Antagonists of ligands and uses thereof
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    发明授权
    Antagonists of ligands and uses thereof 有权
    配体的拮抗剂及其用途

    公开(公告)号:US08574548B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-05

    申请号:US13654865

    申请日:2012-10-18

    IPC分类号: A61K38/16 C07K1/22 C07K14/00

    摘要: The invention provides multivalent ligand binding agents (traps) for members of the TGF-β superfamily and polypeptide linkers and methods for making and using such constructs. The traps may be used as therapeutic or diagnostic (imaging or non-imaging) agents for diseases/disorders caused by over-production/activity of the target ligand. In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a multivalent binding agent with affinity for a member of the TGF-β superfamily, the agent having the general structure I: ( -linker1)k-[{ -linker2- -linker3f-}n-( )m-(linker4- )d]h, where: n and h are independently greater than or equal to 1; d, f, m and k are independently equal to or greater than zero; bd's are polypeptide binding domains having an affinity for the same member of the TGF-β superfamily; and, linkers are unstructured polypeptide sequences.

    摘要翻译: 本发明为TGF-β超家族和多肽接头的成员提供多价配体结合剂(陷阱)以及制备和使用这些构建体的方法。 陷阱可以用作由靶配体的过度生产/活性引起的疾病/病症的治疗或诊断(成像或非成像)试剂。 在本发明的一个实施方案中,提供了对TGF-β超家族的成员具有亲和性的多价结合剂,所述具有通式结构I:(

    Engineered TGF-β monomers and their use for inhibiting TGF-β signaling

    公开(公告)号:US11091523B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-17

    申请号:US16461747

    申请日:2017-11-17

    IPC分类号: C07K14/495 A61K38/00

    摘要: Recombinant transforming growth factor (TGF)-β monomers modified to inhibit dimerization and block TGF-β signaling are described. The recombinant TGF-β monomers lack the ability to bind and recruit TGF-β type I receptor (TβRI), but retain the capacity to bind the high affinity TGF-β type II receptor (TβRII), and in some instances, include mutations that increase their affinity for TβRII. Nucleic acid molecules and vectors encoding the recombinant TGF-β monomers are also described. Isolated cells, such as T cells, can be re-programmed with a TGF-β monomer-encoding nucleic acid or vector to secrete the monomer. Use of the recombinant TGF-β monomers and/or cells producing the recombinant TGF-β monomers, to inhibit TGF-β signaling, such as to treat disorders associated with aberrant TGF-β signaling, are also described.