摘要:
Compositions and methods for treating melanoma are provided. Compositions include BRAFV6ooE-based peptides, alone or admixed with T helper peptides. Other compositions include nucleic acid sequences encoding the BRAFV6ooE-based peptides, alone or admixed with nucleic acid sequences T helper peptides. Dendritic cells pretreated with the BRAFv6ooE-based peptides, alone or admixed with T helper peptides, are also provided. These compositions are useful to treat melanoma, optionally co-administered with antibodies to checkpoint inhibitors or molecules that mimic the action of such antibodies.
摘要:
Methods for treating cancer are disclosed which comprise administering to a subject T cells which have been pretreated ex vivo or in vitro with a fatty acid catabolism promoter to condition the T cell to use fatty acids rather than glucose for energy production. Still other methods comprise co-administering to a subject having a cancer characterized by a solid tumor (a) an immunotherapeutic composition targeting an antigen or ligand on the tumor cell; and (b) a compound or reagent that promotes the use of fatty acid catabolism by tumor antigen-specific T cells in the tumor microenvironment and/or T cells pretreated ex vivo with the fatty acid catabolism promoter to condition the T cell to use fatty acids rather than glucose for energy production for adoptive cell transfer. Both methods may also employ co-administration of a checkpoint inhibitor.
摘要:
A method of inducing a CD8+ T-cell response against a selected molecule by delivering the molecule via a recombinant simian adenovirus is provided. Also provided are methods of inducing interferon-alpha and interferon-beta by delivering a recombinant simian adenovirus to a subject. The methods of the invention are particularly well suited for prophylaxis and treatment of infections with human immunodeficiency virus and human papilloma virus, among others, and cancer therapy.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for producing peptides which have biological activity comprising: (i) identifying a region of a protein of interest which is homologous to a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily of molecules; (ii) synthesizing a peptide which comprises amino acid sequence found in the region of homology; and (iii) modifying the synthetic peptide such that it assumes a three-dimensional conformation which is biologically active. The invention is based, in part, on the discovery that a cyclic peptide comprising amino acid sequences of a CDR derived from an antibody directed toward a viral receptor molecule can be used to effectively inhibit the binding of virus to its receptor. The invention is also based in part on the discovery that a cyclic peptide corresponding to a portion of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) gp120 that is homologous to immunoglobulins may be used to generate an anti-HIV immune response.
摘要:
A method for identifying a compound that has a biocidal effect against a selected organism involves screening from among known or unknown peptide or non-peptide molecules, a test molecule that binds selectively to a target sequence of a multi-helical lid of a heat shock protein of the organism. The binding of the test compound inhibits the protein folding activity of the protein. A specific embodiment of such a method is useful for identifying or designing a pharmaceutical or veterinary biocidal or antibiotic compound, preferably a pathogen and/or strain-specific compound. For this purpose, the compound does not bind to a heat shock protein that is homologous to the mammalian subject to be treated with the compound. Screening methods can encompass direct binding or competitive assays. Molecules or compounds identified by these methods are employed as biocides for pharmaceutical, veterinary, pesticide, insecticide and rodenticide uses, among others.
摘要:
Use as an anti-cancer agent of a mutant herpes simplex virus wherein the mutant virus comprises a modification in the γ34.5 gene in the long repeat region (R L ) such that the γ34.5 gene is non-functional, manufacture of medicaments and methods of testing cancer in mammals employing HSV mutant.