COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING CELL-PENETRATING ANTIBODIES IN COMBINATION WITH IMMUNE CHECKPOINT MODULATORS

    公开(公告)号:US20210340279A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-04

    申请号:US17272124

    申请日:2019-08-30

    申请人: Yale University

    IPC分类号: C07K16/44 A61K45/06

    摘要: Combination therapies including administering a subject in need thereof a cell-penetrating binding protein, such as an antibody, and an immune checkpoint modulator are provided. Typically, the cell-penetrating binding protein can induce DNA damage or reduce DNA damage repair in an effective amount to activate the innate immunity inflammatory pathway in target cells such as cancer cells or infected cells. For example, in some embodiments, the cell-penetrating binding protein increases induced p21 and/or p27 protein expression, increases accumulation of single-strand DNA in the cytosol, increases phosphorylation of STAT1, or a combination thereof in target cells. The subject can have cancer or an infection and the combination of the cell-penetrating binding protein and the immune checkpoint modulator reduce one or more symptoms of cancer or infection, preferably to a greater degree than administering the subject the same amount of cell-penetrating binding protein alone or the same amount of immune checkpoint modulator alone.