Abstract:
The invention relates to the identification of genetic products that are expressed in association with a tumor and the nucleic acid coding therefor. The invention relates to the therapy and diagnosis of diseases in which the genetic products that are expressed in association with a tumor are expressed in an aberrant manner. The invention also relates to proteins, polypeptides, and peptides which are expressed in association with a tumor and the nucleic acids coding therefor.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to tumor immunotherapy, in particular to tumor vaccination, using chimeric proteins comprising all or a portion of a hepatitis B virus core antigen protein and an amino acid sequence comprising an epitope derived from the extracellular portion of a tumor-associated antigen. In particular, the present invention provides virus-like particles comprising said chimeric proteins, which are useful for eliciting a humoral immune response in a subject against the tumor-associated antigen, in particular against cells carrying said tumor-associated antigen on their surface, wherein the tumor-associated antigen is a self-protein in said subject.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a cannula (300) with a distal end (311) and a proximal end (312), comprising a sidewall (301) defining a lumen (302) for receiving a fluid (800) from a feeding device (400, 500), wherein the sidewall (301) comprises a plurality of openings (303) for supplying the fluid (800) into a target tissue (700) of a patient. Each opening (304) is in fluid communication with the lumen (302) of the cannula (300). Furthermore, an injection or infusion device (100, 200) is provided, comprising said cannula (300) and a feeding device (400, 500) for supplying the fluid (800) to the cannula (300), wherein the cannula (300) is attached or is configured to be attachable to the feeding device (400, 500). Corresponding methods are also provided, using said cannula and/or said injection or infusion device (100, 200).
Abstract:
An isolated truncated desmoglein 4 (DSG4) polypeptide splice variant of the invention is characterized by an amino acid sequence that lacks a region encoded before exon 9 or beyond exon 10 of the DSG4 gene having the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 75. Also disclosed is a method of diagnosing a cancer, or monitoring the course thereof, in a patient. The method comprises detecting in a tissue sample of a patient the expression of a tumor-associated antigen comprising the extracellular domain of a DSG4 polypeptide encoded by a DSG4 gene having the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 75, or a truncated DSG4 polypeptide splice variant characterized by an amino acid sequence that lacks a region encoded before exon 9 or beyond exon 10 of the DSG4 gene.
Abstract translation:本发明的分离的截短的脱骨髓蛋白4(DSG4)多肽剪接变体的特征在于缺乏在具有SEQ ID NO:75的多核苷酸序列的DSG4基因的外显子9或超出外显子10之前编码的区域的氨基酸序列。还公开了 是在患者中诊断癌症或监测其过程的方法。 该方法包括在患者的组织样品中检测包含由具有SEQ ID NO:75的多核苷酸序列的DSG4基因或截短的DSG4多肽剪接变体编码的DSG4多肽的细胞外结构域的肿瘤相关抗原的表达 其特征在于缺乏在DSG4基因的外显子9或超出外显子10之前编码的区域的氨基酸序列。
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods for predicting T cell epitopes. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for predicting whether modifications in peptides or polypeptides such as tumor-associated neoantigens are immunogenic or not. The methods of the invention are useful, in particular, for the provision of vaccines which are specific for a patient's tumor and, thus, in the context of personalized cancer vaccines.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods which make possible to assess and/or prognose a cancer disease, the metastatic behavior of a cancer disease and/or the occurrence of a relapse of cancer. In particular, the methods of the invention make possible to assess and/or prognose the occurrence of cancer metastasis, in particular distant metastasis. Preferably, the methods of the invention allow to discriminate malign from benign conditions.
Abstract:
The present invention provides binding agents that contain a binding domain that is specific for CD3 allowing binding to T cells and a binding domain that is specific for a tumor-associated claudin molecule and methods of using these binding agents or nucleic acids encoding therefore for treating cancer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the treatment of cancer, in particular breast cancer, particularly triple-negative breast cancer. More particularly, the invention concerns methods and means for cancer treatment involving a specific set of tumor antigens.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the identification of gene products that are the result of tumor-associated expression and the nucleic acids encoding the same. The invention also relates to the therapy and diagnosis of diseases wherein these gene products are the result of an aberrant tumor-associated expression. The invention also relates to the proteins, polypeptides and peptides that are the result of tumor-associated expression and to the nucleic acids encoding the same.
Abstract:
The present invention provides binding agents that contain a binding domain that is specific for CD3 allowing binding to T cells and a binding domain that is specific for a tumor-associated claudin molecule and methods of using these binding agents or nucleic acids encoding therefor for treating cancer.