COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING GAMMA-C-CYTOKINE ACTIVITY

    公开(公告)号:EP4461742A2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-13

    申请号:EP24188657.1

    申请日:2012-01-17

    IPC分类号: C07K14/55

    摘要: The various embodiments relate to peptide antagonists of yc-family cytokines, Interleukin-2 (IL-2), Interleukin-4 (IL-4), Interleukin-7 (IL-7), Interleukin-9 (IL-9), Interleukin-15 (IL-15), and Interleukin-21 (IL-21). The yc-cytokines are associated with important human diseases, such as leukemia, autoimmune diseases, collagen diseases, diabetes mellitus, skin diseases, degenerative neuronal diseases and graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). Thus, inhibitors of yc-cytokine activity are valuable therapeutic and cosmetic agents as well as research tools. Traditional approaches to inhibiting yc-cytokine activity involve raising neutralizing antibodies against each individual yc-cytokine family member/ receptor subunit. However, success has been limited and often multiple yc-cytokine family members co-operate to cause the disease state. Combinatorial use of neutralizing antibodies raised against each factor is impractical and poses an increased risk of adverse immune reactions. The present embodiments overcome these shortcomings by utilizing peptide antagonists based on the consensus yc-subunit binding site to inhibit yc-cytokine activity. Such approach allows for flexibility in antagonist design. In several embodiments, peptides exhibit Simul-Block activity, inhibiting the activity of multiple yc-cytokine family members.

    POLYPEPTIDE FOR DELIVERING ANTIGEN TO IMMUNE CELLS

    公开(公告)号:EP4461737A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-13

    申请号:EP22916735.8

    申请日:2022-12-28

    摘要: The present invention relates to a polypeptide for delivering an antigen to immune cells and, specifically, to: a novel polypeptide comprising a cell membrane penetrating peptide and a peptide binding to a surface molecule on immune cells; a fusion polypeptide in which an antigen is coupled to the polypeptide; a nucleic acid coding for the polypeptide or the fusion polypeptide; an immune cell sensitized with the fusion polypeptide or the nucleic acid coding therefor; and an immunotherapeutic agent, antitumor or anticancer vaccine, and a composition for treating a tumor or cancer, each comprising the immune cell.