Methods for therapeutic vaccination
    1.
    发明公开
    Methods for therapeutic vaccination 审中-公开
    Verfahren zur therapeutischen Impfung

    公开(公告)号:EP1502602A2

    公开(公告)日:2005-02-02

    申请号:EP04076709.7

    申请日:1999-10-05

    申请人: Pharmexa A/S

    摘要: A method is disclosed for inducing cell-mediated immunity against cellular antigens. More specifically, the invention provides for a method for inducing cytotoxic T-lymphocyte immunity against weak antigens, notably self-proteins. The method entails that antigen presenting cells are induced to present at least one CTL epitope of the weak antigen and at the same time presenting at least one foreign T-helper lymphocyte epitope. In a preferred embodiment, the antigen is a cancer specific antigen, e.g. PSM, Her2, or FGF8b. The method can be exercised by using traditional polypeptide vaccination, but also by using live attenuated vaccines or nucleic acid vaccination. The invention furthermore provides immunogenic analogues of PSM, Her2 and FGF8b, as well as nucleic acid molecules encoding these analogues. Also vectors and transformed cells aer disclosed. The invention also provides for a method for identification of immunogenic analogues of weak or non-immunogenic antigens.

    摘要翻译: 公开了诱导针对细胞抗原的细胞介导的免疫的方法。 更具体地,本发明提供了针对弱抗原,特别是自身蛋白诱导细胞毒性T淋巴细胞免疫的方法。 该方法要求诱导抗原呈递细胞呈现弱抗原的至少一个CTL表位,同时呈现至少一种外源性T辅助淋巴细胞表位。 在优选的实施方案中,抗原是癌特异性抗原,例如, PSM,Her2或FGF8b。 该方法可以通过使用传统的多肽疫苗接种,也可以通过使用活减毒疫苗或核酸接种来进行。 本发明还提供PSM,Her2和FGF8b的免疫原性类似物以及编码这些类似物的核酸分子。 还公开了载体和转化细胞。 本发明还提供了用于鉴定弱或非免疫原性抗原的免疫原性类似物的方法。

    METHOD FOR DOWN-REGULATING IL5 ACTIVITY
    7.
    发明公开
    METHOD FOR DOWN-REGULATING IL5 ACTIVITY 审中-公开
    VERFAHREN ZUR HERABREGULIERUNG VON IL-5AKTIVITÄT

    公开(公告)号:EP1173573A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-01-23

    申请号:EP00920423.1

    申请日:2000-04-19

    申请人: Pharmexa A/S

    发明人: KLYSNER, Steen

    摘要: The present invention relates to improvements in therapy and prevention of conditions characterized by an elevated level of eosinophil leukocytes, i.e. conditions such as asthma and other chronic allergic diseases. A method is provided for down-regulating interleukin 5 (IL5) by enabling the production of antibodies against IL5 thereby reducing the level of activity of eosinophils. The invention also provides for methods of producing modified IL5 useful in this method as well as for the modified IL5 as such. Also encompassed by the present invention are nucleic acid fragments encoding modified IL5 as well as vectors incorporating these nucleic acid fragments and host cells and cell lines transformed therewith. The invention also provides for a method for the identification of IL5 analogues which are useful in the method of the invention as well as for compositions comprising modified IL5 or comprising nucleic acids encoding the IL5 analogues. The preferred embodiment of the present invention entails the use of variants of IL5, where foreign T helper epitopes are introduced so as to induce production of cross-reactive antibodies capable of binding to autologous IL5.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及改善治疗和预防以嗜酸性粒细胞白细胞水平升高为特征的病症,即诸如哮喘和其它慢性过敏性疾病的病症。 提供了一种通过使IL5产生抗体来降低白细胞介素5(IL5)的下调方法,从而降低嗜酸性粒细胞的活性水平。 本发明还提供了用于该方法以及修饰的IL5本身的生产修饰的IL5的方法。 本发明还包括编码修饰的IL5的核酸片段以及掺入这些核酸片段和宿主细胞的载体以及由其转化的细胞系。 本发明还提供了用于鉴定IL5类似物的方法,其可用于本发明的方法以及包含修饰的IL5或包含编码IL5类似物的核酸的组合物。 本发明的优选实施方案需要使用IL5的变体,其中引入外源T辅助表位,以便诱导能够结合自体IL5的交叉反应性抗体的产生。

    Apolipoprotein construct
    9.
    发明授权
    Apolipoprotein construct 有权
    载脂蛋白结构

    公开(公告)号:EP1335938B1

    公开(公告)日:2010-09-22

    申请号:EP01982197.4

    申请日:2001-11-09

    摘要: The invention relates to an apolipoprotein construct, an apolipoprotein construct for use as a medicament, a nucleic acid sequence encoding the apolipoprotein construct, a vector comprising the nucleic acid sequence, a method for producing the apolipoprotein construct, and use of the apolipoprotein construct for the preparation of apharmaceutical composition. The presented data document that the constructs according to the invention are capable of binding lipids, are capable of binding cubilin, which is a strong Apo Al receptor, stronger than native Apo A-I and that the plasma half life of the constructs is at least tripled compared to native Apo A-I. Together these data document that the constructs according to the invention are strong candidates for treatment of cardiovascular diseases.