N-terminally truncated interleukin-38
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    发明公开
    N-terminally truncated interleukin-38 审中-公开
    N-末端verkürztes白细胞介素-38

    公开(公告)号:EP2977384A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-27

    申请号:EP14178478.5

    申请日:2014-07-25

    IPC分类号: C07K14/54

    摘要: The present invention pertains to an N-terminally truncated interleukin (IL)-38 protein, or functional variants thereof, as well as to nucleic acids and vectors encoding the truncated IL-38 peptide and recombinant cells comprising these nucleic acids or vectors. The invention shows that IL-38 is N-terminally processed and that the truncated version of the cytokine acts as an antagonist of immune activation in macrophages. This indicates a use of the truncated cytokine in the treatment and prevention of autoimmune disorders. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the truncated IL-38 protein, and method for screening modulators of the function of truncated IL-38.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及N-末端截短的白介素(IL)-38蛋白或其功能变体,以及编码截短的IL-38肽的核酸和载体以及包含这些核酸或载体的重组细胞。 本发明显示IL-38是N-末端处理的,并且细胞因子的截短形式作为巨噬细胞免疫激活的拮抗剂。 这表明截短的细胞因子在治疗和预防自身免疫性疾病中的应用。 本发明进一步提供了包含截短的IL-38蛋白质的药物组合物和用于筛选截短的IL-38功能的调节剂的方法。