SUBSTITUTED IMIDAZOQUINOLINES AS AGONISTS OF TLR7

    公开(公告)号:US20210002249A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-07

    申请号:US16644079

    申请日:2018-08-31

    Applicant: BIONTECH SE

    Inventor: Christophe HENRY

    Abstract: The invention relates to imidazoquinoline derivatives and to pharmaceutical compositions containing the imidazoquinoline derivatives. The imidazoquinoline derivatives of the invention are useful as toll-like receptor agonists, in particular agonists of TLR7, and promote induction of certain cytokines.

    RNA replicon for versatile and efficient gene expression

    公开(公告)号:US12281322B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-22

    申请号:US17494601

    申请日:2021-10-05

    Abstract: The present invention embraces a RNA replicon that can be replicated by a replicase of alphavirus origin. The RNA replicon comprises sequence elements required for replication by the replicase, but these sequence elements do not encode any protein or fragment thereof, such as an alphavirus non-structural protein or fragment thereof. Thus, in the RNA replicon according to the invention, sequence elements required for replication by the replicase and protein-coding region(s) are uncoupled. According to the present invention the uncoupling is achieved by the removal of at least one initiation codon compared to a native alphavirus genomic RNA. In particular, the RNA replicon comprises a 5′ replication recognition sequence, wherein the 5′ replication recognition sequence is characterized in that it comprises the removal of at least one initiation codon compared to a native alphavirus 5′ replication recognition sequence. The replicase of alphavirus origin may be encoded by an open reading frame on the RNA replicon or on a separate RNA molecule. The present invention enables efficient and safe expression of a protein of interest in a cell or organism, but is not associated with undesired production of fragments of alphavirus non-structural protein. Methods of protein production in vitro and in vivo, as well as medical uses, are provided herein.

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