摘要:
The present invention provides synthetic peptide compounds and uses thereof for therapy and diagnostics of complement-mediated diseases, such as inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, and microbial and bacterial infections; and non-complement-mediated diseases, such cystic fibrosis and various acute diseases. The invention is directed to modifications of a synthetic peptide of 15 amino acids from the Polar Assortant (PA) peptide, which is a scrambled peptide derived from human Astrovirus protein. In some embodiments, the invention is directed to peptide compounds that are peptide mimetics, peptide analogs and/or synthetic derivatives of PA (e.g., sarcosine derivatives) having, for example, internal peptide substitutions, and modifications, including PEGylation at the N-terminus and C-terminus. The invention further provides methods of selecting at least one synthetic peptide for treating various conditions.
摘要:
A method of generating a mutant Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) is disclosed, wherein the generated HSV genome comprises nucleic acid encoding a nucleic acid sequence of interest, the method comprising the steps of: i. providing a nucleic acid vector comprising nucleic acid encoding first and second site specific recombination sequences and a nucleic acid encoding a nucleic acid sequence of interest between said site specific recombination sequences; ii. providing an HSV, the genome of which comprises third and fourth site specific recombination sequences; iii. contacting said nucleic acid vector of (i) with said HSV of (ii) together with one or more recombinase enzymes capable of catalysing site specific recombination between the site specific recombination sequences of said nucleic acid vector and said HSV; iv. identifying HSV containing the nucleic acid sequence of interest, wherein steps i-iii are conducted in a cell-free system.
摘要:
A vertical mother-progeny transmission route of human herpesviruses has been discovered that allows developing an animal model that is useful for identifying compounds that are potentially useful in treating and/or preventing infections and diseases caused by human herpesviruses. The method for identifying such compounds comprises experimentally infecting a a non-human female animal with human herpesviruses, before or after administering the compound to be tested, crossbreeding her with a male of the same species and analyzing the presence of human herpesviruses in the progeny and/or determining the effect of said compound on the progeny or the mother. Alternatively, the compounds to be tested can be administered to the descendants carrying human herpesviruses instead of the mother and the effect on such animals is analyzed.
摘要:
A method is presented for treating herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection comprising: (a) locally administering a substance that induces a delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) response to a patient at a site of an HSV lesion to induce a DTH response at the site of the lesion during one or more outbreaks of the HSV infection.
摘要:
The invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer cell detection in bodily samples wherein a cancer cell can be detected within a mixed population of cancer cells and non-cancer cells. The invention also relates to compositions and methods that may be used in cancer cell detection, specifically viruses that are replication-competent conditional to a cancer cell, in particular an oncolytic herpes virus, such as NV 1066 and a vaccinia virus, such as GLV-lh68. Provided are methods and kits for using these viruses that preferentially replicate in cancer cells and may also preferentially infect cancer cells for specific identification of such cancer cells, even when a cancer cell is present, for example, at a ratio of one infected cancer cell in a background often thousand non-cancer cells, thus further providing a reproducible and sensitive screening method for cancer detection, monitoring and prognosis.
摘要:
The invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer cell detection in bodily samples wherein a cancer cell can be detected within a mixed population of cancer cells and non-cancer cells. The invention also relates to compositions and methods that may be used in cancer cell detection, specifically viruses that are replication-competent conditional to a cancer cell, in particular an oncolytic herpes virus, such as NV 1066 and a vaccinia virus, such as GLV-lh68. Provided are methods and kits for using these viruses that preferentially replicate in cancer cells and may also preferentially infect cancer cells for specific identification of such cancer cells, even when a cancer cell is present, for example, at a ratio of one infected cancer cell in a background often thousand non-cancer cells, thus further providing a reproducible and sensitive screening method for cancer detection, monitoring and prognosis.
摘要:
Offenbart wird ein Verfahren zur Vermehrung von Immunschwäche verursachenden Viren vom HIV-Typ, bei dem Lymphozyten, die mit Herpesvirus saimiri transformiert wurden, eingesetzt werden.