摘要:
The invention is a prostate specific antigen oligo-epitope peptide which comprises more than one PSA epitope peptide, which conforms to one or more human HLA class I motifs. The prostate specific antigen oligo-epitope peptide in combination with various HLA-class I molecules or interactions with various T-cell receptors elicits PSA specific cellular immune responses. The prostate specific antigen oligo-epitope peptide is useful as an immunogen in the prevention or treatment of prostatic cancer, in the inhibition of prostatic cancer cells and in the establishment and characterization of PSA-specific cytotoxic T-cell lines.
摘要:
The invention is directed towards mouse-human chimeric variants of CC49 monoclonal antibodies with minimal murine content. A first aspect of the invention provides CDR variants of humanized monoclonal antibody (HuCC49) in which less than all six (three heavy chain and three light chain) Complementarity Determining Regions (CDRs) of CC49 are present. A second aspect of the invention provides SDR variants of humanized monoclonal antibody (HuCC49) in which only Specificity Determining Regions (SDRs) of at least one CDR from CC49 are present. The invention is also directed towards biotechnological methods of making the variants and therapeutic methods of using the variants.
摘要:
The present invention is a composition of recombinant virus which has incorporated into its genome or portion thereof a gene encoding an antigen to a disease causing agent and a recombinant virus which has incorporated into its genome or portion thereof a gene encoding an immunostimulatory molecule(s) for the purpose of stimulating an immune response against the disease causing agent. Methods of treatment of diseases such as cancer and diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms is provide using the composition.
摘要:
This invention concerns a family of chimeric antibodies with high affinities to a high molecular weight, tumor-associated sialylated glycoprotein antigen (TAG-72) of human origin. These antibodies have (1) high affinity animal VH and VL sequences which mediate TAG-72 binding and (2) human CH and CL regions. They are thought to produce significantly fewer side-effects when administered to human patients by virtue of their human CH and CL antibody domains. The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of VH&agr;TAG VH, CC46 VH, CC49H, CC83 VH, and CC92 VH, and CC49L, CC83 VL, and CC92 VL idiotype sequences are disclosed, as well as in vivo methods of treatment and diagnostic assay using these chimeric antibodies.
摘要:
The present invention is a composition of recombinant virus which has incorporated into its genome or portion thereof a gene encoding an antigen to a disease causing agent and a recombinant virus which has incorporated into its genome or portion thereof a gene encoding an immunostimulatory molecule(s) for the purpose of stimulating an immune response against the disease causing agent. Methods of treatment of diseases such as cancer and diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms is provide using the composition.
摘要:
This invention concerns a family of chimeric antibodies with high affinities to a high molecular weight, tumor-associated sialylated glycoprotein antigen (TAG-72) of human origin. These antibodies have (1) high affinity animal V.sub.H and V.sub.L sequences which mediate TAG-72 binding and (2) human C.sub.H and C.sub.L regions. They are thought to produce significantly fewer side-effects when administered to human patients by virtue of their human C.sub.H and C.sub.L antibody domains. The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of V.sub.H .alpha.TAG V.sub.H, CC46 V.sub.H, CC49.sub.H, CC83 V.sub.H, and CC92 V.sub.H, and CC49.sub.L, CC83 V.sub.L, and CC92 V.sub.L idiotype sequences are disclosed, as well as in vivo methods of treatment and diagnostic assay using these chimeric antibodies.
摘要:
Construction of a single gene encoding a signal-chain immunoglobulin-like molecule is described. This single-gene approach circumvents inefficiencies inherent in delivering two genes into a mammalian cell and in the assembly of a functional immunoglobulin molecule. It also facilitates ex vivo transfection of cells for gene-therapy protocols. The single-chain protein comprises the heavy- and light-chain variable (V.sub.H and V.sub.L) domains of a monoclonal antibody covalently joined through a short linker peptide, while the carboxyl end of a V domain is linked to the amino terminus of a human constant region such as .gamma.1 Fc, through the hinge region. The single-chain protein assembles into a dimeric molecule of .apprxeq.120 kDa and is secreted into the culture fluid. The single-chain immunoglobulin-like protein shows similar antigen binding affinity to that of chimeric or parental antibody and mediates ADCC. This single-gene construct approach provides a way of generating an immunoglobulin-like molecule which retains the specificity, binding properties, and cytolytic activity of a parental monoclonal antibody, and thus is a useful therapeutic and diagnostic reagent against a range of antigens, such as human carcinomas.
摘要:
The present invention relates to second generation monoclonal antibodies having binding specificity to a tumor associated glycoprotein having an approximate molecular weight of >10.sup.6 d ("TAG-72") and human carcinomas and methods for employing the same. Hybridomas producing such antibodies have been prepared.
摘要:
The present invention discloses novel chimeric monoclonal antibodies directed against human carcinoembryonic antigen, having antigen-specific variable regions. DNA constructs for the light and heavy chain variable regions comprising the novel antibodies of the invention are also disclosed. Eukaryotic host cells capable of expression of the chimeric antibodies and comprising the novel chimeric antibody-encoding DNA constructs are also described.
摘要:
Monoclonal antibodies demonstrating a reactivity with human breast cancer are produced. The hybridoma cultures secreting immunoglobins are produced by hydridoma technology. Splenic lymphocytes of mice, immunized with membrane-enriched fractions of metastatic human mammary carcinoma tissue are fused with the NS-1 non-immunoglobulin-secreting murine myeloma cell line. Screening of immunoglobulin reactivities and double cloning of cultures yielded 11 monoclonal antibodies that demonstrated activities with the surface of human mammary tumor cells and not with the surface of apparently normal human tissues. These monoclonal antibodies aid in the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of human breast cancer.