proliferation speed is low and the proliferation ratio is low can be solved, thus the number of the cultured cells can meet the clinical requirement. The cultured TILs has strong cell specificity so as to enhance the clinical curative effect.

The present invention regards cancer-specific control sequences that direct expression of a polynucleotide encoding a therapeutic gene product for treatment of the cancer. Specifically, the invention encompasses breast cancer-specific and ovarian cancer-specific control sequences. Two breast cancer-specific sequences utilize specific regions of fatty acid synthase and claudin 4 promoters, particularly in combination with a two-step transcription amplification sequence and/or a post-transcriptional control sequence. Two ovarian cancer-specific sequences utilize specific regions of hTERT and survivin promoters, particularly in combination with a two-step transcription amplification sequence and/or a post-transcriptional control sequence. In more particular embodiments, these polynucleotides are administered in combination with liposomes.

Provided are compositions and methods for treating survivin expressing cancers. The compositions contain peptide survivin peptide mimics with improved MHC-I binding characteristics. The method involves administering a survivin peptide mimic with improved MHC-I binding characteristics to an individual to effect inhibition of the growth of survivin expressing cancer cells in the individual.

MHC Class I-restricted peptides derived from the tumor associated antigen, survivin, which peptides are capable of binding to Class I HLA molecules at a high affinity, capable of eliciting INF-gamma-producing cells in a PBL population of a cancer patient and capable of in situ detection of cytotoxic T cells in a tumor tissue, therapeutic and diagnostic composition comprising the peptide and uses hereof.

The present invention includes a method for diagnosing cancer comprising detecting the presence of survivin in the biological fluid of a patient. The present invention also provides kits comprising one or more agents that detect survivin polypeptide or survivin nucleic acid and a container for collecting biological fluid for testing.

The present invention relates to a therapeutic vaccine comprising one or more survivin polypeptide fragments. The vaccine can be used for prophylactic, ameliorating and/or curative treatment of e.g. cancer diseases. The invention further relates to methods of combination treatment.

The present invention provides siRNA nucleic acid molecules that inhibit survivin expression. Methods of using the nucleic acid molecules are also provided.

The invention discloses a kit for jointly detecting breast cancer 21 genes. A PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification primer consists of 21 primer pairs, and can be used for jointly detecting 21 gene-related expression quantities: Ki67, STK15, Survivin, CCNB1, MYBL2, MMP11, CTSL2, GRB7, HER2, GSTM1, CD68, BAG1, ER, PGR, BCL2, SCUBE2, ACTB, GAPDH, PRLPO, GUS, and TFRC. Output fragments of the 21 pairs of primers related in the invention are smaller than 100bp, so that PCR efficiency after reverse transcription of mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) extracted by a paraffin specimen is greatly improved, all primers of 21 genes are premixed, and time and labor for designing and synthesizing 21 pairs of genes by an experimenter are saved; the corresponding primers of the 21 genes are not needed to be added for premixing in mother liquor, and therefore, errors of reaction holes are greatly reduced. The kit disclosed by the invention is simple to operate, and capable of detecting on a quantitative PCR instrument by only adding a template, so that detection experimental time is greatly shortened. The kit disclosed by the invention is applicable to a single sample and multiple samplers, so that results can be quickly obtained, and therefore, scientific research and clinical detection requirements can be satisfied very well.

Disclosed herein are compounds that inhibit Hsp90 interactions with IAP proteins, such as Survivin, XIAP, cIAP1, or cIAP2, and methods for identifying and using such compounds.

The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for inhibiting the expression of survivin in cells expressing survivin. The invention is also directed to methods of treating conditions associated with elevated survivin, such as hyperproliferative disorders. More particularly, the invention is directed to inhibition of survivin expression using short interfering RNAs (si-RNAs) or through administration of DNA sequences yielding the expression of short hairpin RNAs (sh-RNAs).

The invention belongs to the biological medicine field, in particular relating to the use of a high efficiency small interfering RNA for preparing a tumor migration inhibition drug. The high efficiency small interfering RNA can silence the expression of survivin, change the adhesive force of breast cancer, gastric cancer and liver cancer cells against IV collagen, and inhibit the migrating ability of the breast cancer, gastric cancer and liver cancer cells at two-and three-dimensional levels. The small interfering RNA can also prepare the drug for inhibiting the tumor migration.

A DNA vaccine suitable for eliciting an immune response against cancer cells comprises a DNA construct operably encoding a cancer-associated Inhibitor of Apoptosis-family protein and an immunoactive gene product, such as a cytokine or a ligand for a natural killer cell surface receptor, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. A preferred cytokine is CCL21. Preferred ligands for a natural killer cell surface receptor include human MICA, human MICB, human ULBP1, human ULBP2, and human ULBP3. The cancer-associated Inhibitor of Apoptosis (IAP)-family protein is preferably a survivin protein or livin protein. Method of inhibiting tumor growth by administering the vaccine of the invention to a mammal is also described.

The present invention, based on the discovery of a new biological phenomena, provides methods and compositions for use in identifying agents that modulate the phosphorylation of survivin, the interaction between survivin and p34^cdc2-cyclin B1 kinase complex, and the interaction between survivin and caspase-9. Related methods and compositions can be used to modulate survivin regulated apoptosis.