Abstract:
The invention provides materials and methods for a pharmaceutical composition comprising a polyclonal antibody preparation or a monoclonal antibody preparation or an antibody fragment preparation with or without a drug to prevent the infection of, or treat an infection of a subject by a Human Enterovirus, including, a Human Enterovirus responsible for foot, hand and mouth disease. The pharmaceutical composition includes a polyclonal antibody preparation or a monoclonal antibody preparation or an antibody fragment preparation to protect against or treat an infection by a Human Enterovirus, including, a Human Enterovirus responsible for foot, hand and mouth disease. The invention further provides for a method to use the pharmaceutical composition to protect against or treat an infection by a Human Enterovirus, including, a Human Enterovirus responsible for foot, hand and mouth disease as well as kits to do the same.
Abstract:
The instant invention provides materials and methods for producing immunologically active antigens derived from members of the Picornaviridae virus family. The picornavirus antigens of the invention may be in a form for use as a vaccine administered to a subject in a therapeutic treatment or for the prevention of a picornavirus infection. The picornavirus antigens of the invention may be in the form of an immunogenic composition for use in vaccines which are administered for the prevention of an Enterovirus infection. The instant invention further encompasses immunogenic compositions comprising Human enterovirus A, Human enterovirus B, Human enterovirus C, Human enterovirus D antigens and their use in vaccines for the prevention of an Enterovirus infection.
Abstract:
The invention provides chimeric Enterovirus virus-like particles (VLPs) for protection and/or treatment against infection by more than one Enterovirus . More specifically, the present invention provides chimeric EV-A71 virus-like particles displaying CV-A16 VP1 polypeptides and at the same time maintaining important neutralizing antibody epitopes of EV-A71 itself. More specifically, the present invention provides chimeric CV-A16 virus-like particles displaying EV-A71 VP1 polypeptides. Thus, the present invention provides a bivalent vaccine comprising the chimeric virus-like particles which elicit an immune response and/or neutralizing antibody response to both EV-A71 and CVA-16 for the treatment of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease.
Abstract translation:本发明提供了用于防止和/或治疗超过一种肠道病毒的感染的嵌合型肠病毒样颗粒(VLP)。 更具体地说,本发明提供了展示CV-A16 VP1多肽的嵌合EV-A71病毒样颗粒,同时维持了EV-A71本身的重要中和抗体表位。 更具体地说,本发明提供了展示EV-A71 VP1多肽的嵌合CV-A16病毒样颗粒。 因此,本发明提供了包含嵌合病毒样颗粒的二价疫苗,所述嵌合病毒样颗粒对EV-A71和CVA-16两者引发免疫应答和/或中和抗体应答以治疗手足口病。 p >
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a swine vesicular disease virus-like particle prepared by a gene recombination technique, as well as a preparation method thereof. More particularly, the invention relates to a method for preparing a swine vesicular disease virus-like particle, wherein the structural protein precursor (Pl) gene and 3CD protease gene of swine vesicular disease virus are inserted simultaneously into a baculovirus expression vector and are expressed in insect cells, so that the expressed 3CD protease enzyme digests the structural protein precursor into individual proteins which then form the capsid of swine vesicular disease virus by an self-assembly process.
Abstract:
A method of producing a picornavirus-like particle (PVLP) in a plant is provided. The method comprises introducing a first nucleic acid and a second nucleic acid into the plant, portion of the plant, or a plant cell. The first nucleic acid comprising a first regulaton region active in the plant operatively linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a picornavims polypeptide. The second nucleic acid comprising a second regulaton region active in the plant and operationally linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding one or more picornavims protease. The plant, portion of the plant, or plant cell is incubated under conditions that permit the expression of the nucleic acids, thereby producing the PVLP. A PVLP comprising the polypeptide is also provided.
Abstract:
The instant invention provides materials and methods for producing immunologically active antigens derived from members of the Picornaviridae virus family. The picornavirus antigens of the invention may be in a form for use as a vaccine administered to a subject in a therapeutic treatment or for the prevention of a picornavirus infection. The picornavirus antigens of the invention may be in the form of an immunogenic composition for use in vaccines which are administered for the prevention of an Enterovirus infection. The instant invention further encompasses immunogenic compositions comprising Human enterovirus A, Human enterovirus B, Human enterovirus C, Human enterovirus D antigens and their use in vaccines for the prevention of an Enterovirus infection.
Abstract:
The present invention encompasses chimeric capsid proteins, nucleic acids encoding such proteins and capsids containing chimeric capsid proteins. Methods of malting the chimeric capsid proteins, the nucleic acids that encode such proteins and capsids that contain chimeric capsid proteins are also encompassed within the scope of the invention. The invention further encompasses the use of the chimeric capsid proteins to produce protein elements and to present the elements for use in structure-function studies, for use as therapeutic factors and for other purposes. Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to dimeric fusion proteins and virus-like particles comprising such dimeric fusion proteins. These dimeric fusion proteins comprise an antigen or antigenic fragment carried between two viral structural proteins or fragments thereof, with or without linkers, in a manner that, relative to traditional monomeric platforms, minimizes steric hindrance among the antigen or antigenic fragment and the viral structural proteins or fragments thereof. This novel design provides for multivalent vaccines and enhanced immunogenicity. The invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding such dimeric fusion proteins and host cells comprising such nucleic acids. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the dimeric fusion proteins and/or virus-like particles of the invention, and methods of prevention or treatment using such compositions.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a recombinant adenoviral vector for generating immunity against enterovirus infection. In one embodiment, the recombinant adenoviral vector of the invention comprises an expression cassette encoding a PI protein and a 3 CD protease of an enterovirus. In another embodiment, the recombinant adenoviral vector of the invention comprises an expression cassette encoding a 3C protease or a 3CD protease of an enterovirus. The present invention also relates to a vaccine composition comprising the recombinant adenoviral vector as described. A method of inducing an immune response in a subject against enterovirus infection using the recombinant adenoviral vector and the vaccine composition is provided. Further provided is a method for producing virus like particles of an enterovirus by expressing the adenoviral vector as described herein in mammalian cells.