摘要:
Disclosed is a method of isolating a protein from a sample, involving (i) providing a first molecule which is capable of forming an affinity complex with the protein; (ii) contacting the sample with the first molecule under conditions which allow affinity complex formation; (iii) isolating the complex; (iv) treating the complex with a second molecule, the second molecule mimicking an amino acid residue of either the protein or the first molecule which is critical to the complex formation, so that the second molecule disrupts the complex; causing the release of the protein from the complex; and (v) isolating the protein. According to one embodiment, the amino acid mimetic imidazole is used as a very gentle elution reagent to disrupt a protein A-antibody fusion protein complex, a technique which has general application for the isolation of antibodies or recombinant antibody fusion proteins.
摘要:
Purified DNA encoding alpha (1,3)fucosyltransferase and the recombinant proteins expressed from such DNA are disclosed. The recombinant fucosyltransferase polypeptides are used to fucosylate proteins to produce therapeutics useful for the treatment of disease, e.g., an adverse immune reaction such as septicemia or septic shock.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method of treating HIV in a mammal involving administering to the mammal an effective amount of therapeutic cells expressing a membrane-bound, proteinaceous chimeric receptor comprising an extracellular portion which includes a fragment of CD4 which is capable of specifically recognizing and binding the HIV-infected cell but which does not mediate HIV infection. Also disclosed are cells which express these CD4 receptors and DNA and vectors encoding the receptors.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method of directing a cellular immune response against an HIV-infected cell in a mammal involving administering to the mammal an effective amount of therapeutic cells which express a membrane-bound, proteinaceous chimeric receptor comprising (a) an extracellular portion which includes a fragment of CD4 which is capable of specifically recognizing and binding the HIV-infected cell but which does not mediate HIV infection and (b) an intracellular portion which is capable of signalling the therapeutic cell to destroy the receptor-bound HIV-infected cell. Also disclosed are cells which express the chimeric receptors and DNA and vectors encoding the chimeric receptors.