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Current invention is related to the molecular pharmacology branch particularly to a peptide belonging to the Interleukin-15 sequence (IL-15) which is able to inhibit IL-15 biological activity, analogues or mimetic of such peptides. In the current invention it is shown that the peptide inhibits both IL-15-induced T cells proliferation upon binding to the IL15 receptor α subunit (IL15Rα) and TNFα-mediated apoptosis.Besides, this invention is related to the use of this peptide in the treatment of several pathologies where aberrant IL-15 or IL-15Rα expression is associated to the disease progression.
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The invention relates to the use of Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) in a preferably-Injectable pharmaceutical composition which is administered by means of infiltration into and around chronic cutaneous ischaemic lesions in order to prevent diabetic foot amputation. Said composition can be administered to recently-created surgical surfaces damaged by the effect of acute reperfusion with oxygenated blood following prolonged ischaemia, thereby preventing further surgical procedures and favouring the preservation of the extremity. The aforementioned composition can be used to improve (i) the cell microenvironment, thereby increasing the reparative and defensive capacity and viability of the is tissues and (ii) the cicatrisation of cutaneous ischaemic lesions, thereby stimulating cell proliferation. The invention is suitable for use in human, veterinary and experimental medicine, specifically in vascular angiology and surgery, dermatology, burn treatment and reconstructive surgery and geriatric medicine. Said composition can be used for recalcitrant ulcers which are associated with lesions in the macro and/or microvasculature, patients with inadequate lymphatic and/or venous return and ulcers or other lesions which are difficult to cicatrise and/or heal.
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The invention refers to mono- and divalent (diabody) single chain Fv (scFv) antibody fragments, obtained by recombinant DNA techniques from the anti-carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) monoclonal antibody (Mab) CB/ior-CEA. 1. This antibody has high affinity for CEA and is employed in the diagnosis and follow-up of human colorectal tumors. As the original Mab, the monovalent fragment and the diabody exhibit high affinity for human CEA and recognize an epitope dependent of carbohydrate conservation. The monovalent scFv fragment and the diabody have affinity constants for CEA of (5.0±0.4)×109 L mol−1 and (2.8±0.3)×1010 L mol−1, respectively. These two fragments do not show cross reactivity with human normal cells and tissues, exception made of the normal colonic mucosa, where CEA is occasionally present. The fragments can be produced through the expression in recombinant microorganisms, starting from the cloning of the encoding variable region nucleic acid sequences obtained from the hybridoma that produces Mab CB/ior-CEA.1. As the original Mab, the monovalent scFv and the diabody have the ability to identify in vivo cells that produce human CEA and grow as tumors in mice. The monovalent scFv and the diabody have a molecular size 5 and 2.5 times lower, respectively, than the mouse Mab, and do not have Fc domains, fact this that confers them the potential to better penetrate tissues in vivo and to be less immunogenic in man.
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The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Chlamydia pneumoniae, such as cellular envelope polypeptides, which are secreted or specific, or which are involved in metabolism, in the replication process or in virulence, polypeptides encoded by such sequences, as well as vectors including the said sequences and cells or animals transformed with these vectors. The invention also relates to transcriptional gene products of the Chlamydia pneumoniae genome, such as, for example, antisense and ribozyme molecules, which can be used to control growth of the microorganism. The invention also relates to methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides and kits for diagnosing Chlamydia pneumoniae infection. The invention also relates to a method of selecting compounds capable of modulating bacterial infection and a method for the biosynthesis or biodegradation of molecules of interest using the said nucleotide sequences or the said polypeptides. The invention finally comprises, pharmaceutical, in particular vaccine, compositions for the prevention and/or treatment of bacterial, in particular Chlamydia pneumoniae, infections.
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The present invention relates to analogues of peptides from lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) region whose primary sequence have been substituted at particular amino acid sites to obtain effective binding to, and neutralization of, lipopolysaccharide (LPS).
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The present invention relates to biotechnology and genetic engineering, particularly the expression of proteins of viral origin in microorganisms through their fusion, by applying the recombinant DNA technology, to bacterial peptides. The present invention provides an efficient process for the expression in Escherichia coli of heterologous proteins as fusion polypeptides with a view to obtaining them with a high degree of purity, in commercially useful amounts, and in an appropriate form for their inclusion in vaccine preparations intended to human use. To this effect, what is essentially used is a stabilizing sequence derived from the first 47 amino acids of the antigen P64k of Neisseria meningitidis B:4:P1.15. In particular, use is made of a recombinant plasmid containing said sequence, under the control of the tryptophane promotor of E. coli and of the terminator of the transcription of the phage T4, including restriction sites which provide for the cloning in phase of DNA fragments coding for polypeptides of interest. The process of the invention is applicable to the pharmaceutical industry, for the development of diagnostic systems, vaccine preparations, and in any situation where it is required to obtain high amounts of heterologous proteins as fusion polypeptides in E. coli.
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The present invention relates to the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering and in particular a novel nucleotide sequence which codes for a streptokinase, as well as the recombinant DNA obtained therefrom which is used for the transformation of various host organisms.The present invention is based on the isolation of a new gene which codes for streptokinase from Streptococcus equisimilis of type C (strain ATCC-9542) and the cloning and expression thereof in prokaryotic (E. coli) and eukaryotic (Pichia pastoris) hosts, for which it includes the vehicles of expression which contain the genetic sequences of said gene, as well as the microorganisms transformed with these vectors capable of producing streptokinase.The protein obtained thereby can be used in clinical medicine as a therapeutic agent, in the treatment of disorders such as thromboembolic obstructions including coronary thrombosis.
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The invention relates to the field of nutrition and the sugar industry and presents a method and apparatus for producing glucose-fructose liquors on an industrial scale from sugar or liquors thereof. The invention uses reactors packed with a catalyst with high hydrolytic activity, and these are installed within a sugar refining factory or in an industry which dissolves it, such that glucose-fructose syrup is produced in a single operation by a continuous flow of the sugar liquor. High levels of hydrolysis may be attained by modification of the residence time. The process of hydrolysis of the sugar does not significantly alter the color of the solution. The product obtained on an industrial scale can be used both in the food industry and in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Mature human serum albumin is produced from a human serum albumin produced by a microbiological route in the form of fused protein ("pseudo-pro-HSA") containing an N-terminal peptide elongation.
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The present invention relates to an anti-CRISPR construct useful to counteract the spread of a gene-drive in an arthropod population. The invention is also concerned with a system comprising the anti-CRISPR construct and a crispr-based gene-drive construct, a method of producing a genetically modified arthropod, a genetically modified arthropod, and a method for counteracting a CRISPR-based gene-drive in an arthropod population.