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The present disclosure provides bispecific chimeric antigen receptors targeting CD20 and BCMA. The CAR may comprise an scFv targeting CD20 and an scFv targeting BCMA, a hinge region, a transmembrane domain, a co-stimulatory region, and a cytoplasmic signaling domain. The chimeric antigen receptors can be used to treat autoimmune disorders or cancer.

The present disclosure provides bispecific chimeric antigen receptors that target BCMA and CD19. The CAR may comprise an scFv targeting BCMA and an scFv targeting CD19, a hinge region, a transmembrane domain, a co-stimulatory region, and a cytoplasm signaling domain. Chimeric antigen receptors can be used to treat autoimmune disorders or cancer.

The invention discloses preparation and application of a targeting LYPD3 chimeric antigen receptor T cell. The chimeric antigen receptor comprises an LYPD3 antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, a costimulatory signal transduction domain and an intracellular signal transduction domain, the LYPD3 antigen binding domain comprises a heavy chain variable region with CDR-H1, CDR-H2 and CDR-H3 and a light chain variable region with CDR-L1, CDR-L2 and CDR-L3, and the CDR-H1, the CDR-H2 and the CDR-H3 are respectively composed of amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4 and SEQ ID NO: 5. And the CDR-L1, the CDR-L2 and the CDR-L3 are respectively composed of amino acid sequences as shown in SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7 and SEQ ID NO: 8.

The invention relates to the field of biological medicines, in particular to a chimeric cytokine activated receptor for activating lymphocytes by using soluble immunosuppressive molecules and application of the chimeric cytokine activated receptor in tumor treatment. The chimeric cytokine activation receptor and a chimeric antigen receptor for recognizing tumor antigens are connected in parallel to form a co-expressed polycistron structure. Wherein the chimeric cytokine activation receptor comprises an scFv structural domain, a transmembrane structural domain and a cytokine chimeric activation structural domain which specifically recognize and bind soluble immunosuppressive molecules. The CAR-NK cell can specifically recognize soluble inhibitory factors in the tumor microenvironment and improve the in-vivo and in-vitro anti-tumor efficacy of the CAR-NK cell, and can be used for treating solid malignant tumors.

Recombinant proteins that stimulate an immune response in the presence of naturally inhibitory ligand binding are described. The recombinant proteins include an extracellular domain of an inhibitory immune cell protein and an intracellular domain of a stimulatory immune cell protein connected via a transmembrane domain. The recombinant proteins can be used to stimulate immune cell activation in the fight against cancers and infectious diseases, among other uses.

A chimeric autoantibody receptor (CAAR) that enables targeting of an immune cell to autoantibody producing B cells. The CAAR includes an autoantigen or fragment thereof that is bound by autoantibodies associated with neurological autoimmune disease primarily targeting the central nervous system. Also disclosed is a nucleic acid molecule encoding a chimeric autoantibody receptor (CAAR), the nucleic acid sequence encoding an autoantigen or fragment thereof that is bound by autoantibodies associated with a neurological autoimmune disease primarily targeting the central nervous system, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular signaling domain, a vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding a chimeric autoantibody receptor (CAAR), a genetically modified immune cell comprising the nucleic acid molecule encoding the CAAR and use of the immune cell in the treatment or prevention of a neurological autoimmune disease primarily targeting the central nervous system, such as an autoimmune encephalopathy or encephalomyelopathy, preferably anti-NMDAR encephalitis.

Provided herein is a recombinant protein comprising a transmembrane domain derived from a transmembrane domain of a wild type erythropoietin receptor (EPOR). Nucleic acid molecules encoding such recombinant proteins, recombinant constructs, vectors and cells containing the nucleic acid molecules, methods of producing such cells and therapeutic uses thereof are also provided.

Provided herein are cell surface receptors that include an extracellular binding domain, a transmembrane domain, an intracellular signaling domain, and a protease cleavage site disposed between the extracellular binding domain and the intracellular signaling domain. In certain aspects, the cell surface receptors are engineered cell surface receptors, such as chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). Also provided are cells that include such receptors (e.g., where the cells express the receptors on their surface) and pharmaceutical compositions including such cells. Nucleic acids that encode the cell surface receptors, cells including such nucleic acids, and pharmaceutical compositions including such cells, are also provided. Also provided are methods for regulating signaling of a cell surface receptor, and methods of using the cells of the present disclosure, including methods of using such cells to administer a regulatable cell-based therapy to an individual.

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for altering auxin accumulation in corn or maize plants. Methods and compositions are also provided for altering the expression of genes related to auxin efflux through editing or mutagenesis of a brachytic2 (br2) gene to introduce a premature stop codon or a deletion into the gene such that a truncated Br2 protein encoded by the mutant allele of the br2 gene, which may be a dominant or semi-dominant allele, has at least part of a transmembrane domain without a nucleotide binding domain or motif. Modified plant, plant parts and cells having such a mutant allele with reduced or altered expression or activity of a br2 gene product can have improved characteristics, such as reduced plant height and increased lodging resistance, but without off-types in the plant.

Provided is a fusion protein, comprising IL-10 and a transmembrane domain, wherein the fusion protein is expressed on an immune cell, and the immune cell does not comprise a regulatory T cell. Also provided is a modified immune cell, comprising a fusion protein and an antigen recognition receptor, wherein the fusion protein comprises IL-10 and a transmembrane domain, and the immune cell does not comprise a regulatory T cell. Also provided is a use of the fusion protein and the modified immune cell in prevention and / or treatment of diseases.

The present invention includes compositions and methods for retrieving tumor-related antibodies and antigens. In one aspect, the invention includes a method for Sequential Tumor-related Antibody and antigen Retrieving (STAR) which directly and efficiently identifies potent antibodies that can specifically bind to tumor-related antigens on the tumor cell surface. In another aspect, the invention includes a CAR comprising a nanobody, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain, wherein the nanobody is retrieved by a STAR method. In another aspect, the invention includes a CAR T system that targets CD13 and treats acute myeloid leukemia. In another aspect, the invention includes a CAR T system and ADC that targets CDH17 and treats NETs and other types of tumors expressing this antigen, with tolerable toxicities.

Described herein are engineered cytokine receptor switches that can include a signal peptide, an extracellular activator binding domain, a hinge, a transmembrane domain, and / or an intracellular signaling domain. Binding of an activator to the activator binding domain can activate cytokine signaling through the intracellular signaling domain. These cytokine receptor switches can be expressed in immune cells, sometimes in combination with a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), to increase immune cell persistence by promoting adoption of memory-like phenotypes. Also described herein are methods of using engineered cytokine receptors in immune cell therapies, such as CAR T-cell therapy, to improve patient outcomes and prevent disease relapse.

A series of recombinant DNA constructs and a method is disclosed for use in immunological therapy in general; and in disrupting T cell receptor (TCR), human leukocyte antigens (HLA) class I and NKG2D (Natural-Killer Group 2, member D) ligand expression in particular, with the effect of producing highly compatible autologous universal T cells for further genetically engineering for allogeneic administration. A Universal T (UT) construct is provided and used, comprising a TCR antibody fragment fused to a transmembrane domain (TMD) and ER retention domain of adenovirus early region 3 glycoprotein E3-19k (E3 / 19K) (TCR-E3 / 19K RD). The Universal T (UT) construct can hijack ERAD machinery to arrest TCR and HLA molecules in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and facilitate their translocation into the cytoplasm for ubiquitination and degradation by proteasomes.

The present disclosure provides bispecific chimeric antigen receptors targeting CD20 and BCMA. The CAR may comprise an scFv targeting CD20 and an scFv targeting BCMA, a hinge region, a transmembrane domain, a co-stimulatory region, and a cytoplasmic signaling domain. The chimeric antigen receptors can be used to treat autoimmune disorders or cancer.

The present invention is directed to a monoclonal anti-human CS1 clone 7A8D5 antibody or a single-chain variable fragment (scFv), comprising VH having the amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 4 and VL having the amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 5. The present invention is also directed to a chimeric antigen receptor fusion protein comprising from N-terminus to C-terminus: (i) CS1 scFv of the present invention, (ii) a transmembrane domain, (iii) at least one co-stimulatory domains, and (iv) an activating domain.

A membrane assembly comprising: (a) a porous support; and (b) a plurality of membrane mimetic structures on a surface of the support; wherein the membrane mimetic structures comprise: (i) a channel protein which comprises a transmembrane domain having a hydrophobic surface, and (ii) one or more amphiphilic molecules; and wherein the one or more amphiphilic molecules form a ring structure around the hydrophobic surface of said transmembrane domain of the channel protein.

The invention relates to a chimeric T-cell receptor (TCR) comprising a human transmembrane domain, a human intracellular domain and a human intracellular CD3ε domain wherein in at least one of the CD3ε domains, an arginine (R) amino acid residue at position 53 and / or 54 of SEQ ID NO:25, or an arginine (R) amino acid residue at a position that corresponds to said arginine (R) amino acid residue at position 54 of SEQ ID NO:25, is substituted or deleted. The invention further relates to a method of producing a T-cell expressing the chimeric co-stimulatory TCR. The invention further relates to a chimeric T-cell receptor (TCR) comprising a human co-stimulatory domain and a human CD3ε domain. The invention further relates to a method of treating a patient having a tumor or an immune-related disease comprising administering T-cells expressing the chimeric TCR to the patient.

The present invention inter alia relates to a chimeric transmembrane receptor comprising a polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide comprises at least one T cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains (TIGIT) polypeptide region comprising a TIGIT extracellular ligand binding domain; further wherein the polypeptide comprises at least one non-TIGIT polypeptide region, wherein the at least one non-TIGIT polypeptide region comprises a transmembrane polypeptide region of CD2, CD40, HVEM, or CD30, and wherein the at least one non-TIGIT polypeptide region comprises at least one costimulatory cytoplasmic polypeptide domain, region or motif of CD2, CD40, HVEM, or CD30, or wherein the transmembrane domain is from TIGIT and further wherein the at least one non-TIGIT polypeptide region comprises at least one costimulatory cytoplasmic polypeptide domain, region or motif of CD2 or CD28. The invention also relates to corresponding nucleic acids, vectors and T-cells comprising or expressing the chimeric receptors, to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the T-cells, and to methods for preparing a T-cell for immunotherapy and for treating a disease, respectively, wherein the chimeric transmembrane receptor is used.

Provided are iPSCs and derivative cells thereof expressing multi-transmembrane domain chimeric antigen receptors utilizing G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) scaffolds, and uses of the iPSCs or the derivative cells to express a GPCR chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) for allogenic cell therapy.

The present disclosure provides bispecific chimeric antigen receptors targeting CD20 and BCMA. The CAR may comprise an scFv targeting CD20 and an scFv targeting BCMA, a hinge region, a transmembrane domain, a co-stimulatory region, and a cytoplasmic signaling domain. The chimeric antigen receptors can be used to treat autoimmune disorders or cancer.

The invention discloses a genetically engineered bacterium and an application of the genetically engineered bacterium in production of farnesene. The genetically engineered bacterium takes saccharomyces cerevisiae as a chassis strain; an exogenous beta-farnesene synthase gene is integrated, an ERG9 gene is knocked out, a promoter of a truncated HMG1 gene is replaced with an ANB1 promoter, an exogenous transhydrogenase gene is integrated and driven by a glucose sensitive promoter, beta-farnesene synthase is mutated and fused with a transmembrane structural domain of ABC transporter protein PDR10, and then a chimeric expression unit is constructed. According to the present invention, the chassis bacteria are modified by at least one of the steps of overexpression of phosphatidylcholine synthetase, knockout of sterol ester synthetase and introduction of exogenous alkyl glycerol monooxygenase, and the obtained engineering bacteria are combined with the optimized fermentation process so as to significantly improve the farnesene synthesis efficiency and the production economy; therefore, the genetically engineered bacterium and the fermentation method provided by the invention have good application prospects.

Disclosed are systems, components of systems, and methods for sensing extracellular ligands and / or modulating expression of an endogenous or exogenous gene in a cell. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods comprise or utilize first and second exogenous extracellular sensors and / or nucleic acid sequences encoding the first and second exogenous extracellular sensors, wherein the first exogenous extracellular sensor comprises: a) a ligand binding domain; b) a transmembrane domain; c) a protease cleavage site; and d) a functional domain comprising an RNA-binding subdomain fused to a transcription regulatory subdomain; and the second exogenous extracellular sensor comprises: e) a ligand binding domain, f) a transmembrane domain, and g) a protease domain that cleaves the protease cleavage site of the first exogenous extracellular receptor.

Provided are anti-Claudin-6 antibodies (e.g., VHH domain antibodies), and a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that binds to Claudin-6 comprising same in an extracellular antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular signaling domain. Immune effector cells transduced with the disclosed CAR constructs can be used for cancer immunotherapy.

Disclosed are CAR polypeptides comprising an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular signaling domain, wherein the intracellular signaling domain comprises a variant CD3 zeta (CD3ζ). Disclosed are nucleic acid sequences capable of encoding any of the disclosed CAR polypeptides. Disclosed are vectors comprising the nucleic acid sequence of the disclosed CAR nucleic acid sequences. Disclosed are cells comprising any of the CAR polypeptides, CAR nucleic acid sequences, or vectors disclosed herein. Disclosed are methods of treating a subject having cancer comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a T cell genetically modified to express one or more of the CAR polypeptides disclosed herein to the subject having cancer. Disclosed are methods of using one or more of the disclosed CAR polypeptides.

The present invention provides ROR1 specific chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) and their therapeutic use. The CAR comprises a signal peptide, a ROR1 antigen binding domain, a hinge, a transmembrane domain, a co-stimulatory domain and an intracellular signaling domain. The modified immune cells endowed with such CARs are suitable for treating malignancies such as cancer, chronic lymphocyte leukemia (CLL), and acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).

The present invention is directed to a humanized BCMA single-chain variable fragment (scFv), comprising VH having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 and VL having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5. The present invention is also directed to a BCMA chimeric antigen receptor fusion protein comprising from N-terminus to C-terminus: (i) a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) of the present invention, (ii) a transmembrane domain, (iii) at least one co-stimulatory domains, and (iv) an activating domain. This humanized BCMA-CAR-T cells have specific killing activity with secretion of cytokine IFN-gamma in CAR-T cells in vitro and in vivo.

The present invention provides a cytotoxic immunocompetent cell that is derived from a pluripotent stem cell and that expresses a chimeric antigen receptor comprising an extracellular antigen-binding domain, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular signaling domain. The extracellular antigen-binding domain recognizes CD38 as an antigen. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition or the like comprising the cytotoxic immunocompetent cell derived from a pluripotent stem cell.

An engineered cell, expressing: (i) a PD1-binding molecule, wherein the PD1-binding molecule comprises a PD1-binding domain and a transmembrane domain, but does not comprise an intracellular domain other than that of a PD1 ligand; and (ii) an immunosuppressive molecule, which comprises an immunosuppressive protein-binding domain and a transmembrane domain, but does not comprise a primary signaling domain, wherein the immunosuppressive protein is selected from NKG2A, TIM3, LAG3, TIGIT, CTLA4, IRP60, SIRPα, KIR2DL1 / 2 / 3, and LILRB1, or combinations thereof. The present invention further relates to a composition comprising the engineered cell and a use of the engineered cell.

Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) and bicistronic chimeric antigen receptors (BiCisCARs) that target fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 (FGFR4), CD276, or both are disclosed. The CARs and BiCisCARs include a hinge and transmembrane domain from either CD28 or CD8 and a co-stimulatory domain from either CD28 or 4-1BB. The CARs and BiCisCARs can further include amino acid substitutions in one or more immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs) of a CD3ζ intracellular signaling domain. Cells expressing the CARs or BiCisCARs can be used for the treatment of cancers that express one or both of FGFR4 and CD276.

Provided is a bispecific chimeric antigen receptor targeting CD38 and CLL1. The chimeric antigen receptor at least comprises, from the N-terminus to the C-terminus: i) an antigen-binding domain that specifically recognizes CLL1 and CD38; ii) a transmembrane domain; iii) at least one co-stimulatory domain; and iv) a signaling domain. A dual-targeting CAR-T cell prepared by using the chimeric antigen receptor described above shows highly specific in-vitro cytotoxicity against CLL1-positive and / or CD38-positive target cells.