摘要:
A process for making Solvent Detergent (SD) treatment effective against non-enveloped viruses. The process stipulates using prequalified concentrations of formaldehyde and phenol with SD treatments. In particular, serial or combined use of 100 to 10,000 parts per million of formaldehyde and/or 100 to 10,000 parts per million of phenol with an associated SD treatment process are disclosed.
摘要:
A member of a specific binding pair (sbp) is identified by expressing DNA encoding a genetically diverse population of such sbp members in recombinant host cells in which the sbp members are displayed in functional form at the surface of a secreted recombinant genetic display package (rgdp) containing DNA encoding the sbp member or a polypeptide component thereof, by virtue of the sbp member or a polypeptide component thereof being expressed as a fusion with a capsid component of the rgdp. The displayed sbps may be selected by affinity with a complementary sbp member, and the DNA recovered from selected rgdps for expression of the selected sbp members. Antibody sbp members may be thus obtained, with the different chains thereof expressed, one fused to the capsid component and the other in free form for association with the fusion partner polypeptide. A phagemid may be used as an expression vector, with said capsid fusion helping to package the phagemid DNA. Using this method libraries of DNA encoding respective chains of such multimeric sbp members may be combined, thereby obtaining a much greater genetic diversity in the sbp members than could easily be obtained by conventional methods.
摘要:
Binding of red blood cells (RBCs) to exposed subendothelial surfaces. According to one aspect of the invention, RBCs bind to a subendothelial surface that has been exposed by angioplasty so as to block the deposition of platelets onto the exposed surface, thereby impeding thrombosis and the triggering of restenosis by deposited platelets. A bispecific antibody is used to mediate the binding of RBCs to the exposed subendothelial surface, the bispecific antibody having a first antigen binding site directed against an RBC surface marker and a second antigen binding site directed against a subendothelial epitope. The bispecific antibody is preferably introduced into the bloodstream just prior to the performance of the angioplasty and is introduced in a quantity sufficient to bind a high percentage of RBCs. According to another aspect of the invention, RBCs are drawn from a patient, treated and then administered back to the patient for targeted drug delivery. The RBC treatment comprises coating the RBCs with two types of bispecific antibodies, the first type being adapted to bind the RBCs to an exposed subendothelial surface, the second type being adapted to removably bind the RBCs to a drug. The drug is then loaded onto the second type of bispecific antibody.
摘要:
Disclosed are novel protein and peptide compositions comprising soluble and bound forms of immunologically-active blood group antigens including mammalian Rh antigens. In preferred embodiments methods for the isolation and purification of serologically-active human Rh antigens such as D, c, C, E, and e are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for the adsorption of immunologically-active Rh antigens to solid supports. Diagnostic kits, methods, and devices for the detection of Rh antibodies in clinical and non-clinical samples are also disclosed. Devices, compositions and methods for the isolation, purification and quantitation of anti-Rh antibodies from solution are also provided.
摘要:
The present invention provides a porcine antigen that binds to human xenoreactive antibodies. The porcine antigen differs from the known porcine xenoantigens in that the antigen does not include an nullGal epitope. The present invention also provides methods to purify the porcine antigen of the invention, as well as agents that bind to the antigen. The antigen may be used to generate antibodies against the antigen. The antigen is useful for detecting the presence of human xenoreactive antibodies against the antigen in blood and blood compositions, and antibodies against the antigen may be used to detect the presence of the antigen in samples. The invention also provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing a host rejection response to a porcine xenograft. Finally, a method to treat human blood or blood-derived compositions to reduce the level of human xenoantibodies is disclosed.
摘要:
Compositions and methods of non-invasive diagnosis are provided. The imaging agents include a linking groups and a reactive entity capable of reaction with a reactive functionality to form a covalent bond therewith. The imaging agents may be in the form of a bifunctional anchor molecule. The bifunctional anchor molecules have a functional group capable of activation which, when activated, may form a covalent bond with a reactive functionality on a target protein present in the mammalian vascular system, thereby nullanchoringnull the molecule to that target protein. The bifunctional anchors are also conjugated, either directly or indirectly, to a diagnostic agent of interest which provides the ability to diagnostically and non-invasively image the mammalian vascular space. Vascular targets include both cellular- and noncellular-associated proteins present in the mammalian vascular system. The methods find use for numerous applications arising from the ability to diagnostically image the mammalian vascular space over an extended period of time or to preferentially diagnostically image only a specific cell type or compartment of the mammalian vascular space.
摘要:
Disclosed are novel protein and peptide compositions comprising soluble and bound forms of immunologically-active blood group antigens including mammalian Rh antigens. In preferred embodiments methods for the isolation and purification of serologically-active human Rh antigens such as D, c, C, E, and e are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for the adsorption of immunologically-active Rh antigens to solid supports. Diagnostic kits, methods, and devices for the detection of Rh antibodies in clinical and non-clinical samples are also disclosed. Devices, compositions and methods for the isolation, purification and quantitation of anti-Rh antibodies from solution are also provided.
摘要:
Disclosed are novel protein and peptide compositions comprising soluble and bound forms of immunologically-active blood group antigens including mammalian Rh antigens. In preferred embodiments methods for the isolation and purification of serologically-active human Rh antigens such as D, c, C, E, and e are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for the adsorption of immunologically-active Rh antigens to solid supports. Diagnostic kits, methods, and devices for the detection of Rh antibodies in clinical and non-clinical samples are also disclosed. Devices, compositions and methods for the isolation, purification and quantitation of anti-Rh antibodies from solution are also provided.
摘要:
Methods for enhancing the production of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) in cell culture are disclosed. The methods involve culturing tPA-producing cells in growth media supplemented with an alkanoic acid or salt thereof at a concentration which enhances tPA production. The most preferred methods utilize butyric acid or sodium butyrate at a concentration of between 0.5 mM and 2.5 mM.
摘要:
First and second compounds are provided, where the first compound is administered to a mammalian host into blood for covalent bonding to blood components, where the components have an extended lifetime in the blood stream. The first compound comprises an active functionality and an agent of interest or a first binding entity. A second compound may be subsequently administered to the patient, which comprises a second binding entity, complementary to the first binding entity and an agent of interest. By virtue of binding to long-lived blood components, the half-life of the agent of interest is greatly extended in vivo.