摘要:
The present invention provides particulate carriers comprising encapsulated biologically active agents such as proteins for ocular delivery. Also provided are methods of delivery of proteins to the eye in nanoparticles, and uses of compositions comprising such particulate carriers in treatment.
摘要:
The present invention relates to methods of treating diseases or disorders affecting the eye or optic nerve characterised by elevated β-amyloid levels or β-amyloid deposits, particularly age related macular degeneration and glaucoma type diseases and β-amyloid dependent cataract formation, with antigen binding proteins that bind β-amyloid peptide and in particular human β-amyloid peptide.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to antigen binding constructs comprising one or two epitope binding domains separated by a single chain Fc region of an antibody, wherein each epitope binding domain in capable of binding to VEGF, to dimers comprising two antigen binding constructs of the invention, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said dimers and their use in the treatment of diseases associated with VEGF signalling, such as diabetic macular edema (DME), wet age-related macular degeneration (Wet AMD), diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusion (RVO), and corneal neovascularisation, and polynucleotide sequences encoding said antigen binding constructs.
摘要:
The present invention provides particulate carriers comprising encapsulated biologically active agents such as proteins for delivery across the blood brain barrier. Also provided are methods of delivery of proteins across the blood brain barrier in nanoparticles, and uses of such compositions in treatment.
摘要:
The present invention provides a novel adjuvant for polynucleotide vaccines, and in particular the present invention provides immunogenic compositions comprising a polynucleotide encoding an antigen capable of eliciting an immune response and an adjuvant comprising an immunostimulatory quantity of a gemini surfactant, or a derivative thereof. The invention further comprises polynucleotide vaccines that comprise, or are administered in association with, a composition that comprises a gemini surfactant compound. The polynucleotide vaccines of the present invention are vaccines that encode an antigen against which it is desired to generate an immune response, and in particular the polynucleotide vaccine may be a DNA vaccine. Also provided by the present invention is the use of gemini surfactants in the manufacture of a polynucleotide vaccine composition for the purpose of enhancing the immune response against the specific antigen that is encoded by the polynucleotide vaccine. Vaccine compositions, kits comprising separate polynucleotide composition and adjuvant compositions for separate or simultaneous administration, methods of manufacture of the vaccines and kits, and methods of treatment of individuals with the immunogencic compositions and vaccines of the present invention, are provided.
摘要:
The present invention relates to compositions comprising DNA attached to one or more functional moities via a locked nucleic acid oligonucleotide. In particular the present invention provides compositions comprising a plasmid containing a gene encoding a protein of interest, wherein said plasmid may be introduced to a tissue or cell and the gene expressed, complexed to the LNA-functional moiety.
摘要:
The present invention provides novel DNA constructs comprising a transcriptional regulatory sequence comprising a polynucleotide derivable from the eIF4A1 gene promoter. In preferred embodiments, the polynucleotide further comprises a polynucleotide derivable from the eIF4A gene introns, particularly intron 1. Host cells harbouring the constructs are also provided. These novel constructs have applications in gene therapy, DNA vaccines and in the commercial production of proteins.