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The invention relates to the treatment of demyelinating disorders, e.g. multiple sclerosis, using a soluble lymphotoxin beta receptor (LTβR) as an inhibitor of the lymphotoxin pathway.
摘要:
Compositions and methods comprising "lymphotoxin- beta receptor blocking agents" which block lymphotoxin-ss receptor signalling and are useful for altering immunological diseases, and particularly antibody mediated immune responses.
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The present invention relates to methods of modulating angiogenesis and inhibiting tumor progression by using TWEAK receptor (Fn14) agonists. In particular, methods for inhibiting angiogenesis are disclosed.
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The invention relates to methods for the expression of high yields of the form protein-immunoglobulin fusions having high affinity binding to its ligand, by culturing hosts transformed with DNA encoding the desired fusions in a cultutre system at a low temperature thereby minimizing the amount of misfolded or misbridged protein forms. Said host cells may be transformed mammalian, insect, yeast or bacterial cells. The protein-immunoglobulin fusion may comprises a member of the TNF or TNF-receptor family, such as lymphotoxin-beta or lymphotoxin-beta receptor. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical composition comprising said protein-immunoglobulin fusions.
摘要:
This invention relates to lymphotoxin- beta , a lymphocyte membrane type protein. This protein is found on the surface of a number of cells, including phorbol ester (PMA) stimulated T cell hybridoma II-23.D7 cells. This invention also relates to complexes formed between lymphotoxin- beta and other peptides such as lymphotoxin- alpha and to complexes comprising multiple subunits of lymphotoxin- beta . These proteins and complexes are useful in holding LT- alpha formed within the cell on the cell surface where the LT- alpha /LT- beta complex may act as an inflammation regulating agent, a tumor growth inhibiting agent, a T cell inhibiting agent, a T cell activating agent, an autoimmune disease regulating agent, or an HIV inhibiting agent. Furthermore, the antitumor activity of the LT- alpha /LT- beta complex may be delivered to tumor cells by tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) transfected with the gene for LT- beta .