Abstract:
The present invention provides chimeric and humanized versions of anti-CD 19 mouse monoclonal antibodies. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions, immunotherapeutic compositions, and methods using therapeutic antibodies that bind to the human CD 19 antigen and that may mediate ADCC, CDC, and/or apoptosis for the treatment of B cell diseases and disorders, such as, but not limited to, B cell malignancies, for the treatment and prevention of autoimmune disease, and for the treatment and prevention of graft- versus-host disease (GVHD), humoral rejection, and post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder in human transplant recipients.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to recombinant polynucleotides, expression vectors and methods for the production of multimeric proteins. The vectors and methods are useful for the production of multimeric protein and are unique in that they utilize a minimal number of signal sequences. More specifically, the present invention provides recombinant polynucleotide molecules and expression vectors comprising a promoter region operably linked to a transcription unit. The transcription unit is characterized by at least two DNA sequences encoding distinct polypeptides wherein at least one but not all DNA sequences further encodes a signal sequence operably linked to the DNA sequence encoding a polypeptide. The invention further provides methods of producing a multimeric protein using the expression vectors of the present invention.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods and compositions designed for the treatment, management, prevention and/o amelioration of various disorders associated with aberrant expression and/or activity of one or more Eph receptor tyrosine kinase family members and/or one or more Eph receptor ligands, particularly the Ephrins. In particular, the invention provides methods for the treatment, management , prevention and/or amelioration of a disorder associated with aberrant expression and/or activity(ies) of one or more Eph receptors and/or one or more Ephrins, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of one or more Eph/Ephrin Modulators. The present invention further relates to methods of modulating antibody specificity by tailoring the affinity to cognate antigens.
Abstract:
The invention provides method for therapeutic protein drug development that incorporates therapeutic and/or formulation and/or manufacturing considerations in the early screening process. The approach involves screening a plurality of different variants of a domain that have been determined to have the desired therapeutic property to identify one or more variants that have desired therapeutic and/or formulation characteristics, and constructing the full multidomain proteins using the identified domain variants. The present invention also provides a method for determining the shelf life of multidomain proteins in formulations. The method comprises determining a thermal denaturation and/or renaturation curve of a domain of the protein whose unfolding leads to aggregation of the protein in a solution. The method evaluates the shelf life of the multidomain protein based on the denaturation/renaturation curve. The invention also provides methods for engineering multidomain proteins to improve their therapeutic and/or formulation characteristics.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to novel molecules (Fc variants) comprising at least one antigen binding region and an Fc region that further comprises a modified hinge which alters the binding of Fc to one or more Fc ligand (e.g., FcγRs) and/or modulates effector function. More specifically, this invention provides Fc variants that have modified binding affinity to one or more FcγR and/or CIq. Additionally, the Fc variants have altered antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) and/or complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) activity. The invention further provides methods and protocols for the application of said Fc variants particularly for therapeutic purposes.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to a molecule comprising an albumin binding domain (ABD) and an FcRn binding moiety, wherein said molecule has enhanced pharmacologic properties in vivo .
Abstract:
The present invention provides human anti-IL-6 antibodies with extended in vivo half-life. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions, therapeutic compositions, and methods using therapeutic antibodies that bind to IL-6 and that has an extended in vivo half-life for the treatment and prevention of IL-6 mediated diseases and disorders, such as, but not limited to, inflammatory diseases and disorders, autoimmune diseases and disorders and tumors.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a reliable, reproducible method for improving the producibility of an antibody. More specifically, this invention provides a method for modifying the heavy chain of an antibody to improve its producibility in eukaryotic cells. Additionally, the method of the invention may improve both antibody producibility and one or more antigen binding characteristics. The invention further provides modified antibodies which are better produced and which have either no change in their antigen binding characteristics or exhibit improved antigen binding characteristics.
Abstract:
The present invention provides methods of re-engineering or re-shaping an antibody from a first species, wherein the re-engineered or re-shaped antibody does not elicit undesired immune response in a second species, and the re-engineered or re-shaped antibody retains substantially the same antigen binding-ability of the antibody from the first species. In accordance with the present invention, a combinatorial library comprising the CDRs of the antibody from the first species fused in frame with framework regions derived from a second species can be constructed and screened for the desired modified antibody. In particular, the present invention provides methods utilizing low homology acceptor antibody frameworks for efficiently humanizing an antibody or a fragment thereof. The present invention also provides antibodies produced by the methods of the invention.
Abstract:
The present invention provides crystalline forms of a human IgG Fc variant comprising one or more amino acid residues that provides for enhanced effector function, methods of obtaining such crystals and high-resolution X-ray diffraction structures and atomic structure coordinates. The present invention also provides machine readable media embedded with the three-dimensional atomic structure coordinates of the human IgG Fc variant and methods of using them. The present invention also provides human IgG Gc variants with reduced binding to at least one FcγR.