Abstract:
Provided herein is a bioconjugate comprising a K. pneumoniae O-antigen covalently linked to a fusion protein comprising a ComP protein or a glycosylation tag fragment. The K. pneumoniae O-antigen bioconjugate of this disclosure can be used as a conjugate vaccine including multivalent conjugate vaccines comprising multiple K. pneumoniae O-antigens.
Abstract:
The present invention provides methods and compositions to reduce growth of microbial colonies, including infections, and includes therapeutic compositions, methods for treatment of infections, and methods for identifying additional such compositions.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a recombinant microorganism which is capable of simultaneously fermenting at least two sugars in a lignocellulosic saccharified liquid, and also capable of generating diol.
Abstract:
Provided herein are epitopes and mimotopes thereof useful in the diagnosis and treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D), as well as antibodies recognizing such epitopes, and diagnostics, therapeutics, kits, and methods of use thereof.
Abstract:
This disclosure relates to a modified α-helical bundle cytokine, with reduced activity via an α-helical bundle cytokine receptor, wherein the α-helical bundle cytokine is specifically delivered to target cells. Preferably, the α-helical bundle cytokine is a mutant, more preferably it is a mutant interferon, with low affinity to the interferon receptor, wherein the mutant interferon is specifically delivered to target cells. The targeting is realized by fusion of the modified α-helical bundle cytokine to a targeting moiety, preferably an antibody. This disclosure relates further to the use of such targeted modified α-helical bundle cytokine to treat diseases. A preferred embodiment is the use of a targeted mutant interferon, to treat diseases, preferably viral diseases and tumors.
Abstract:
The present invention relates generally to bacterial proteins, particularly to apoptogenic-bacteriocins, which are capable of killing other bacteria and of also inducing apoptosis in certain eukaryotic cells. The apoptogenic-bacteriocin of the present invention produces apoptosis in tumor-derived cells or cancer cells, while being not cytotoxic to normal cells and not inducing any evident toxicityin vivo in normal animals. Uses of the apoptogenic-bacteriocin and methods of treating cancer, tumors and other diseases of the aberrant cell growth are provided.
Abstract:
Novel water-soluble, immunostimulating glycoproteins extracted from Klebsiella pneumoniae containing 30 to 45% by weight of proteins, 30 to 40% by weight of neutral saccharides, up to 4% by weight of glucuronic acid, 2 to 5% by weight of osamines and having a molecular weight of about 350,000 daltons.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to proteins and nucleic acids derived from Klebsiella pneumoniae as well as therapeutic and diagnostic uses of the proteins and nucleic acids.