摘要:
The invention is directed to an adenovirus-antigen conjugate comprising (a) a disrupted adenovirus with a coat protein and (b) an antigen conjugated to the coat protein of the disrupted adenovirus, as well as a conjugate comprising (a) a disrupted adenovirus with a coat protein and (b) an antigen conjugated to the coat protein of the disrupted adenovirus. The invention also provides a method of inducing an immune response against an antigen in a human using the aforementioned conjugates. The invention further provides an adeno-associated viral vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence which encodes an antibody directed against cocaine.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to an in vivo cell transformed with DNA encoding a cell signalling receptor not endogenous to the cell. The cell signalling receptor is capable of activating a signal transduction pathway endogenous to the cell, and the cell signalling receptor can be controllably activated thereby controllably activating the signal transduction pathway so as to regulate a cell function controlled by the signal transduction pathway. The invention also provides a method of ectopically expressing a non-endogenous receptor in a cell, and a method of regulating a cell function in vivo. The method of regulating a cell function comprises transforming a cell with DNA encoding a cell signalling receptor not endogenous to the cell, as above, and controllably exposing the cell to an extracellular molecule capable of activating the foreign cell signalling receptor. Activation of the cell signalling receptor activates the endogenous signal transduction pathway so as to regulate a cell function controlled by the endogenous signal transduction pathway.
摘要:
A gene therapy treatment for alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is provided comprising a plasmid or viral, e.g., an AAV, vector coding for an elastase- or cathepsin G-inhibiting, oxidation-resistant human AAT with a substitution at, for example, Met358 and/or Met351.
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The invention provides an isolated or purified nucleic acid molecule consisting essentially of a nucleotide sequence of at least 1877 contiguous nucleotides of (a) SEQ ID NO: 1 or (b) a nucleotide sequence encoding an angiogenic factor, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises cDNA comprising exons 1-5 of a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) joined to genomic DNA comprising introns 5, 6, and 7 and exons 6, 7, and 8 of VEGF and further comprising a mutation in one or more of the splice donor, branch point, and splice acceptor regions contained in an exon selected from the group consisting of exons 5, 6, 7, and 8, wherein the mutation promotes the production of one isoform of VEGF as compared to another isoform of VEGF. Expression constructs, compositions, and cells comprising such a nucleic acid molecule also are provided by the invention.
摘要翻译:本发明提供了分离或纯化的核酸分子,其基本上由(a)SEQ ID NO:1的至少1877个连续核苷酸的核苷酸序列组成,或(b)编码血管生成因子的核苷酸序列,其中所述核苷酸序列包含 血管内皮生长因子(VEGF)的外显子1-5连接到包含内含子5,6和7以及VEGF的外显子6,7和8的基因组DNA上,并且还包含一个或多个剪接供体,分支 包含在选自外显子5,6,7和8的外显子中的位点和剪接受体区,其中与VEGF的另一同工型相比,突变促进VEGF的一种同工型的产生。 包含这种核酸分子的表达构建体,组合物和细胞也由本发明提供。
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The invention provides methods to inhibit or treat brain cancers by locally inhibiting expression or activity of growth factors or growth factor receptors.
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The invention provides a method of determining the likelihood that a smoker will or will not develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by obtaining a sample from the smoker, analyzing the sample for the expression of a set of biomarkers associated with COPD, and comparing the expression pattern determined in the sample with a standard expression pattern to determine the likelihood that the smoker will or will not develop COPD. The invention further provides a composition, a method of treatment, and methods of determining the efficacy of treatment for COPD.