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20080206286 | CANCER STEM CELL ANTIGEN VACCINES AND METHODS - Method of stimulating an immune response (e.g., to treat cancer) include administering to a patient a composition including dendritic cells that present cancer stem cell antigens. Compositions including cancer stem cell antigens are also provided herein. | 08-28-2008 |
20080206287 | Use of cyclosporin A to sensitize resistant cancer cells to death receptor ligands - Cyclosporin A has been discovered to sensitize cancers resistant to TNF-family death receptors such as TRAIL and Fas to ligand-mediated apoptosis. Therefore, compositions that include cyclosporin A are useful in treating such cancers. | 08-28-2008 |
20080206288 | TUMOR CELLS FROM IMMUNE PRIVILEGED SITES AS BASE CELLS FOR CELL-BASED CANCER VACCINES - The present invention relates to tumor cell-based vaccines and methods of using same, wherein the vaccines are based on naturally immune privileged tumor cells that have been genetically modified to express MHC-II restricted peptides derived from endogenously encoded tumor antigens, activate CD | 08-28-2008 |
20080206289 | PROSTATE CANCER AND MELANOMA ANTIGENS - Methods for identifying a human subject as a candidate for further prostate cancer or melanoma examination are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for determining whether an immune therapy has elicited a tumor-specific immune response in a prostate cancer or melanoma patient. Further disclosed are kits that can be used to practice the above methods. Methods for identifying candidate compounds for further testing as preventive or therapeutic agents for melanoma are also disclosed. | 08-28-2008 |
20080220025 | Treating Tumors Using Implants Comprising Combinations of Allogeneic Cells - This invention provides methods and compositions for treating tumors. The cell population is made up of alloactivated lymphocytes from the patient or from one or more third-party donors that are alloactivated in a mixed lymphocyte culture. It can be placed into the tumor bed, or combined with tumor-associated antigen for administration to a distal site as a vaccine. The compositions recruit activated participation of the host Immune system, which then reacts against the tumor and provides a level of ongoing protection. Employing multiple third party donor cells confers particular advantages in terms of effectiveness, timing, and ease of use. | 09-11-2008 |
20080241195 | Optimal Polyvalent Vaccine for Cancer - This invention provides a method for identification of the optimal combination of a polyvalent vaccine against a cancer comprising steps of: a) selection of an appropriate cancer cell line; and b) detection of the expression of antigens on the surface of said cell line of the cancer, wherein the antigens expressed will be used in the polyvalent vaccine. This invention also provides a method for identification of the optimal combination of a polyvalent vaccine against a cancer comprising steps of : a) selection of an appropriate cancer cell line and b) detection of the immunogenicity will be used in the polyvalent vaccine. This invention provides various uses of the identified polyvalent vaccine. | 10-02-2008 |
20080248067 | Immunomodulating Compositions and Uses Therefor - The present invention discloses the use of an inhibitor of IL-10 function and an immune stimulator that stimulates the priming of an immune response to a target antigen, in methods and compositions for stimulating and prolonging host immune responses to the target antigen. The methods and compositions of the present invention are particularly useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of a range of conditions including pathogenic infections and cancers. | 10-09-2008 |
20080267999 | Neoepitope detection of disease using protein arrays - A diagnostic device for and method of detecting the presence of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) in a patient including a detector device for detecting a presence of at least one marker indicative of HNSCC, the detector device including a panel of markers for HNSCC. A diagnostic device for and method of staging HNSCC in a patient including a detector device for detecting a presence of at least one marker indicative of stages of HNSCC, the detector device including a panel of markers for HNSCC. Markers for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma selected from the markers listed in Table 5. Methods of personalized immunotherapy, making a personalized anti-cancer vaccine, and predicting a clinical outcome in a HNSCC patient. A method of making a panel of HNSCC markers. | 10-30-2008 |
20080286312 | Membrane-anchored beta2 microglobulincovalently linked to MHC class I peptide epitopes - The invention provides a polynucleotide comprising a sequence encoding a polypeptide that is capable of high level presentation of antigenic peptides on antigen-presenting cells, wherein the polypeptide comprises a β2-microglobulin molecule that is linked through its carboxyl terminal to a bridge peptide which spans the whole distance to the cell membrane, said bridge peptide being linked to a polypeptide stretch consisting of the full or partial transmembrane and/or cytoplasmic domains selected from the group consisting of a toll-like receptor (TLR) polypeptide, a CD40 polypeptide, and TLR and CD40 polypeptides fused in tandem, that allows the anchorage of the β2-microglobulin molecule to the cell membrane, and through its amino terminal to at least one antigenic peptide comprising an MHC class I epitope, wherein said antigenic peptide is preferably derived from a tumor-associated antigen or from a pathogenic antigen. Antigen presenting cells and DNA and cellular vaccines for treatment of cancer and infectious diseases, are also provided. | 11-20-2008 |
20080286313 | Peptide Vaccines for the Treatment of Cancers - The present invention provides a method for treating a cancer patient which comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a cancer antigen peptide to the patient in need thereof, wherein the method comprises the steps of
| 11-20-2008 |
20080286314 | Dendritic cells loaded with heat shocked melanoma cell bodies - The present invention includes compositions and methods for the isolation, purification and preparation of immunogenic antigens for the production of customized cancer vaccines that include dendritic cells that are contacted with an antigen that includes heat-shocked cancer cells. | 11-20-2008 |
20080286315 | Methionine Enkephalin as an Adjuvant for Vaccine Immunizations - The present invention provides a method of stimulating dendritic cells, comprising contacting the dendritic cells with methionine enkephalin. The present invention also provides methods of enhancing an immune response to an antigen in a mammal. In a first method, dendritic cells are isolated from the mammal. The dendritic cells are then contacted with methionine enkephalin for a time sufficient to stimulate the cells. Next, the stimulated dendritic cells are contacted with the antigen of interest for a time sufficient for the cells to process the antigen. The dendritic cells are then injected into the mammal. The dendritic cells may be injected into the animal either on their own, or along with methionine enkephalin and/or the antigen. In a second method, the antigen of interest and methionine enkephalin are administered to the mammal. The present invention also provides compositions for administration to a mammalian subject having a tumor. | 11-20-2008 |
20080305131 | Cancer Immunotherapy with Semi-Allogeneic Cells - The present invention relates to improved semi-allogeneic immunogenic cells which act to stimulate and induce an immunological response when administered to an individual. In particular, it relates to cells which express both allogeneic and syngeneic MHC determinants and which also express at least one antigen recognized by T lymphocytes. The invention is also directed to methods of inducing an immune response and methods of treating tumors by administering the semi-allogeneic immunogenic cells to an individual. | 12-11-2008 |
20090017076 | TREATMENT FOR CD5+ B CELL LYMPHOMA - The present invention provides methods for increasing expression of cell surface molecules of CD5 | 01-15-2009 |
20090068234 | Methods and compositions for the treatment and prevention of cancer - The instant invention provides compositions for the treatment of cancer. Specifically, the invention provides polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules comprising tumor-associated embryonic antigens, e.g., OFA-iLRP, and chemoattractant ligands, e.g., a proinflammatory chemokine such as MIP3α/CCL20 or β-defensin mDF2β. The invention further provides cancer vaccines and methods for treating subjects having, or at risk of developing, cancer. | 03-12-2009 |
20090068235 | IMMUNOGENIC CD19 PEPTIDES - The invention provides relatively short immunogenic peptides derived from CD19 antigens, and biologically active variants thereof, which elicit an immune response. Nucleic acids encoding the immunogenic peptides and antibodies specific for the peptides are also provided. The immunogenic peptides can be included in pharmaceutical compositions, such as cancer vaccines, and used for the treatment of cancer. | 03-12-2009 |
20090092640 | Increased T-cell tumor infiltration and eradication of metastases by mutant LIGHT - Mutant LIGHT expressed in a tumor environment elicited high levels of chemokines and adhesion molecules, accompanied by massive infiltration of naïve T lymphocytes. Methods and compositions to elicit immune responses against tumors including tumor volume reduction and eradication of metastasis using mutant LIGHT are disclosed. | 04-09-2009 |
20090110702 | Mesothelin Vaccines and Model Systems and Control of Tumors - Mesothelin can be used as an immunotherapeutic target. It induces a cytolytic T cell response. Portions of mesothelin which induce such responses are identified. Vaccines can be either polynucleotide- or polypeptide-based. Carriers for raising a cytolytic T cell response include bacteria and viruses. A mouse model for testing vaccines and other anti-tumor therapeutics and prophylactics comprises a strongly mesothelin-expressing, transformed peritoneal cell line. | 04-30-2009 |
20090123501 | INHIBITION OF THE SH2-DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN TYR-PHOSPHATASE, SHP-1, TO ENHANCE VACCINES - The invention describes the use of dendritic cell vaccines, wherein SHP-1 expression or activity is modulated in the dendritic cell. In particular, the invention provides dendritic cells (DC) transduced with an SHP1-shRNA adenovirus, or dominant negative (dn-SHP-1) or constitutively active (ca-SHP-1), and pulsed with an antigen. The methods and compositions of the invention are used for the prevention and/or treatment of cancers, other cell proliferation diseases and conditions, diseases caused by a pathogen, or autoimmune disorders. | 05-14-2009 |
20090148478 | COMBINATIONS OF TUMOR-ASSOCIATED ANTIGENS IN COMPOSITIONS FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF CANCERS - Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for inducing an immune response against various combinations of tumor-associated antigens, which can promote effective immunologic intervention in pathogenic processes. Embodiments of the invention disclosed herein are directed to the use of effective combinations of TuAAs for the immunotherapy of patients with various types of cancer. Both immunogenic compositions for inducing an immune response to these combinations of antigens and methods for their use are disclosed. | 06-11-2009 |
20090162404 | Tumor vaccine - The invention provides a tumor cell genetically modified to express a nucleic acid encoding CD80 (B7.1) and a nucleic acid encoding an HLA antigen. The invention also provides a method of stimulating an immune response to a tumor by administering an allogeneic tumor cell such as a lung cancer cell genetically modified to express a nucleic acid encoding CD80 (B7.1) and a nucleic acid encoding an HLA antigen. The invention additionally provides a method of inhibiting a tumor by administering an allogeneic tumor cell such as a lung cancer cell genetically modified to express a nucleic acid encoding CD80 (B7.1) and a nucleic acid encoding an HLA antigen. | 06-25-2009 |
20090162405 | Proteinase-engineered cancer vaccine induces immune responses to prevent cancer and to systemically kill cancer cells - A harmless cancer vaccine is made from cancer cells with extracellular proteins including self-recognition molecular patterns being digested by a proteinase. The cancer vaccine is used to vaccinate an individual to induce immune responses against cancer cells systemically. Cancer cells become harmless when they are digested by Tumorase™. Some proteinases including trypsin cannot kill cancer cells completely and treated cancer cells need to be further processed in order to be harmless and effective. Cancer cells may be from tissue-cultured human or animal cancer cell lines or cancer patients directly. Cancer vaccine vaccinated individuals produce cancer vaccine specific immune responses against cancer cells. Immune response components may be isolated and used to fight against cancer for a cancer patient with a suppressed immune system. Cancer vaccine specific immune components may include cancer vaccine specific polyclonal antibodies, B-cells, T-cells, natural killer cells, monocytes, macrophages and other lymphocytes. | 06-25-2009 |
20090202595 | ANTI-PDEF ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to an isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds with high affinity to at least a portion of a segment of human prostate-derived Ets transcription factor (PDEF). The anti-PDEF antibody of the present invention is effective in prognostic and diagnostic assays for detecting PDEF with immunohistochemistry. The present invention also relates to methods of making the anti-PDEF antibody disclosed herein. The present invention further relates to vaccines against cancers associated with positive expression of PDEF, as well as methods for treating those cancers. Vectors, diagnostic kits, and hybridomas are also disclosed. | 08-13-2009 |
20090208537 | Anti-Neovasculature Preparations for Cancer - Disclosed herein are immunogenic compositions, methods of designing immunogenic compositions, methods of treatment using immunogenic compositions, methods of evaluating cell-mediated immunity resulting from immunogenic compositions, research models, and methods of making research models, all of which relate to targeting tumor vasculature. | 08-20-2009 |
20090208538 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TUMOR VACCINATION AND THERAPY - The present invention relates to peptide vaccines, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and associated methodologies that promote the immune-mediated regression of tumors expressing an onconeural antigen, e.g. a cdr-2 antigen, HuD antigen. The cancer peptide vaccines of the present invention are antigenic peptides capable of being faithfully presented on the MHC I complex of a target cell or antigen presenting cell. This external cellular presentation of these peptides promotes a specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)-mediated immune response against tumor cells expressing these proteins, thereby, inducing immunological reactivity. | 08-20-2009 |
20090220551 | CONCURRENT CHEMOTHERAPY AND IMMUNOTHERAPY - The concurrent administration of chemotherapy and immunotherapy has been considered a contraindication because of the concern that the induced lymphopenia would ablate therapeutic efficacy of immunotherapy. Temozolomide has been shown to be an effective chemotherapeutic for patients with malignant gliomas and to deprive patients with glioblastoma (GBM) patients of this agent in order to treat with immunotherapy is controversial. Despite conventional dogma, we demonstrate that both chemotherapy and immunotherapy can be delivered concurrently without negating the effects of immunotherapy, in fact, the temozolomide induced lymphopenia may actually be synergistic with a peptide vaccine. | 09-03-2009 |
20090246230 | Compositions and methods for inducing tumor resistance - The invention provides a combined whole cell tumor vaccine for inducing tumor resistance in patients and treating cancer. | 10-01-2009 |
20090263428 | ARTIFICIAL LYMPH NODE FOR TREATING CANCER - Provided is an artificial lymph node that is persistently effective in cancer treatment in vivo. | 10-22-2009 |
20090285860 | Cancer immunotherapy - Method of stimulating an immune response (e.g., to treat cancer) include administering to a subject a composition including dendritic cells incubated with (i) oHSV-infected tumor cells or a composition derived therefrom, or (ii) tumor cells plus oHSV, as well as methods of preparing such compositions, are described. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285861 | Tumor cell-based cancer immunotherapeutic compositions and methods - The present invention is based, in part, on the discovery that immunotherapy using cell-based tumor cells genetically modified to express heat shock proteins is particularly effective in preventing, prognosing and/or treating cancer (e.g., ovarian cancer). Accordingly, the invention relates to compositions, kits, and methods for preventing, prognosing and/or treating cancer (e.g., ovarian cancer). | 11-19-2009 |
20090317428 | Immunogenic T-Helper Epitopes From Human Tumour Antigens and Immunotherapeutic Methods Using Said Epitopes - The present invention relates to immunotherapeutic methods, and molecules and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer, in particular renal cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumour-associated T-helper cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumour-associated peptides, that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions which stimulate anti-tumour immune responses. In particular, the present invention relates to 338 novel peptide sequences derived from HLA class II molecules of human tumour cell lines which can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumour immune responses. | 12-24-2009 |
20090324651 | Methods for Stimulating an Immune Response Using Bacterial Antigen Delivery System - The invention relates to the use of the type III secretion system of bacteria to stimulate immune responses against tumor antigen(s) for treating antigen-loss variant tumors. Methods are provided for stimulating and/or increasing an immune response against tumor antigens. The invention also relates to the preparation of antigen presenting cells from peripheral blood mononuclear cells using bacteria having a type III secretion system. | 12-31-2009 |
20100003287 | Compositions and Methods Relating to Treatment of Cancer and Infectious Diseases - The present invention provides methods for modulating an immune response by administering a composition comprising a Toll-like receptor agonist and an immune mediator which downregufates the expression of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 and upregulates the expression of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-12. The methods can be used to provide therapeutic treatment for cancerous conditions and infectious diseases. | 01-07-2010 |
20100047288 | Hybrid cells for treating cancer patients - The present invention relates to cancer treatment compositions and methods for treating a specific cancer patient population. In particular, the application describes methods of treating a patient with cancer, such as a neuroblastoma, with a hybrid cell preparation. | 02-25-2010 |
20100047289 | UNIVERSAL TUMOR CELL VACCINE FOR ANTI CANCER THERAPEUTIC AND PROPHYLACTIC UTILIZATION - The invention provides a composition for stimulating an immune response in a patient having different types of cancer including those having adenocarcinoma comprising a combination of allogeneic tumor cells and/or tumor stem cells that are selected on the basis of secreting at least one immunosuppressive agent, e.g., TGF-β, and that are genetically modified to reduce or inhibit the expression of said at least one immunosuppressive agent, e.g., TGF-β, and that collectively express a spectrum of tumor associated antigens representative of colon, breast, lung, prostate, pancreas, kidney, endometrium, cervix, ovary, thyroid, and other glandular tissue carcinomas, as well as squamous, melanoma, central nervous system, and lymphomas and a physiologically acceptable carrier. The adenocarcinoma can be, for example, colon, breast, lung, prostate, pancreas, kidney, endometrium, cervix, ovary, thyroid, or other glandular tissue, as well as squamous, melanoma, central nervous system, and lymphomas. The invention also provides a composition containing said combination of allogeneic tumor cells and or tumor stem cells and an allogeneic cell expressing a cytokme or an antibody that inhibits an immune suppressive molecule. | 02-25-2010 |
20100055136 | Tumour Vaccine Comprising Allogenic or Xenogeneic Tumour Cells - The present invention provides a composition for the treatment of a tumour, comprising: (i) allogeneic or xenogeneic tumour cells; and (ii) a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. If two or more heterozygous individuals have the same cancer/tumour of the same or similar histological grade, then transplantation of tumour/cancer tissue/cells from one individual to another will not only induce rejection of the transplanted tissue/cancer, but will also increase the immunological awareness of the immune system to peptides shared between the tumours/cancers and other tumours possessing similar peptides. | 03-04-2010 |
20100074925 | ANTIGEN SPECIFIC MULTI EPITOPE VACCINES - The present invention relates to cancer vaccines composed of the signal peptide domain of tumor associated antigens or proteins. The peptide vaccines of the invention are characterized by having multiple MHC class I and class II epitopes which are highly abundant in the population. Therefore, these vaccines are likely to induce a strong, comprehensive immune response against the target proteins in the majority of the vaccinated population, and thereby induce an immune reaction against tumors expressing such target proteins. Specifically, the invention relates to peptide vaccines composed of the signal peptide domain of Mucin (MUC1), BAGE-1 or ARMET, and their use for the treatment of cancers which express Mucin (MUC1), BAGE-1 or ARMET. | 03-25-2010 |
20100086570 | CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY PREDICTIVE PARAMETERS - The invention relates to a method for predicting the efficacy of a cancer immunotherapy of an individual with respect to clinical benefit, which comprises the following steps: —providing a blood sample of said individual, —(a1) determining the number of lymphocytes in the blood of said individual, and/or (a2) determining the number of neutrophils in the blood of said individual, and —(b1) identifying the individual as having a predictive clinical benefit from the immunotherapy, if the number Of lymphocytes is below or equal to a lymphocyte baseline level of 1.4 to 1.8×10 | 04-08-2010 |
20100086571 | METHODS TO DECREASE THE RISK OF METABOLIC SYNDROME POST IMMUNIZATION - This invention contemplates (I) assessing the risk of metabolic syndrome and or one of its component diseases/disorders which is associated with an immunization schedule against one or more infectious diseases, or one or more immunogens which induce protective immunity against infectious diseases, (II) screening one or more potential recipients and identifying at least one human subject who would be expected to be immunized safely with said one or more immunogens or said immunization schedule reflective of the analysis from (I), and (III) immunizing said human against said one or more infectious diseases. | 04-08-2010 |
20100092522 | IMMUNOGENIC WT-1 PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - This invention provides peptides, immunogenic compositions and vaccines comprising same, and methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, and inducing immune responses to a WT1-expressing cancer, comprising same. | 04-15-2010 |
20100092523 | MOLECULES AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT AND DETECTION OF CANCER - The invention provides a method for inhibiting proliferation of cancer cells, as well as methods for detecting and treating various cancers, including cancer of the ovary, breast, prostate and colon. The method comprises contacting a cancer cell with an IGF-related molecule of the invention or administering an IGF-related vaccine to the cancer patient. In one embodiment, the molecule is an immunogenic peptide derived from IGFBP-2 or from IGF1 R. The invention additionally provides methods for detecting and treating cancer using IGF-related molecules. | 04-15-2010 |
20100092524 | MODIFICATION OF EXOSOMAL COMPONENTS FOR USE AS A VACCINE - The presently disclosed subject matter provides modified cell-derived exosomes substantially lacking one or more immunosuppressive polypeptides. The presently-disclosed subject matter further provides methods of producing the modified exosomes and methods of using the modified exosomes for treating cancers. | 04-15-2010 |
20100112011 | PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY-GENERATED MESOTHELIOMA VACCINE - This invention relates to a vaccine for mesothelioma generated using photodynamic therapy and its use in methods and compositions for treating mesothelioma. | 05-06-2010 |
20100129410 | Methods and Immunogenic Cell Preparations for Treating Antigen-Associated Diseases - A method of inhibiting growth of, reducing or eliminating a cell population of a subject in need thereof is disclosed. The method comprises (a) thermally, mechanically and/or chemically damaging antigen-bearing cells which comprise at least one antigen characterizing cells of the cell population, with the proviso that the chemically damaging of the antigen-bearing cells is not predominantly effected using one or more antineoplastic agents, thereby generating immunogenic cells; and (b) introducing in the subject a cell aggregate which comprises the immunogenic cells and added antigen-presenting cells, thereby inducing an immune response for inhibiting growth of, reducing or eliminating the cell population of the subject. | 05-27-2010 |
20100136061 | LIGHT-MEDIATED ANTI-CELL PROLIFERATIVE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS - The tumor-necrosis factor superfamily member LIGHT (p30; TNFSF-14) is a cytokine for inducing immune responses against tumors. A novel biochemical approach is used to decorate the surface of tumor cells with LIGHT. LIGHT decorated cells can be used to vaccinate and induce effective, sustained immunity against cells expressing neo or pathogen associated antigens. Variants of LIGHT are described that enhance binding to cellular receptors (e.g., LT beta receptor) and decrease regulation by inhibitors (e.g., Decoy Receptor 3) increasing ability to stimulate immunity. | 06-03-2010 |
20100150969 | IMMUNE RESPONSE - Immune responses to a targeted antigen are increased in patients for treating human disease, by administering an immunogenic composition, wherein such patients are selected from a patient population of interest. | 06-17-2010 |
20100183683 | CELL LINES, COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF MELANOMAS, PROCEDURES TO PREPARE THE COMPOSITIONS, AND TREATMENT METHODS - Cell lines, compositions comprising them for the treatment of melanomas, procedures to prepare the compositions, and treatment methods. More particularly, the invention relates to diverse human melanoma cell lines for the treatment of malignant diseases, wherein the cell lines are: (a) Mel-XY1 (deposited at German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures DSMZ under access number DSM ACC2830), (b) Mel-XY2 (deposited at German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures DSMZ under access number DSM ACC2831), (c) Mel-XY3 (deposited at German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures DSMZ under access number DSM ACC2832), (d) Mel-XX4 (deposited at German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures DSMZ under access number DSM ACC2829), or (e) sub-populations thereof. The cell lines may be irradiated, thus obtaining populations with apoptotic phenotype, and populations with necrotic phenotype of such lines. The compositions may comprise adjuvants and/or immuno-modifiers, and/or autologous dendritic cells. | 07-22-2010 |
20100183684 | Oral vaccination - The invention relates to a drug for oral vaccination, the drug containing an anti-genically active substance and a gastric acid reducing substance as a combination preparation for joint or separate, simultaneous or time shifted, oral application for vaccination. | 07-22-2010 |
20100189750 | METHODS OF TREATING TUMORS IN IMMUNE-PRIVILEGED SITES - A method of treating cancer in an immune-privileged site of a subject in need thereof is provided. The method comprises systemically administering to an area outside the immune-privileged site of the subject, a therapeutically effective amount of naive, viable cells of a tumor of the subject, the tumor being in the immune-privileged site so as to generate an immune response in the subject, thereby treating the cancer in the immune-privileged site of the subject. | 07-29-2010 |
20100203086 | ATTACK OF TUMOR CELLS WITH MISSING, LOW OR ABERRANT MHC EXPRESSION BY COMBINING NON MHC-RESTRICTED T-CELLS/NK-CELLS AND MHC-RESTRICTED CELLS - This invention is directed to therapeutic compositions containing non-MHC-restricted Tcells/NK-cells in combination with MHC-restricted T-cells and especially to therapeutic compositions, which comprise LAK cells. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to the use of the above combination in the treatment of tumors in humans, which tumors show a missing, low or aberrant expression of MHC class Ia or Ib molecules. By using the aforementioned compositions/combinations it is possible to provide a balanced selective pressure against emergence of tumor cell variants that would otherwise escape immune detection. | 08-12-2010 |
20100215697 | METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR MAKING AND USING VACCINES - This document relates to methods and materials for making and using vaccines. For example, vaccine preparations (e.g., whole cell vaccines and cell lysate vaccines) that can be used to treat cancer (e.g., human ovarian cancer) are provided. | 08-26-2010 |
20100215698 | METHOD OF TREATING CANCER CELLS TO CREATE A MODIFIED CANCER CELL THAT PROVOKES AN IMMUNOGENIC RESPONSE - The present invention relates to a delipidation method employing a solvent system useful for extracting lipids from cancer cells, thereby creating a modified cancer cell particle. Upon delipidation of the cancer cells, a portion of the cancer cell antigens remain intact. These exposed antigens, or epitopes, foster and promote antibody production. The resulting modified cancer cell particle, or portions of the cancer cell, initiate a positive immunogenic response when administered to an animal or human and help to treat, prevent or delay the onset of cancer. The present invention provides autologous and heterologous vaccine compositions comprising the modified cancer cell with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention provides method of administering these vaccines to treat, prevent or delay the onset of cancer. | 08-26-2010 |
20100221289 | METHOD FOR TREATING STAGE IV MELANOMA - The present invention relates to a method of treating Stage IV melanoma in a subject. The method includes the step of administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a melanoma cell lysate and/or an immunotherapeutic extract, component or antigen thereof. | 09-02-2010 |
20100221290 | MIXED HAPTENIZED TUMOR CELLS AND EXTRACTS AND METHODS OF TREATING OR SCREENING FOR CANCER - This invention relates to compositions comprising multi-haptenized tumor cells and extracts thereof, methods for preparing the compositions, vaccines comprising such multi-haptenized tumor cells, and methods for treating cancer with such vaccines. In a specific embodiment, melanoma and ovarian adenocarcinoma cells are multi-haptenized, wherein the tumor cells are differentially haptenized either with a dinitrophenyl group coupled to s-amino groups, or with a sulfanilic acid group coupled to aromatic side chains of histidine and tyrosine. A method of SA-haptenization is also provided. | 09-02-2010 |
20100233214 | Extracellular matrix cancer vaccine adjuvant - Compositions suitable for use as adjuvants in the preparation of vaccines, particularly those vaccines useful in the treatment of cancer, are provided. Methods for inhibiting tumor growth in an animal are also disclosed. Methods for immunizing an animal against cancer, such as prostate cancer, are also described. The adjuvants described are comprised of an extracellular matrix material, such as small intestinal submucosal (SIS) tissue. The preparations may take the form of sheets, gels, liquids (injectable), trocar, or other solid or semi-solid preparation. The invention provides for enhanced tumor inhibition of 2-fold or greater, compared to vaccine preparations without the extracellular matrix material, or from 4- to 5-fold, compared to preparations without the adjuvant promoting extracellular materials. | 09-16-2010 |
20100233215 | IMMUNOTHERAPY BY USING CELL CAPABLE OF CO-EXPRESSING TARGET ANTIGEN AND CD1d AND PULSED WITH CD1d LIGAND - The present invention provides a novel immunity induction method, particularly, a method of simultaneously inducing activation of NKT cells and T-cell immune responses. To be more precise, the present invention provides a target antigen and CD1d co-expressing cell, and a preparation and identification method thereof; a target antigen and CD1d co-expressing cell capable of activating immunity to the target antigen, and a preparation method thereof; an immunoinducer to a target antigen or a pharmaceutical agent, which contains a target antigen and CD1d co-expressing cell capable of activating immunity to the target antigen; a target antigen and CD1d co-expressing vector; a kit containing an expression vector and/or a CD1d ligand; and the like. | 09-16-2010 |
20100247579 | THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR CANCER - The present invention relates to a method for treatment of cancer, which comprises the following steps (A) and (B): (A) applying a treatment which induces the reduction in lymphocytes to a patient; and (B), subsequent to step (A), administering lymphocytes to the patient promptly. The present invention also relates to a cancer therapeutic agent and a cancer treatment kit for use in the method. When the method is used as an immunoreconstructive therapy, the decrease in immunologic competence which may be caused by the reduction in lymphocytes can be avoided and, therefore, the risk of the occurrence of an infectious disease can be decreased. | 09-30-2010 |
20100247580 | Method for Classifying Cancer Patients as Responder or Non-Responder to Immunotherapy - The present invention relates to gene expression profiles; methods for classifying patients; microarrays; and treatment of population of patients selected through use of methods and microarrays as described herein. | 09-30-2010 |
20100260806 | NUCLEIC ACIDS - The present invention provides a nucleic acid which comprises a non-specific promoter and at least one sequence that encodes a polypeptide that has at least one heterologous T cell epitope therein but does not have any regulatory T cell epitopes. The polypeptide may be one chain of a heterodimer, the heterologous T cell epitope causing disruption of the heterodimer chain such that it cannot bind with the other chain of the heterodimer. The nucleic acid can be used to raise a T cell response against the at least one heterologous T cell epitope. | 10-14-2010 |
20100260807 | Methods of Inducing and/or Enhancing an Immune Response To Tumor Antigens - An improved method of inducing and/or enhancing an immune response to a tumor antigen is disclosed. The method involves administering the tumor antigen, nucleic acid coding therefor, vectors and/or cells comprising said nucleic acid, or vaccines comprising the aforementioned to a lymphatic site. | 10-14-2010 |
20100260808 | Method for Increasing Immunoreactivity - The invention relates to an in vitro or ex vivo method for increasing the immunoreactivity of cells of the immune system, which were contacted with an antigen, said method comprising the reduction or inhibition of the Cbl-b function of said cells, thereby increasing the immunoreactivity of the cells towards the antigen. | 10-14-2010 |
20100266642 | MODIFIED CELLS FOR TARGETED CELL TRAFFICKING AND USES THEREOF - This application provides methods of making modified cells containing pre-functionalized poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and/or other pre-functionalized polymers are provided. The modified cells produced according to the disclosed methods as well as their use in the treatment of various diseases are also provided. | 10-21-2010 |
20100272760 | CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY WITH A VIRAL ANTIGEN-DEFINED, IMMUNOMODULATOR-SECRETING CELL VACCINE - A human cell line, which lacks major histocompatibility class I (MHC-I) antigens and major histocompatibility class II (MHC-II) antigens and which has been modified to comprise and express (i) a nucleotide sequence encoding an immunomodulator and (ii) a nucleotide sequence encoding a viral antigen, and a method of inducing or stimulating an immune response in a human to a viral-associated disease or cancer comprising administering to the human (i) the aforementioned human cell line in an amount sufficient to induce or stimulate an immune response to the viral associated disease or cancer, (ii) a human cell line, which lacks MHC-I and MHC-11 antigens and which has been modified to comprise and express a nucleotide sequence encoding an immunomodulator, and a human cell line, which lacks MHC-I and MHC-II antigens and which has been modified to comprise and express a nucleotide sequence encoding an antigen of EBV, simultaneously or sequentially in either order, by the same or different routes, in amounts sufficient to induce or stimulate an immune response to the viral-associated disease or cancer, or (iii) an immunomodulator and a human cell line, which lacks MHC-I and MHC-II antigens and which has been modified to comprise and express a nucleotide sequence encoding an antigen of EBV, simultaneously or sequentially in either order, by the same or different routes, in amounts sufficient to induce or stimulate an immune response to the viral associated disease or cancer. | 10-28-2010 |
20100278871 | ANTI-CANCER DNA VACCINE EMPLOYING PLASMIDS ENCODING SIGNAL SEQUENCE, MUTANT ONCOPROTEIN ANTIGEN, AND HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN - Novel nucleic acid vectors comprising sequences encoding (a) an antigen, (b) a signal peptide, and (c) a heat shock protein, are disclosed, as are methods for using such vectors to induce antigen-specific immune responses and to treat tumors. | 11-04-2010 |
20100278872 | MEDICAMENTS AND METHODS FOR TREATING MESOTHELIOMA - The present invention relates to the use of at least one attenuated measles virus for the manufacture of a medicament intended for treating malignant mesothelioma in an individual. | 11-04-2010 |
20100278873 | STIMULATION OF ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNITY USING DENDRITIC CELL/TUMOR CELL FUSIONS AND ANTI-CD3/CD28 - The invention is concerned with fusions of dendritic cells and with tumor or cancer cells. Also provided are methods of making and using these cell fusions, including methods of adoptive immunotherapy as well as methods of stimulating anti-tumor immunity using fused cells and anti-CD3/CD28 antibodies. | 11-04-2010 |
20100278874 | REAGENTS AND METHODS FOR CANCER TREATMENT AND PREVENTION - The invention generally relates to the prevention and/or treatment of cancer, and, more specifically, to the treatment of tumors, including solid tumors and their metastases, without radiation or standard chemotherapeutic agents. In one embodiment, the invention involves a method comprising: a) providing a subject with tumor cells, b) removing at least a portion of said tumor cells from said subject to create removed cells, c) treating at least a portion of said removed cells ex vivo, using stimulating agents, including thapsigargin and/or thapsigargin-related compounds, so as to create treated tumor cells; and d) introducing said treated tumor cells (or fragments thereof) in vivo into the same subject to generate anticancer therapeutic effects. | 11-04-2010 |
20100285071 | PURIFICATION OF HER-2 VARIANTS - The present invention provides for a novel method for purification of EGFR family proteins obtained from cultures of insect cells. The process comprises subsequent steps of a) diafiltration and exchange of culture medium with buffer, b) immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC), C) size exclusion chromatography (SEC), and d) anion exchange chromatography (AIE). The method also provides for an immunogenic variant of HER-2 protein which for which the purification process has been especially adapted, as well as means for the preparation of the variant. | 11-11-2010 |
20100291156 | COMPOSITION FOR TREATING LUNG CANCER, PARTICULARLY OF NON-SMALL LUNG CANCERS (NSCLC) - The present invention relates to an active (immunostimulatory) composition comprising at least one RNA, preferably a mRNA, encoding at least two (preferably different) antigens capable of eliciting an (adaptive) immune response in a mammal. The invention furthermore relates to a vaccine comprising said active (immunostimulatory) composition, and to the use of said active (immunostimulatory) composition (for the preparation of a vaccine) and/or of the vaccine for eliciting an (adaptive) immune response for the treatment of lung cancer, particularly of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC), preferably selected from the three main sub-types squamous cell lung carcinoma, adenocarcinoma and large cell lung carcinoma, or of disorders related thereto. Finally, the invention relates to kits, particularly to kits of parts, containing the active (immunostimulatory) composition and/or the vaccine. | 11-18-2010 |
20100297189 | ALLOGENEIC TUMOR THERAPEUTIC AGENT, A VACCINE USING ALLOGENEIC TUMOR CELLS FOR THE THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT OF TUMOR DISEASES, AND A METHOD FOR THE MAKING OF SUCH A VACCINE, AND TRANSFECTED HUMAN TUMOR CELLS FOR USE AS A VACCINE - Vaccine on the basis of allogeneic tumor cells for the therapeutic treatment of tumor diseases, and a method for the making of such vaccine, furthermore transfected human tumor cells for their use as a vaccine. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 11-25-2010 |
20100303868 | EX VIVO, FAST AND EFFICIENT PROCESS TO OBTAIN ACTIVATED ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS THAT ARE USEFUL FOR THERAPIES AGAINST CANCER AND IMMUNE SYSTEM-RELATED DISEASES - The present invention relates to an ex vivo, fast and efficient process to obtain activated antigen-presenting cells that are useful for therapies against cancer and immune system-related diseases. At the same time, it is related to a cellular composition that contributes to stimulate the activated antigen-presenting cells to induce a specific immune response against tumors in patients with cancer or other pathologies involving immune responses. | 12-02-2010 |
20110002963 | COMPOSITION OF TUMOR-ASSOCIATED PEPTIDES AND RELATED ANTI-CANCER VACCINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLIOBLASTOMA (GBM) AND OTHER CANCERS - The present invention relates to immunotherapeutic peptides and their use in immunotherapy, in particular the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention discloses tumor-associated T-helper cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions which stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. In particular, the composition of the peptides of the present invention can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses against gliomas. | 01-06-2011 |
20110002964 | Methods for cancer treatment using stem cells - Various embodiments of the invention provide methods of treating cancer. Many embodiments provide methods of treating cancer using stem cells. In one embodiment the method comprises removing cancer cells from a patient and culturing the cancer cells in the presence of stem cells under conditions such that the stem cells differentiate into stem cell-derived cancer cells (SCDCC) which can comprise stem cell derived non-invasive and/or invasive cancer cells. An amount of the SCDCC is introduced into the patient sufficient to induce the patient's immune system to produce antibodies which inhibit or destroy the patient's cancer cells. The SCDCC may also be genetically modified to produce various immune stimulating proteins which enhance the patient's immune response to the cancer cells and improves the efficacy of the SCDNIC in treating the patient's cancer. | 01-06-2011 |
20110014239 | Preparation of Vaccines Using Photosensitizer and Light - Methods are provided for treating a vaccine containing infectious particles which may be viral, bacterial, and/or cellular in nature. Preferred methods include the steps of adding an effective, non-toxic amount of an endogenous photosensitizer to the fluid and exposing the fluid to photoradiation sufficient to inactivate the infectious particles but not enough to damage the antigenic characteristics of the infectious particles. | 01-20-2011 |
20110014240 | SINGLE CYCLE REPLICATING ADENOVIRUS VECTORS - This document relates to adenovirus vectors and methods and materials related to using adenovirus vectors. For example, viruses, nucleic acid molecules encoding viruses, cell lines containing viral vectors, and methods for using viruses to deliver nucleic acid to cells in vitro or in vivo are provided. Methods and materials for using adenovirus vectors to induce immune responses and to treat cancer also are provided. | 01-20-2011 |
20110014241 | Therapeutic Cancer Antigens - The present invention relates to cells, pharmaceutical compositions, tumor vaccines, kits and methods for inhibiting cell proliferation or tumor growth in a mammal, specifically, the invention relates to cells that express a tumor-associated tumor antigen. | 01-20-2011 |
20110027322 | TUMOR VACCINE, A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TUMOR VACCINE AND A METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT ANTITUMOR IMMUNOTHERAPY - The group of inventions relates to medical engineering, in particular to the immunotherapy of cancer patients. The inventive tumor vaccine based on surface tumor antigens comprises a mixture of surface tumor antigens. The method for producing a tumor vaccine consists in cultivating tumor cells and in separating surface tumor antigens. The primary culture of living tumor cells, which is pre-washed of a growth medium, is exposed to a proteases action vital for cells and the thus released surface tumor antigens are separated. The primary culture of living tumor cells is repeatedly treated by proteases at intervals necessary for recovering the surface tumor antigens by means of cells. The surface tumor antigens are accumulated until a dose thereof, required for vaccination, is obtained, the composition of the thus obtained surface tumor antigens is tested. Trypsin can be used as protease. The method for carrying out antitumor immunotherapy consists in administrating the tumor vaccine in a patient body. The inventive group of inventions makes it possible to increase the effectiveness of treatment of oncological diseases by enhancing an antitumor immune response. | 02-03-2011 |
20110027323 | ADJUVANTS AND METHODS OF USE - Compositions comprising NKT cell agonist compounds and a physiologically acceptable vehicle are provided. Methods of stimulating an NKT cell and enhancing an immune response are also disclosed. Further provided are vaccine preparations comprising NKT cell agonist compounds. | 02-03-2011 |
20110038894 | Immunogenic Peptides of Tumor Associated Antigen L6 and Uses Thereof in Cancer Therapy - An immunopeptide containing a T cell epitope from the tumor associated antigen L6 (TAL6) and a nucleic acid encoding the immunopeptide. The immunopeptide and its encoding nucleic acid can be used as a component of an immune composition for enhancing immune response against cancer cells that express TAL6. | 02-17-2011 |
20110038895 | MULTI-EPITOPE PEPTIDE-LOADED DENDRITIC CELL IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR CANCER - The invention involves peptides of from about 7 to about 50 amino acid residues in length that have epitopes that bind to more than one HLA class II protein and stimulate CD4+ T cells for treatment of cancer from one of three serine proteases overexpressed in ovarian cancer and other cancers—stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme, matriptase, and hepsin. Since the peptides bind to more than one HLA class II protein variant, they can be used to treat cancer in most patients of a population having a variety of HLA class II alleles. The peptides can be loaded onto autologous dendritic cells of a cancer patient and infused into the patient to activate a CD4+ and CD8+ T cell response that recognizes tumor cells expressing the peptide antigen. | 02-17-2011 |
20110052641 | HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACIDS, OLIGOMERS AND/OR POLYMERS THEREOF AND THEIR USE IN DEVITALIZING EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL NEOPLASMS - Halogenated aliphatic carboxylic acids, salts and/or oligomers or polymers thereof, which exhibit a devitalizing effect of neoplastic tissues, are disclosed. Methods and uses that utilize these compounds for the treatment of medical conditions associated with a neoplastic tissue are also disclosed. Further disclosed are methods and uses that utilize these compounds for reducing or abolishing blood and lymph as well local dissemination of malignant neoplastic cells during a surgical removal thereof, thereby preventing recurrences and distance metastases, and/or inducing immune response to potentially malignant, pre-malignant and/or malignant cells. Further disclosed are novel oligomeric forms of halogenated aliphatic carboxylic acids, pharmaceutical compositions containing same and uses thereof. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052642 | PERIPHERAL ZONE TUMOR CELLS, METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND USE - The present invention relates to a tumor cell of the peripheral zone of a tumor and methods of providing such a tumor cell. Further provided is a method for identifying a molecular marker diagnostic for an infiltrative cancer, an antibody, which specifically binds to such molecular marker, a method for identifying a therapeutic compound effective against a metastatic/infiltrative cancer disease and the use of a tumor cell according to the invention. | 03-03-2011 |
20110059137 | CHEMOKINE GENE-MODIFIED CELLS FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY - Described herein are methods of cancer immunotherapy, particularly compositions comprising genetically-modified cells that express macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), CD40 ligand (CD40L), and chemokine C—C motif ligand 21 (CCL21), wherein the population of cells comprises bystander cells and target cancer cells, and methods of making these compositions and treating cancer using these compositions. | 03-10-2011 |
20110064770 | Immunization of an Individual Against Carcinomas and the Preliminary Stages Thereof - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, comprising a cell cycle regulatory protein and/or an expressible nucleic acid coding for this in an amount suitable for immunization of an individual against carcinomas and the preliminary stages thereof and common auxiliary agents and/or to the use of a cell cycle regulatory protein and/or an expressible nucleic acid coding for this to immunize an individual against carcinomas and the preliminary stages thereof. | 03-17-2011 |
20110070268 | Method - Methods for characterisation of patients as responders or non-responders to therapy based on differential expression of one or more genes are provided. Gene expression profiles, microarrays comprising nucleic acid sequences representing gene expression profiles, and new diagnostic kits and methods of treatment are also provided. The kits and methods relate to the treatment of specific populations of, for example, cancer patients, as characterised by their gene expression profile, suffering from MAGE expressing tumours. | 03-24-2011 |
20110070269 | LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE ISOLATED FROM PYRULARIA TISSUE AND/OR PYRULARIA-ASSOCIATED BACTERIA AND USES THEREOF - This disclosure provides, in certain embodiments, methods for generating and using extracts of | 03-24-2011 |
20110086067 | ANTITUMOR VACCINATION USING ALLOGENEIC TUMOR CELLS EXPRESSING ALPHA (1,3)-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE - The invention relates to methods and compositions for causing the selective targeting and killing of tumor cells. Through ex vivo gene therapy protocols tumor cells are engineered to express an α(1,3)galactosyl epitope. The cells are then irradiated or otherwise killed and administered to a patient. The α-galactosyl epitope causes opsonization of the tumor cell enhancing uptake of the opsonized tumor cell by antigen presenting cells which results in enhanced tumor specific antigen presentation. The animal's immune system thus is stimulated to produce tumor specific cytotoxic cells and antibodies which will attack and kill tumor cells present in the animal. | 04-14-2011 |
20110104210 | USE OF TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR LIGANDS AS ADJUVANTS TO VACCINATION THERAPY FOR BRAIN TUMORS - Compositions comprising dendritic cells pulsed with tumor lysate and at least one toll-like receptor (TLR) ligand which may be used for eliciting a specific immune response in a mammal in need thereof for treating diseases including a tumor are disclosed. Also disclose are methods of activating dendritic cells, comprising providing at least one toll-like receptor (TLR) ligand; and pulsing a dendentic cell with the at least one TLR ligand. A method further comprises pulsing the dendritic cell with a tumor lysate. | 05-05-2011 |
20110110983 | LACTOFERRIN AS AN ADJUVANT IN CANCER VACCINES - The present invention relates to methods of treating cancer by administering a composition of lactoferrin (LF) in combination with cancer vaccines. | 05-12-2011 |
20110117135 | Method of Forming Dendritic Cells from Embryonic Stem Cells - This invention relates to the culture of dendritic cells from human embryonic stem (ES) cells. Human ES cells are first cultured into hematopoietic cells by co-culture with stromal cells. The cells now differentiated into the hematopoietic lineage are then cultured with GM-CSF to create a culture of myeloid precursor cells. Culture of the myeloid precursor cells with the cytokines GM-CSF and IL-4 causes functional dendritic cells to be generated. The dendritic cells have a unique phenotype, as indicated by their combination of cell surface markers. | 05-19-2011 |
20110129503 | Tumor vaccination in combination with hematopoietic cell transplantation for cancer therapy - In one aspect, the present invention provides a method for treating cancer comprising tumor cell vaccination in combination with hematopoietic and immune cell transplantation. In some embodiments, the method involves autologous tumor cell vaccination prior to autologous hematopoietic and immune cell transplantation. In another aspect, the present invention provides a method of purifying tumor cells from a subject in preparation for vaccination. | 06-02-2011 |
20110135690 | EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX ADJUVANT & METHODS FOR PREVENTION AND/OR INHIBITION OF OVARIAN TUMORS AND OVARIAN CANCER - Compositions suitable for use as ovarian cancer and/or tumor adjuvants in the preparation of ovarian cancer vaccines, particularly those vaccines useful in the treatment of human ovarian cancer, are provided. The ovarian cancer adjuvants described are comprised of an extracellular matrix material, such as small intestinal submucosal (SIS) tissue. The preparations may take the form of sheets, gels, liquids (injectable), tracer, or other solid or semi-solid preparation. Also disclosed are ovarian tumor inhibiting compositions that include extracellular matrix tissue adjuvants. | 06-09-2011 |
20110135691 | IMMUNOMODULATION BY IAP INHIBITORS - The present invention is directed to immune adjuvants containing IAP inhibitors, including Smac mimetics. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and vaccines containing an IAP inhibitor and an antigen. Methods of enhancing an immune response by administration of an IAP inhibitor, methods of treating or preventing cancer, methods of treating or preventing infections, methods of treating autoimmune disorders, and methods of potentiating cytokine or antibody production are also provided. | 06-09-2011 |
20110135692 | ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNOTHERAPY - The present invention relates to the use of telomerase-derived peptides for the treatment of any cancer patients, particularly for the treatment of patients with renal or prostate cancer. | 06-09-2011 |
20110150934 | Ovarian Tumor Tissue Cell Preparations/Vaccines for the Treatment/Inhibition of Ovarian Tumors and Ovarian Cancer - Disclosed are compositions comprising non-viable ovarian tumor cells and/or ovarian cancer tissue cells useful as a vaccine for human ovarian cancer and/or for the inhibition of human ovarian tumor growth. Methods for preparing the ovarian cancer and/or tumor vaccines that comprise these compositions are also provided, as well as methods of using the vaccines in the treatment and/or inhibition of tumor growth, and particularly ovarian tumor growth and ovarian cancers. The preparations may be defined as vaccines comprising human ovarian tumor tissue cells and/or human ovarian cancer cells. Preparations comprising the ovarian tissue cells together with an adjuvant are also provided. The ovarian tumor and/or ovarian cancer vaccines are demonstrated to significantly reduce the incidence of autochthonous ovarian cancer. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150935 | TARGETED TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH ESTROGEN RECEPTOR NEGATIVE AND PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR NEGATIVE BREAST CANCERS - Treatments for estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor negative breast cancer or estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and c-erbB2 negative (triple negative) breast cancer are provided. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150936 | ANTI-TUMORAL CELLS - The present invention relates to the field of preventive or therapeutic anti-tumoral vaccine. More specifically, the present invention relates to live animal tumour cells having a negative MHC-I phenotype, to methods for the production of such MHC-I negative cells, and to their therapeutic use as anti-tumoral agents, particularly via their capacity to activate natural killer (NK) cells. The invention further relates to methods for modulating the level of expression of MHC-I molecules on animal tumour cells, for example by use of specific culture conditions, and/or by use of exogenous agents which directly or indirectly affect levels of MHC-I expression. The invention also concerns activated NK cells and their therapeutic use as anti-tumoral agents. | 06-23-2011 |
20110159043 | ALLOGENEIC VACCINE AND METHODS TO SYNTHESIZE SAME - This invention provides a retroviral vector comprising (a) a 3′LTR; and (b) an insert having (i) a promoter, (ii) a sequence encoding an immunomolecule selected from the group consisting of cytokines, adhesion molecules, costimulatory factors, tumor associated antigens and tumor specific antigens, and (iii) a poly A signal, respectively, said promoter, sequence encoding an immunomolecule and poly A signal being aligned in a 5′ to 3′ orientation, wherein the insert is positioned within the 3′LTR in the orientation opposite to that of the 3′LTR. This invention further provides a genetically manipulated cell useful for treating or preventing a malignant tumor in a patient which a) expresses at least one immunomolecule selected from the group consisting of cytokines, adhesion molecules, costimulatory factors, tumor associated antigens and tumor specific antigens; and b) is allogenic to the patient. This invention also provides a method of treating a malignant tumor or preventing tumor formation in a subject which comprises administering to the subject a plurality of a genetically manipulated cell which (a) expresses at least one immunomolecule selected from the group consisting of cytokines, adhesion molecules, costimulatory factors, tumor associated antigens and tumor specific antigens and (b) is allogeneic relative to the subject, so as to inhibit proliferation of the malignant tumor or prevent tumor formation. | 06-30-2011 |
20110177129 | Methods and Compositions Using Peroxiredoxin 1 (PRX1) as an Adjuvant - Provided are compositions and methods for stimulating immune responses against antigens. The compositions contain an antigen to which a stimulated immune response is desired and an isolated Prx1 protein. The Prx1 protein functions as an adjuvant so that the immune response to the antigen stimulated by the composition comprising the antigen and Prx1 is greater than the immune response stimulated by the antigen alone. | 07-21-2011 |
20110182943 | METHODS OF IMMUNE OR HEMATOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT, INHIBITING TUMOUR FORMATION OR GROWTH, AND TREATING OR PREVENTING CANCER, CANCER SYMPTOMS, OR THE SYMPTOMS OF CANCER TREATMENTS - The present invention relates to administration of milk fat or a milk fat analogue, optionally with at least one additional therapeutic factor, preferably lactoferrin or metal ion lactoferrin, preferably iron lactoferrin, preferably bovine lactoferrin, preferably iron bovine lactoferrin, or a metal ion functional variant or functional fragment thereof, to inhibit tumour formation or growth, maintain or improve one or more of the white blood cell count, the red blood cell count, or the myeloid cell count, reduce cachexia, mucositis, and anemia, stimulate the immune system and treat or prevent cancer and the symptoms of cancer and side-effects of cancer therapies. The methods and medicinal uses of the invention may be carried out by employing dietary (as foods or food supplements), nutraceutical or pharmaceutical compositions. Compositions useful in the methods of the invention are also provided. | 07-28-2011 |
20110182944 | Method for inducing cell lysis with immunogenic portions of NY-ESO-1 protein - The invention relates to peptides which bind to MHC Class I and to MHC Class II molecules. These peptides are useful in different therapeutic and diagnostic contexts. | 07-28-2011 |
20110182945 | SEMI-ALLOGENIC ANTI-TUMOUR VACCINE WITH HLA HAPLO-IDENTICAL ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS - The present invention relates to semi-allogeneic antigen-presenting cells into which proteins and/or peptides or RNA or DNA or cDNA, respectively, encoding said proteins and/or peptides which are overexpressed in tumor cells or which are derived from autologous tumor cells or different tumor cells or different tumor cell lines have been introduced. Furthermore the invention relates to methods for the generation of these semi-allogeneic antigen-presenting cells as well as to the use thereof in the treatment of tumor diseases. | 07-28-2011 |
20110189237 | Therapeutic Agent for Malignant Mesothelioma and Immunostimulant - According to the present invention, a method for treating malignant mesothelioma using REIC/Dkk-3 and a therapeutic agent for malignant mesothelioma comprising REIC/Dkk-3 are provided. A mesothelioma therapeutic agent is provided, comprising the following REIC/Dkk-3 DNA or a vector comprising the DNA as an active ingredient:
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20110189238 | USE OF A SOLUBLE FORM OF HLA-G IN THE TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL B-LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION - The invention relates to a novel use of the soluble forms of HLA-G in the treatment or prophylaxis of abnormal B-cell proliferation, such as liquid cancers of the B type. | 08-04-2011 |
20110206734 | HYBRID SCFA-HYDROXYL-DERIVATIZED MONOSACCHARIDES, METHODS OF SYNTHESIS, AND METHODS OF TREATING DISORDERS - Described herein are fatty acid carbohydrate-hydroxyl-hybrid compounds and derivatives thereof, and methods of treating or preventing disease and disease symptoms using the compounds and compositions thereof. | 08-25-2011 |
20110206735 | Tumorigenic CancerStemCells, Methods of Isolating and Using the Same - The present invention provides an enriched preparation of cancer stem cells selected by a process that eliminates non-cancer stem cells under extreme culture conditions. The cancer stem cells of the invention are tumorigenic in vivo and form in vitro multilayered | 08-25-2011 |
20110206736 | Cancer Vaccines Against Mucosal Antigens and Methods of Making and Using the Same - Nucleic acid molecules comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a chimeric protein are disclosed. The chimeric proteins comprise at least one epitope of a mucosally restricted antigen, at least one CD4+ helper epitope, and, optionally, a secretion sequence. Chimeric proteins that comprise at least one epitope of a mucosally restricted antigen, at least one CD4+helper epitope and, optionally a secretion sequence are also disclosed. Compositions including pharmaceutical compositions and injectables comprising nucleic acid molecule and proteins are disclosed. Methods of treating individuals diagnosed with cancer of a mucosal tissue and methods of preventing cancer of a mucosal tissue are disclosed. | 08-25-2011 |
20110229524 | Composition of tumor-associated peptides and related anti-cancer vaccine for the treatment of Gastric Cancer and other cancers - The present invention relates to immunotherapeutic peptides and their use in immunotherapy, in particular the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention discloses tumor-associated T-helper cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions which stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. In particular, the composition of the peptides of the present invention can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses against gastric cancers (GC). | 09-22-2011 |
20110236427 | Antagonists of NR2F6 For Augmenting The Immune Response - The present invention relates to antagonists/inhibitors of NR2F6 (nuclear orphan receptor receptor Ear2) for the treatment of a disease related to an insufficient immune response. Furthermore, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said antagonists/inhibitors of NR2F6 and a pharmaceutical carrier are comprised. In a further aspect, the present invention provides for a method for identifying immunoaugmenting agents comprising contacting a cell, tissue or a non-human animal comprising a reporter construct for NR2F6-inhibition with a candidate molecule, measuring the reporter signal and selecting a candidate molecule which alters the reporter signal. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the non-human transgenic animals or cells or tissue derived therefrom useful in the provided methods for identifying immunoaugmenting agents. In yet another aspect, the present invention relates to ligand-mediated reporter gene expression constructs, ligand displacement constructs, fluorescent cellular sensor fusion mutant constructs and ligand-induced homo- and/or heterodimer constructs useful in the provided methods for identifying immunoaugmenting agents. | 09-29-2011 |
20110236428 | COMBINATION THERAPY WITH PEPTIDE EPOXYKETONES - The invention provides combination therapy, wherein one or more other therapeutic agents are administered agents are administered with peptide epoxyketones or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Another aspect of the invention relates to treating cancer with a peptide epoxyketone administered in combination with another therapeutic agent. | 09-29-2011 |
20110243995 | Method for Rational Mutagenesis of Alpha/Beta T-Cell Receptors and Correspondingly Mutated MDM2-Protein Specific Alpha/Beta T-Cell Receptors - The invention relates to the rational mutagenesis of polypeptides of α/β T-cell receptors that mediate an oncogen-specific T-cell response, nucleic acids encoding these and their use in the therapy, diagnosis and/or prevention of cancerous diseases. The invention further relates to a T-cell response-mediating MDM2-protein-specific α/β T-cell receptor, which has been rationally mutated by means of the method according to the present invention, and the uses thereof. | 10-06-2011 |
20110250233 | ANTITUMOR VACCINATION USING ALLOGENEIC TUMOR CELLS EXPRESSING ALPHA (1,3)-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE - The invention relates to methods and compositions for causing the selective targeting and killing of tumor cells. Through ex vivo gene therapy protocols tumor cells are engineered to express an α (1,3) galactosyl epitope. The cells are then irradiated or otherwise killed and administered to a patient. The α galactosyl epitope causes opsonization of the tumor cell enhancing uptake of the opsonized tumor cell by antigen presenting cells which results in enhanced tumor specific antigen presentation. The animal's immune system thus is stimulated to produce tumor specific cytotoxic cells and antibodies which will attack and kill tumor cells present in the animal. | 10-13-2011 |
20110250234 | Immunogenic Polypeptides Encoded by MAGE Minigenes and Uses Thereof - The invention discloses immunogenic polypeptides comprising several MAGE-specific antigen epitopes selected from different (i.e. discrete) members of the MAGE protein family, nucleic acids coding therefor, recombinant viruses and/or cells comprising said nucleic acids, and compositions thereof. Methods for eliciting or inducing MAGE-specific immune responses utilizing the aforementioned immunogenic agents are also disclosed. | 10-13-2011 |
20110268766 | Engineered Cells Expressing Multiple Immunomodulators And Uses Thereof - This invention relates to the field of therapeutics. Most specifically invention provides methods of generating in vitro engineered immune cells conditionally expressing interleukin-12 (IL-12) and one or more immunomodulators under the control of a gene expression modulation system in the presence of activating ligand and uses for therapeutic purposes in animals. | 11-03-2011 |
20110268767 | USE OF ALLOGENEIC CELL LINES TO LOAD ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS TO ELICIT OR ELIMINATE IMMUNE RESPONSES - Novel antigen-presenting cells, including but not limited to dendritic cells, that are loaded with antigens from dead or dying cells including allogenic cell lines, and the methods for making such antigen-presenting cells are described. These loaded antigen-presenting cells induce therapeutic immune responses in humans. Such loaded antigen-presenting cells are useful in the management of cancer. Antigen-loaded dendritic cells prepared as described here can prime naïve T cells to differentiate into effector cells able to recognize multiple and/or shared tumor antigens that are expressed either on the tumor cells that are used to load the dendritic cells and/or on other tumor cells. The cytotoxic T cells generated by exposure to antigen-loaded dendritic cells prepared as described here can be used in adoptive therapy. This induction of responses against multiple antigens shared between different cells, for instance tumor cells, as described here is important as it leads to broad immune responses. | 11-03-2011 |
20110274723 | CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY AND METHOD OF TREATMENT - The instant disclosure relates to methods for treating a cancer patient with an active immunotherapeutic, wherein the methods include assessing a patient's pre-existing immunoreactivity to at least one target antigen, choosing an immunotherapeutic regimen based on the level of pre-existing immunoreactivity, and administering an active immunotherapeutic according to the regimen. | 11-10-2011 |
20110280911 | CANCER VACCINE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - The present invention provides methods and compositions for the stimulation of immune responses. In particular, the present invention provides nanoemulsion compositions and methods of using the same for the induction of immune responses (e.g., innate and adaptive immune responses (e.g., for generation of host immunity against an environmental pathogen)). Compositions and methods of the present invention find use in, among other things, clinical (e.g. therapeutic and preventative medicine (e.g., vaccination)) and research applications. | 11-17-2011 |
20110287056 | AGENTS AND METHODS TO ELICIT ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNE RESPONSE - The invention provides an isolated, purified population of human cells comprising CD8+ T cells with reduced Cbl-b activity. The invention provides uses of such cells in methods for inducing or enhancing an anti-tumor immune response in a subject. These methods comprise: (a) providing a cell population, from a subject or from another source, which comprises CD8+ T cells, (b) reducing Cbl-b activity in the CD8+ T-cells, (c) administering the cells of step (b) to the subject. The invention provides methods for making CD8+ T cells that do not require stimulation through a co-receptor in order for the cell to become activated or proliferated in response to contact via its T cell receptor. Such methods are based upon reducing function of Cbl-b. The invention also provides methods for identifying agents which affect Cbl-b expression or activity. | 11-24-2011 |
20110287057 | Cancer Treatment - A cell-based vaccine prolongs the survival of cancer patients. The vaccine includes a dose of irradiated cultured lung adenocarcinoma cells (AD100) transfected with HLA A1 and gp96-Ig (human gp96 wherein the endoplasmic reticulum retention signal, KDEL, is replaced with the Fc-portion of human IgG1 and was injected intradermally into patients suffering from advanced, relapsed, or metastatic NSCLC. Administration of the vaccine increased the mean survival time of the patients compared to that of similar patients treated with placebo. Moreover, the immune response of patients to the vaccine (antigen-induced interferon gamma production by T cells) correlated with the survival times. | 11-24-2011 |
20110287058 | Universal GM-CSF Expressing Bystander Human Cell Line - The present invention provides a universal immunomodulatory cytokine-expressing bystander cell line, a composition comprising such a cell line and a cancer antigen, a method of making such a cell line, and a method of using such a composition. | 11-24-2011 |
20110300183 | METHOD OF PREPARING ADENOSINE-RESISTANT ANTI-TUMOR T LYMPHOCYTES FOR ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY - In the past, adoptive immunotherapy often failed because the transferred immune cells were inactive in vivo. This disclosure provides a method of producing immune cells that are highly active in vivo. The immune cells may be expanded in vitro in the presence of an adenosine receptor agonist or an antisense nucleic acid that downregulates expression of an adenosine receptor, for example. The immune cells may be tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL), cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), natural killer (NK) cells, or lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells, for example. The methods described herein may be used to treat a number of diseases including cancer, infectious diseases, and immunodeficiencies. | 12-08-2011 |
20110318387 | IMMUNIZATION METHOD USING CANCER CELLS - The object of the present invention is to provide an immunization method which allows efficient preparation of a desired antibody. | 12-29-2011 |
20120009221 | TRANSFECTION OF BLOOD CELLS WITH MRNA FOR IMMUNE STIMULATION AND GENE THERAPY - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing blood cells or haemopoietic cells, e.g. red blood cells (erythrocytes), granulocytes, mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and/or blood platelets, in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and/or vehicle, wherein the cells are transfected with at least one mRNA comprising at least one region coding for at least one antigen. The invention further discloses a method of preparing the aforesaid pharmaceutical composition and the use of blood cells transfected in this way for the preparation of drugs or pharmaceutical compositions for immune stimulation against the antigens encoded by the mRNA. The subjects according to the invention are used especially for the therapy and/or prophylaxis of carcinoses or infectious diseases and can also be employed in gene therapy. | 01-12-2012 |
20120014996 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING BLADDER CANCER - Objective methods for detecting and diagnosing bladder cancer (BLC) are described herein. In one embodiment, the diagnostic method involves determining the expression level of a BLC-associated gene that discriminates between BLC cells and normal cells. The present invention further provides means for predicting and preventing bladder cancer metastasis using BLC-associated genes having unique altered expression patterns in bladder cancer cells with lymph-node metastasis. Finally, the present invention provides methods of screening for therapeutic agents useful in the treatment of bladder cancer, methods of treating bladder cancer and method for vaccinating a subject against bladder cancer. In particular, the present application provides novel human genes C2093, B5860Ns and C6055s whose expression is markedly elevated in bladder cancers. The genes and polypeptides encoded by the genes can be used, for example, in the diagnosis of bladder cancers, as target molecules for developing drugs against the disease, and for attenuating cell growth of bladder cancer. | 01-19-2012 |
20120014997 | ARYL SULFONAMIDES - Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor, and which have been further confirmed in animal testing for inflammation, one of the hallmark disease states for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR9-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists. | 01-19-2012 |
20120021006 | EGFR-HOMING DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA VECTOR FOR SYSTEMIC CANCER TREATMENT - An epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-homing vector comprising a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecule with an EGFR-binding peptide or polypeptide, is disclosed for use in combination with immune cells for treatment of cancer overexpressing EGFR. | 01-26-2012 |
20120021007 | NITRIC OXIDE FUROXAN DERIVATIVE COMPOUNDS ENDOWED WITH ANTITUMORAL ACTIVITY - The present invention relates to nitric oxide furoxan derivative compounds which showed to be active in the treatment of tumors. In addition, they may be used as adjuvants in cancer immunotherapy. | 01-26-2012 |
20120027802 | USE OF COMMON GAMMA CHAIN CYTOKINES FOR THE VISUALIZATION, ISOLATION AND GENETIC MODIFICATION OF MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTES - It is described in vitro methods for expanding, detecting or isolating rare populations of antigen specific memory T cells. It is also described an in vitro method for obtaining a genetically modified memory T cell population. Uses of cells so obtained are also disclosed. | 02-02-2012 |
20120034269 | ANALOGS OF ALPHA GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE AND USES THEREOF - Compounds of formula | 02-09-2012 |
20120039943 | FACTORS - A method for determining a prognosis for benefit for a cancer patient receiving immunotherapy treatment involving (a) measuring a level of platelets and haemoglobin in a sample from the cancer patient, and (b) comparing the level of platelets in the sample to a reference level of platelets and comparing the level of haemoglobin in the sample to a reference level of haemoglobin, wherein a lower level of platelets and higher level of haemoglobin in the sample correlates with increased benefit to the patient. | 02-16-2012 |
20120070461 | USE OF MYELOID CELL BIOMARKERS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER - The present invention relates to the use of myeloid cell biomarkers for the differential diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) or colorectal cancer (CRC). The present invention furthermore relates to monitoring the effect of a treatment against renal cell carcinoma (RCC) or colorectal cancer (CRC), and establishing a prognosis of the outcome of the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) or colorectal cancer (CRC). The present invention furthermore relates to panels of cellular biomarkers for use in the above methods, in particular multicolor panels for measuring said biomarkers. | 03-22-2012 |
20120070462 | Targeted Gene Delivery to Dendritic Cells - Methods and compositions are provided for delivery of a polynucleotide encoding a gene of interest, typically an antigen, to a dendritic cell (DC). The virus envelope comprises a DC-SIGN specific targeting molecule. The methods and related compositions can be used to treat patients suffering from a wide range of conditions, including infection, such as HIV/AIDS, and various types of cancers. | 03-22-2012 |
20120076827 | Compositions and methods for generating an immune response in a subject - The invention relates to a method for providing an activated antigen-presenting cell or a composition that comprises at least one activated antigen-presenting cell, which method at last comprises the steps of providing a composition that comprises at least one antigen-presenting cell and contacting said composition with a vaccine. Suitably, the at least one dendritic cell is brought into a state in which it is capable of stimulating T-cells and/or a T-cell mediated response. | 03-29-2012 |
20120093872 | Method For Polypeptide Transfer Into Cells - The present invention relates to a method for polypeptide transfer into cells. The present invention further relates to the detection of polypeptide-specific immune cells and the priming, expansion and reactivation of polypeptide-specific T cells. Moreover the present invention relates to polypeptides of the methods of the present invention in combination with urea and their use for research, diagnosis or treatment and prevention of diseases in animals and humans. | 04-19-2012 |
20120107364 | ANTIBODY HAVING ANTI-CANCER ACTIVITY - By utilizing an SST-REX method, a cDNA encoding a protein expressed on a cell surface or secreted from the cell was selected from a cDNA library derived from a cancer cell line. Monoclonal antibodies against the protein encoding the selected cDNA were prepared. The in vitro and in vivo anti-cancer activities and binding to various cancer cells lines were examined. As a result, a monoclonal antibody which binds to a PODXL2 protein, and which had excellent anti-cancer activities was found. Further, a region including an epitope of the antibody was successfully identified, and the amino acid sequences of variable regions of a light chain and a heavy chain were successfully determined. | 05-03-2012 |
20120121649 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER - Conventional cancer immunotherapy falls short at efficiently expanding T cells that specifically target cancerous cells in numbers sufficient to significantly reduce the tumor size or cancerous cell number in vivo. To overcome this limitation, provided herein are nanoparticles coated with MHC class I and/or class II molecules presenting tumor-specific antigens and co-stimulatory molecules and their use to expand antigen-specific anti-tumorigenic T cells to levels not achieved in current immunotherapeutic techniques. These antigen-specific anti-tumorigenic T cells include cytotoxic T cells, effector T cells, memory T cells, and helper T cells that are necessary to initiate and maintain a substantial immune response against metastatic or non-metastatic cancerous, pre-cancerous, or neoplastic cells in vivo. The present invention describes a systemic approach to targeting cancerous or pre-cancerous cells that are circulating cells, as in lymphomas, migratory metastatic cells, and solid tumors. | 05-17-2012 |
20120128723 | CANCER SPECIFIC ANTIBODY AND CELL SURFACE PROTEINS - The present invention provides the amino acid and nucleic acid sequences of heavy chain and light chain complementarity determining regions of a cancer specific antibody. In addition, the invention provides cancer specific antibodies and immunoconjugates comprising the cancer specific antibody attached to a toxin or label, and methods and uses thereof. The invention also relates to diagnostic methods and kits using the cancer specific antibodies of the invention. Further, the invention provides a novel cancer-associated antigen and its uses thereof. | 05-24-2012 |
20120128724 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HUMAN INFLAMMATORY AND PROLIFERATIVE DISEASES AND WOUNDS, WITH FATTY ACID METABOLISM INHIBITORS AND/OR GLYCOLYTIC INHIBITORS - Systems and methods for treating inflammatory and proliferative diseases, and wounds, using as a pharmacon a fatty acid metabolism inhibitor, a glycolytic inhibitor, and/or an agent able to alter cellular production of reactive oxygen, or combination thereof, optionally in combination with one or more chemotherapeutic agents. In preferred embodiments, the invention combines an oxirane carboxylic acid, represented by etomoxir, with a 2-deoxyglucose compound, represented by 2-deoxy-D-glucose, and/or an antibody against UCP and/or Fas antigen. The systems and methods of the invention can be used to treat drug-resistant or multi-drug resistant cancers. | 05-24-2012 |
20120141537 | ENHANCING T CELL ACTIVATION USING ALTERED MHC-PEPTIDE LIGANDS - Materials and Methods for identifying and using MHC molecule variants for activating self-reactive T cells in a peptide-specific manner, and their use to focus autoimmune cellular responses against diseases such as cancers and persisting viral infections, are described. | 06-07-2012 |
20120156246 | REPROGRAMMING CANCER CELLS - The present application describes a method of treating a patient with cancer or at risk of developing cancer with at least one regulatory element that induces differentiation of cells. | 06-21-2012 |
20120164180 | Cancer Vaccines and Therapeutic Methods - Compositions and methods of producing improved cancer vaccines are described. In addition, methods of identifying tumor associated antigens are also described. | 06-28-2012 |
20120189663 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A MEDICAL COMPOSITION - The present invention aims to produce a safe and reliable medical composition, which efficiently boosts nonspecific immunity of antigen-presenting cells and thereby promotes an antitumor activity. To produce the medical composition, antigen-presenting cells such as dendritic cells are exposed to an activating reagent containing baculoviruses. Then, the antigen-presenting cells are separated from the activating reagent. The antigen-presenting cells are optionally cultured after the separation. Furthermore, an absence of the baculoviruses in the composition are optionally checked. The medical composition produced by the present invention is expected to have an outstanding therapeutic effect. | 07-26-2012 |
20120189664 | CANCER STEM CELL ANTIGEN VACCINES AND METHODS - Method of stimulating an immune response (e.g., to treat cancer) include administering to a patient a composition including dendritic cells that present cancer stem cell antigens. Compositions including cancer stem cell antigens are also provided herein. | 07-26-2012 |
20120213822 | CHEMO-IMMUNOTHERAPY METHOD - A method of treating or preventing disease, said method comprising administering to a subject, simultaneously, sequentially or separately, an antigen and a chemotherapeutic agent or agents comprising the steps of: administering the chemotherapeutic agent or agents, and administering an antigen up to 6 weeks after the chemotherapeutic agent. | 08-23-2012 |
20120231035 | METHOD FOR INDUCING CELL LYSIS WITH IMMUNOGENIC PORTIONS OF NY-ESO-1 PROTEIN - The invention relates to peptides which bind to MHC Class I and to MHC Class II molecules. These peptides are useful in different therapeutic and diagnostic contexts. | 09-13-2012 |
20120251579 | COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN ANTIGEN SPECIFIC IMMUNE RESPONSE - The present invention provides for the purposeful utilisation of the induction of senescence in eukaryotic cells for induction of an antigen specific immune response. Such cells can be normal cells, pre-malignant and malignant cells as well as virally or bacterially infected cells, for the generation of an immune response, preferably a cellular or humoral immune response comprising T-cells and/or B-cells, whose immune response is directed specifically against antigens from those cells in which senescence was induced and then comprises an immune response against the senescent cells itself as well as to the non-senescent counterparts harbouring the same antigens. | 10-04-2012 |
20120251580 | METHODS OF USE FOR A NATURAL THOMSEN-FRIEDENREICH DISACCHARIDE COMPOUND - A Thomsen-Friedenreich disaccharide-containing glycopeptide purified from cod fish of approximately 100 kDa (designated TFD | 10-04-2012 |
20120263757 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS AND IMMUNOTHERAPY OF PROSTATE CANCER - A method and composition for the diagnosis of and treatment of prostate cancer including a recombinant AKAP-4 tumor-associated antigen loaded antigen presenting cell that generates an AKAP-4 specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte specific for one or more prostate cancer cells. | 10-18-2012 |
20120269857 | ANALOGS OF ALPHA GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE AND USES THEREOF - Compounds of formula | 10-25-2012 |
20120269858 | POLYPEPTIDES - The present invention relates to polypeptides, and nucleic acids DNA encoding these polypeptides, capable of eliciting an immune reaction against cancer, methods for generating T lymphocytes capable of recognising and destroying tumour cells, and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment, prophylaxis or diagnosis of cancer. | 10-25-2012 |
20120269859 | MULTIMER OF EXTRACELLULAR DOMAIN OF CELL SURFACE FUNCTIONAL MOLECULE - As a substance which pharmacologically regulates the function of a cell surface functional molecule, a substance which has specificity and an activity or efficacy equal or superior to an antibody and does not require an advanced production technique and facility for application thereof to a pharmaceutical product has been demanded. The invention relates to a multimer of an extracellular domain of a cell surface functional molecule, particularly a tetramer of an extracellular domain of PD-1 or PD-L1. Further, the invention relates to an application of such a tetramer as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for cancer, cancer metastasis, immunodeficiency, an infectious disease or the like and an application of PD-1 or PD-L1 as a testing or diagnostic agent or a research agent for such a disease. | 10-25-2012 |
20120269860 | Method for Proliferation of Antigen-Specific T Cells - The present invention relates to an in vitro method for priming T cells suitable for administration to a patient having a tumor. The invention is also directed to the composition obtained by the method and uses thereof. | 10-25-2012 |
20120276147 | CTSP CANCER-TESTIS ANTIGENS - The invention relates to CTSP polypeptides and the nucleic acid molecules that encode them. The invention further relates to the use of the nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides and fragments thereof in methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of diseases, such as cancer. More specifically, the invention relates to the discovery of a novel cancer/testis (CT) antigen, CTSP-1. | 11-01-2012 |
20120276148 | ADENOVIRAL VECTOR VACCINE - Provided are adenoviral vectors for generating an immune response to antigen. The vectors comprise a transcription unit encoding a secretable polypeptide, the polypeptide comprising a secretory signal sequence upstream of a tumor antigen upstream of CD40 ligand, which is missing all or substantially all of the transmembrane domain rendering CD40L secretable. Also provided are methods of generating an immune response against cells expressing a tumor antigen by administering an effective amount of the invention vector. Further provided are methods of generating an immune response against cancer expressing a tumor antigen in an individual by administering an effective amount of the invention vector. Still further provided are methods of generating immunity to infection by human papilloma virus (HPV) by administering an effective amount of the invention vector which enocodes the E6 or E7 protein of HPV. The immunity generated is long term. | 11-01-2012 |
20120308605 | Pharmaceutical Composition of Killed Cells with Substantially Retained Immunogenicity - This invention discloses the process for lyophilisation of the treated cells which comprises the use of a solution containing Trehalose along with amphipathic polymer Polyvinylpyrrolidone. Further the invention discloses the process treating cancer cells, freezing, lyophilizing and reconstituting. Immunomodulator treated dead, but intact cancerous cells were recovered, which can subsequently be used for cancer immunotherapy. | 12-06-2012 |
20120328660 | IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS USEFUL IN PROVOKING AN INTEGRATED RESPONSE TO TUMOR ANTIGENS - The invention relates to an immunogenic composition and its use. It comprises “OLPs,” or overlapping peptides, derived from a longer, tumor antigen, in combination with polyICLC, and Montanide. | 12-27-2012 |
20130011438 | Means And Methods For Active Cellular Immunotherapy Of Cancer By Using Tumor Cells Killed By High Hydrostatic Pressure and Dendritic Cells - Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions for inducing an immune response against tumor cells comprising tumor cells which are made apoptotic by treatment with high hydrostatic pressure and dendritic cells, and methods for producing such compositions. | 01-10-2013 |
20130017222 | HUMAN PROSTATE CELL LINES IN CANCER TREATMENT - The invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment of primary, metastatic, and residual cancer in mammals, and more particularly, the use of materials such as whole cells and derivatives and portions thereof to stimulate the immune system to attack cancer. | 01-17-2013 |
20130022640 | IMMUNE MODULATORS RELATING TO FOXO3A - The invention provides methods of enhancing an immune response to a cancer antigen in a mammal comprising inhibiting the activity of the foxo3a gene or gene product in dendritic cells in the mammal. The invention also provides methods of suppressing an immune response to an autoimmune disease antigen in a mammal comprising increasing the activity of the foxo3a gene or gene product in dendritic cells in the mammal. The invention also provides related methods of treating cancer and autoimmune diseases. | 01-24-2013 |
20130045234 | NEUTRALIZING FACTORS AS VACCINE ADJUVANTS - The present invention is a vaccine adjuvant composed of a vaccinia virus vector that encodes a polypeptides capable of neutralizing immune suppressive factors thereby enhancing or stimulating an immune response to a vaccine. | 02-21-2013 |
20130045235 | AUTOLOGOUS BIOLOGICAL CANCER VACCINE - The present disclosure relates to an autologous biological cancer vaccine and to a method for preparing the same. The vaccine of the present application is a biological vaccine obtained from overexpressed proteins in the serum of cancer patients, proteins to which have been added immunological adjuvants such as an attenuated virus DNA and amino acids in order to cause an immune response, blocking tumor cells. The preparation method includes obtaining the antigen associated with the tumor as well as the vaccine preparation with attenuated virus DNA, combining the components under conditions that have been determined by experimentation, filtration and refrigeration. | 02-21-2013 |
20130058979 | TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CANCERS ASSOCIATED WITH INTRACELLULAR ONCOPROTEINS BY ANTIBODY THERAPY OR VACCINATION - We provide for the use of an intracellular antibody therapy for targeting intracellular oncoproteins or proteins to prevent cancer metastasis. We also provide for the use of an intracellular vaccine therapy comprising an oncoprotein protein for vaccination to stimulate a host to produce its own antibodies to prevent tumor formation. The antibody may comprise a chimeric antibody. | 03-07-2013 |
20130064855 | REPROGRAMMING IMMUNE ENVIRONMENT IN BREAST CANCER VIA DENDRITIC CELLS - Compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer disclosed herein. The method of the present invention comprises administration of compositions comprising β-glucan, a natural ligand for dectin-1, to block OX40L expression on tumor associated mDCs by blocking STAT6 phosphorylation. The β-glucan-treated mDCs secrete higher levels of IL-12p70 and do not expand TNFα and IL-13-producing CD4+ T cells, further resulting in inhibition of Th2 responses. Thus, compositions disclosed herein reprogram the function of mDCs in breast tumor microenvironment and turn tumor promoting Th2-type chronic inflammation into Th1-type acute inflammation that are able to reject tumors. The present invention finds particular uses for the intratumoral administration of the composition thereby directly binding to and directing a Th1-type acute inflammation. | 03-14-2013 |
20130064856 | UNIVERSAL TUMOR CELL VACCINE FOR ANTI CANCER THERAPEUTIC AND PROPHYLACTIC UTILIZATION - A universal vaccine containing a mixture of allogeneic cell lines, including tumor stem cells, effective against tumors regardless of type is disclosed. The cell lines are also modified to prevent interference with the immune response by any immunosuppressive agents they may secrete. | 03-14-2013 |
20130064857 | METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR MAKING AND USING VACCINES - This document relates to methods and materials for making and using vaccines. For example, vaccine preparations (e.g., whole cell vaccines and cell lysate vaccines) that can be used to treat cancer (e.g., human ovarian cancer) are provided. | 03-14-2013 |
20130078279 | FURIN-KNOCKDOWN AND GM-CSF-AUGMENTED (FANG) CANCER VACCINE - Compositions and methods for cancer treatment are discloses herein. More specifically the present invention describes an autologous cancer vaccine genetically modified for Furin knockdown and GM-CSF expression. The vaccine described herein attenuates the immunosuppressive activity of TGF-β through the use of bi-functional shRNAs to knock down the expression of furin in cancer cells, and to augment tumor antigen expression, presentation, and processing through expression of the GM-CSF transgene. | 03-28-2013 |
20130101625 | MODIFIED CEA NUCLEIC ACID AND EXPRESSION VECTORS - The present invention relates to a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide and the use of the nucleic acid or polypeptide in preventing and/or treating cancer. The invention relates to improved vectors for the insertion and expression of foreign genes encoding tumor antigens for use in immunotherapeutic treatment of cancer. One such foreign DNA sequence is modified CEA nucleic acid. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101626 | MUCIN ANTIGEN VACCINE - Provided are expression vectors for generating an immune response to a mucin. The vectors comprise a transcription unit encoding a secretable polypeptide, the polypeptide comprising a secretory signal, a mucin antigen and CD40 ligand. Also provided are methods of generating an immune response against cells expressing a mucin by administering an effective amount of the vector. Further provided are methods of generating an immune response against cancer cells expressing a mucin in an individual by administering an effective amount of the vector. Still further provided are methods of overcoming anergy to a mucin self antigen by administering an effective amount of the vector. | 04-25-2013 |
20130108664 | CDCA5 PEPTIDES AND VACCINES INCLUDING THE SAME | 05-02-2013 |
20130108665 | RECOMBINANT TUMOR VACCINE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SUCH VACCINE | 05-02-2013 |
20130115245 | Vaccine for Tumor Immunotherapy - The present invention relates to a vaccine comprising dendritic cells and bacterial ghosts for tumor immunotherapy. | 05-09-2013 |
20130122048 | Tumor Cell-Based Cancer Immunotherapeutic Compositions and Methods - The present invention is based, in part, on the discovery that immunotherapy using cell-based tumor cells genetically modified to express heat shock proteins is particularly effective in preventing, prognosing and/or treating cancer (e.g., ovarian cancer). Accordingly, the invention relates to compositions, kits, and methods for preventing, prognosing and/or treating cancer (e.g., ovarian cancer). | 05-16-2013 |
20130122049 | Dendritic Cells Loaded With Heat Shocked Melanoma Cell Bodies - The present invention includes compositions and methods for the isolation, purification and preparation of immunogenic antigens for the production of customized cancer vaccines that include dendritic cells that are contacted with an antigen that includes heat-shocked cancer cells. | 05-16-2013 |
20130129784 | METHODS OF INHIBITION OF PROTEIN FUCOSYLATION IN VIVO USING FUCOSE ANALOGS - The invention provides methods and compositions for the inhibition of fucosylation of proteins, including antibodies, in vivo by administration of a fucose analog. | 05-23-2013 |
20130156813 | BIOMARKERS FOR PROSTATE CANCER AND METHODS FOR THEIR DETECTION - The invention provides a method for predicting the clinical response to a cancer vaccine in a patient having cancer, a method for determining the immune response to a cancer vaccine in a patient having cancer who has been administered a cancer vaccine, a method for determining the long-term survival in a patient having cancer, corresponding kits therefor, as well as methods of for improving the efficacy of a virus-based vaccine. | 06-20-2013 |
20130177595 | NANO-VEHICLE DERIVED FROM TUMOR TISSUE, AND CANCER VACCINE USING SAME - The present invention relates to a cancer vaccine, and specifically, to a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer containing a nano-vehicle derived from tumor tissue, and a method for treating cancer using the nano-vehicle derived from tumor tissue, and the like. According to the present invention, a nano-vehicle antigen derived from tumor tissue indicates a high yield while having properties similar to those of an exocellular vehicle, and can be variously modified, and is thus expected to be very useful for developing the cancer vaccine. | 07-11-2013 |
20130183346 | UNIQUE TRANSCRIPTIONAL SIGNATURES IN THE BLOOD OF CLINICAL RESPONDERS - A method for using the blood transcriptional profile of patients with stage IV melanoma to generate networks associated with the possibility of prolonged survival and networks associated with clinical responses to dendritic cell (DC) vaccination as measured by tumor regression are disclosed herein. | 07-18-2013 |
20130189309 | CELLS EXPRESSING MODIFIED T CELL RECEPTOR - This invention provides a cell presenting at least one T cell receptor (TCR) anchored to the membrane by a trans-membrane sequence, said TCR comprising an interchain disulfide bond between extracellular constant domain residues which is not present in native TCRs. | 07-25-2013 |
20130189310 | AUTOLOGOUS CANCER CELL VACCINE - An autologous cancer cell vaccine comprises cancer cells that express both MHCI and MHCII on their cell surface. The MHCI presents a cancer antigen and the MHCII presents a non-self antigen. | 07-25-2013 |
20130202644 | METHODS OF TREATING CANCER - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating an animal with a tumor or other metabolic disorder. In particular, the presently disclosed subject matter relates to methods of electroporating exosomes shed by tumors and by other metabolic disorders into immune cells such as dendritic cells and T cells. Administration of the electroporated immune cells to an animal with a tumor results in an increased immune response to the tumor and treatment of the tumor. | 08-08-2013 |
20130202645 | COMPOSITION FOR TREATING LUNG CANCER, PARTICULARLY OF NON-SMALL LUNG CANCERS (NSCLC) - The present invention relates to an active (immunostimulatory) composition comprising at least one RNA, preferably a mRNA, encoding at least two (preferably different) antigens capable of eliciting an (adaptive) immune response in a mammal. The invention furthermore relates to a vaccine comprising said active (immunostimulatory) composition, and to the use of said active (immunostimulatory) composition (for the preparation of a vaccine) and/or of the vaccine for eliciting an (adaptive) immune response for the treatment of lung cancer, particularly of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC), preferably selected from the three main sub-types squamous cell lung carcinoma, adenocarcinoma and large cell lung carcinoma, or of disorders related thereto. Finally, the invention relates to kits, particularly to kits of parts, containing the active (immunostimulatory) composition and/or the vaccine. | 08-08-2013 |
20130209514 | APTAMER-TARGETED COSTIMULATORY LIGAND APTAMER - Compositions for inducing or enhancing immunogenicity of a tumor comprise bi- and multi-specific aptamers binding to a tumor cell and an immune cell. These compositions have broad applicability in the treatment of many diseases, including cancer. | 08-15-2013 |
20130216583 | VACCINE COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ANTIGEN AND A PEPTIDE HAVING ADJUVANT PROPERTIES - The invention relates to a vaccine which comprises at least one antigen and a peptide comprising a sequence R | 08-22-2013 |
20130216584 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING DENDRITIC CELLS - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for producing dendritic cells and particularly to compositions and methods for producing immature dendritic cells that are immunocompetent. We describe a method of producing dendritic cells by cultivation of monocytes, characterised by at least one of: pre-treatment of a tissue culture surface with at least one of: a substantially plasma-free and serum-free pre-treatment medium, a pre-treatment medium comprising heparin, and a pre-treatment medium comprising a protein solution; adsorption of monocytes using at least one of: a substantially plasma-free and serum-free adsorption medium; cultivation of monocytes using a substantially plasma-free and serum-free cultivation medium. We also describe compositions including the dentritic cells and uses of the dentritic cells. | 08-22-2013 |
20130243820 | MODIFICATION OF EXOSOMAL COMPONENTS FOR USE AS A VACCINE - The presently disclosed subject matter provides modified cell-derived exosomes substantially lacking one or more immunosuppressive polypeptides. The presently-disclosed subject matter further provides methods of producing the modified exosomes and methods of using the modified exosomes for treating cancers. | 09-19-2013 |
20130251751 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING IMMUNOREACTIVE PEPTIDES - The invention relates to a method for identifying immunoreactive peptides. According to said method, a sample of tumorous and corresponding healthy tissue is first provided, the tumor-specific expression profile is subsequently determined and antigenic peptides are isolated from the tumorous tissue and analyzed. The respective data that has been obtained is then matched and peptides are identified on the basis of said data. | 09-26-2013 |
20130251752 | CHEMOKINE GENE-MODIFIED CELLS FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY - Described herein are methods of cancer immunotherapy, particularly compositions comprising genetically-modified cells that express macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), CD40 ligand (CD40L), and chemokine C-C motif ligand 21 (CCL21), wherein the population of cells comprises bystander cells and target cancer cells, and methods of making these compositions and treating cancer using these compositions. | 09-26-2013 |
20130287814 | DNA Expression Construct - The invention relates to a minimalistic gene expression construct, its transfer into cells and its use for gene expression for molecular-medical applications. According to the disclosure, a DNA construct for gene expression is provided, wherein the construct is a linear and open-chained DNA double strand comprising a promoter sequence, a coding sequence and a termination signal, wherein the construct comprises at least one L-DNA nucleotide. | 10-31-2013 |
20130302376 | Allogeneic Cancer Cell-based Immunotherapy - Cell-based immunotherapy (e.g., immunization or vaccination) may be improved by frequent administration to a human subject of allogeneic cancer cells secreting a modified heat shock protein (e.g., gp96), depletion of B cells in the subject, or both. Antigen (e.g., epitope derived from neoantigen or tumor antigen of allogeneic or syngeneic cancer cells) may induce a specific immune response in the subject. For example, the epitope bound in an immunogenic complex with the secreted heat shock protein may be obtained from allogeneic cancer cells coexpressing both secreted gp96 and antigen, or from syngeneic cancer cells of the subject expressing only antigen. | 11-14-2013 |
20130309270 | VACCINES COMPRISING BISPHOSPHONATE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention demonstrates that bisphosphonates have an intrinsic adjuvant activity and directly stimulate B cell antibody secretion. Accordingly, the present invention provides vaccines comprising a bisphosphonate, methods for stimulating an immune response, enhancing the immunogenicicty of an immunogen, and methods of treating an infection, an autoimmune disease, an allergy, and/or a cancer using the same. | 11-21-2013 |
20130309271 | Method for Producing a Vaccine for the Treatment of Cancer - The present invention discloses a method for producing a haptenized vaccine from a tissue biopsy. The method includes obtaining a tissue biopsy, isolating the cells, irradiating the cells, haptenizing the cells, and cryopreserving the cells. The present invention also discloses a method for treating cancer using the vaccines produced by the methods described herein. | 11-21-2013 |
20130323283 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING FOXP3+ TREG RELATED DISEASES - Methods for treating or preventing a Foxp3+ T regulatory cell (Treg) related disease in a subject in need thereof comprise administering to the subject an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an inhibitor of a histone/protein acetyltransferase (HAT). Methods for identifying an agent useful for treating or preventing a Foxp3+ T regulatory cell (Treg) related disease comprise (a) contacting a candidate agent with a test sample comprising Foxp3+ T regulatory cells (Tregs), and (b) comparing a function of the Foxp3+ Tregs in the test sample with that in a control sample, wherein inhibition of the function of the Foxp3+ Tregs in the test sample when compared with the control sample indicates that the candidate agent is an agent useful for treating or preventing a Foxp3+ Treg related disease. | 12-05-2013 |
20140004153 | USE OF SOMATIC MUTATIONS IN THE EXTRACELLULAR DOMAIN OF TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEINS IN A PATIENT'S TUMOR AS IMMUNOGENS FOR ACTIVE HUMORAL IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER | 01-02-2014 |
20140023686 | SOLUBLE ICAM-1 AS BIOMARKER FOR PREDICTION OF THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE - The present invention relates to the field of immunology and, in particular, to a vaccination procedure for treatment of a patient against diseases caused for example by infection or cancers. More particularly, the invention relates to methods for predicting whether a subject is or is not susceptible to developing a prophylactic or therapeutic response, preferably immune response, after such vaccination. The present invention relates to methods and compositions for selecting patients best able to raise a therapeutic immune response in vivo by an immunogenic composition, in particular a vaccine. | 01-23-2014 |
20140037691 | VACCINE COMPOSITION CONTAINING SYNTHETIC ADJUVANT - Compositions and methods, including vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions for inducing or enhancing an immune response are disclosed based on the discovery of useful immunological adjuvant properties in a synthetic, glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant (GLA) that is provided in substantially homogeneous form. Chemically defined, synthetic GLA offers a consistent vaccine component from lot to lot without the fluctuations in contaminants or activity that compromise natural-product adjuvants. Also provided are vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions that include GLA and one or more of an antigen, a Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist, a co-adjuvant and a carrier such as a pharmaceutical carrier. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037692 | ANTITUMOR VACCINATION USING ALLOGENEIC TUMOR CELLS EXPRESSING ALPHA (1,3)-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE - The invention relates to methods and compositions for causing the selective targeting and killing of tumor cells. Through ex vivo gene therapy protocols tumor cells are engineered to express an α(1,3)galactosyl epitope. The cells are then irradiated or otherwise killed and administered to a patient. The α galactosyl epitope causes opsonization of the tumor cell enhancing uptake of the opsonized tumor cell by antigen presenting cells which results in enhanced tumor specific antigen presentation. The animal's immune system thus is stimulated to produce tumor specific cytotoxic cells and antibodies which will attack and kill tumor cells present in the animal. | 02-06-2014 |
20140065190 | TUMOR LYSATE LOADED PARTICLES - Dendritic cells containing tumor lysate loaded particles are prepared. The dendritic cells present tumor antigens to elicit the Major Histocompatibility Complex class I pathway and can be used as a vaccine to treat cancer, including ocular melanoma. | 03-06-2014 |
20140072596 | EX VIVO, FAST AND EFFICIENT PROCESS TO OBTAIN ACTIVATED ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS THAT ARE USEFUL FOR THERAPIES AGAINST CANCER AND IMMUNE SYSTEM-RELATED DISEASES - The present invention relates to an ex vivo, fast and efficient process to obtain activated antigen-presenting cells that are useful for therapies against cancer and immune system-related diseases. At the same time, it is related to a cellular composition that contributes to stimulate the activated antigen-presenting cells to induce a specific immune response against tumors in patients with cancer or other pathologies involving immune responses. | 03-13-2014 |
20140072597 | ANTITUMOR VACCINATION USING ALLOGENEIC TUMOR CELLS EXPRESSING ALPHA (1,3)-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE - The invention relates to methods and compositions for causing the selective targeting and killing of tumor cells. Through ex vivo gene therapy protocols tumor cells are engineered to express an α(1,3)galactosyl epitope. The cells are then irradiated or otherwise killed and administered to a patient. The α-galactosyl epitope causes opsonization of the tumor cell enhancing uptake of the opsonized tumor cell by antigen presenting cells which results in enhanced tumor specific antigen presentation. The animal's immune system thus is stimulated to produce tumor specific cytotoxic cells and antibodies which will attack and kill tumor cells present in the animal. | 03-13-2014 |
20140086957 | MEANS AND METHODS FOR ACTIVE CELLULAR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER BY USING TUMOR CELLS KILLED BY HIGH HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE AND DENDRITIC CELLS - Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions for inducing an immune response against tumor cells comprising tumor cells which are made apoptotic by treatment with high hydrostatic pressure and dendritic cells, and methods for producing such compositions. | 03-27-2014 |
20140099340 | Compositions and Methods for Targeting Stromal Cells for the Treatment of Cancer - The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer in a human. The invention relates to targeting the stromal cell population in a tumor microenvironment. For example, in one embodiment, the invention provides a composition that is targeted to fibroblast activation protein (FAP). The invention includes a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) which comprises an anti-FAP domain, a transmembrane domain, and a CD3zeta signaling domain. | 04-10-2014 |
20140105933 | METHODS FOR ASSESSING CANCER RECURRENCE - Certain embodiments are directed to methods of identifying a subject having a higher risk of prostate cancer recurrence. The methods can include the step of measuring levels of one or more of FLIP, transcription factor Sp1, and transcription factor Sp3 in a prostate sample from the subject, wherein elevated levels of FLIP, transcription factor Sp1, and transcription factor Sp3 identify a subject as high risk for prostate cancer recurrence. | 04-17-2014 |
20140105934 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING IMMUNE RESPONSE IN THE TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS AND MALIGNANT DISEASES - The present invention pertains to a new approach for the treatment of infectious and malignant diseases. The present invention provides new DNA and protein vaccines for the treatment of infectious and malignant diseases through enhancing immune response. | 04-17-2014 |
20140112956 | Method for Proliferation of Antigen-Specific T Cells - The present invention relates to an in vitro method for priming genetically modified T cells suitable for administration to a patient having a tumor. The invention is also directed to the composition obtained by the method and uses thereof. | 04-24-2014 |
20140127268 | Method for Expanding Monocytes - The invention relates to an ex vivo method for expanding monocytes, macrophages or dendritic cells, which method comprises inhibiting the expression or the activity of MafB and c-Maf in monocytes, macrophages or dendritic cells; and expanding the cells in the presence of at least one cytokine or an agonist of cytokine receptor signalling. | 05-08-2014 |
20140141045 | Allogeneic Tumor Cell Vaccination - The present invention relates to cancer immunotherapy, specifically to allogeneic tumor cell vaccines. According to some embodiments, the invention provides novel cell lines useful as therapeutic cell vaccine compositions. The invention further provides advantageous screening methods and means for identifying patients amenable for treatment with partially Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) matched allogeneic cell vaccines. Therapeutic compositions and methods for use in proliferative disorders are further provided. | 05-22-2014 |
20140141046 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING A CELLULAR ALLOGENEIC VACCINE - The present invention relates to a method for the production of a cellular allogeneic vaccine, which is based upon an allogeneic APC, comprising the following steps:
| 05-22-2014 |
20140147470 | METHODS OF PREDICTING HOST RESPONSIVENESS TO CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPIES BY EX VIVO INDUCTION OF LEUKOCYTE-FUNCTION-ASSOCIATED mRNAs - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to ex vivo methods of quantifying expression of leukocyte-function associated mRNAs and using the quantification to characterize an individual's potential responsiveness to cancer immunotherapy. Certain embodiments relate to methods to monitor the efficacy of ongoing cancer immunotherapy by evaluating expression of leukocyte-function associated mRNAs genes before and administration of an anti-cancer immunotherapy regimen. | 05-29-2014 |
20140178438 | INDIVIDUALIZED VACCINES FOR CANCER - The present invention relates to the provision of vaccines which are specific for a patient's tumor and are potentially useful for immunotherapy of the primary tumor as well as tumor metastases. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a method for providing an individualized cancer vaccine comprising the steps: (a) identifying cancer specific somatic mutations in a tumor specimen of a cancer patient to provide a cancer mutation signature of the patient; and (b) providing a vaccine featuring the cancer mutation signature obtained in step (a). In a further aspect, the present invention relates to vaccines which are obtainable by said method. | 06-26-2014 |
20140186404 | METHODS FOR TREATING MULTIPLE MYELOMA USING 4-(AMINO)-2-(2,6-DIOXO(3-PIPERIDYL))-ISOINDOLINE-1,3-DIONE IN COMBINATION WITH ANTIBODIES - Methods of treating, preventing and/or managing cancer as well as and diseases and disorders associated with, or characterized by, undesired angiogenesis are disclosed. Specific methods encompass the administration of an immunomodulatory compound alone or in combination with a second active ingredient. The invention further relates to methods of reducing or avoiding adverse side effects associated with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, biological therapy or immunotherapy which comprise the administration of an immunomodulatory compound. Pharmaceutical compositions, single unit dosage forms, and kits suitable for use in methods of the invention are also disclosed. | 07-03-2014 |
20140193462 | METHODS FOR CANCER TREATMENT USING STEM CELLS - Various embodiments of the invention provide methods of treating cancer. Many embodiments provide methods of treating cancer using stem cells. In one embodiment the method comprises removing cancer cells from a patient and culturing the cancer cells in the presence of stem cells under conditions such that the stem cells differentiate into stem cell-derived cancer cells (SCDCC) which can comprise stem cell derived non-invasive and/or invasive cancer cells. An amount of the SCDCC is introduced into the patient sufficient to induce the patient's immune system to produce antibodies which inhibit or destroy the patient's cancer cells. The SCDCC may also be genetically modified to produce various immune stimulating proteins which enhance the patient's immune response to the cancer cells and improves the efficacy of the SCDNIC in treating the patient's cancer. | 07-10-2014 |
20140199347 | ADJUVANT COMPOSITIONS WITH 4-1BBL - Streptavidin(SA)-4-1BBL and TLR agonists such as monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL) exhibit surprising synergy as adjuvants, inducing immune responses against weak antigens. Accordingly, there are provided adjuvant compositions comprising 4-1BBL and a toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist, such as MPL, methods of inducing an immune response against an antigen in a subject, comprising administering to the subject (a) the antigen, (b) a TLR agonist and, (c) 4-1BBL, and methods of treating a tumor or a cancer in a subject, comprising administering to the subject (a) an antigen associated with the tumor or cancer, (b) a TLR agonist, and (c) 4-1BBL. | 07-17-2014 |
20140205635 | DETECTION OF PRAME GENE EXPRESSION IN CANCER - The present invention relates to PRAME specific primers and probes, diagnostic kits and methods. The invention further relates to treatment of specific populations of cancer patients suffering from PRAME expressing tumours. | 07-24-2014 |
20140220079 | VACCINE COMPOSITION FOR MUCOSAL ADMINISTRATION - The present invention provides a cancer vaccine composition for mucosal administration comprising (i) a HER2/neu E75 peptide and/or a modified HER2/neu E75 peptide; and (ii) a first cellular immunity induction promoter. | 08-07-2014 |
20140234377 | VACCINE COMPOSITION FOR MUCOSAL ADMINISTRATION - The present invention provides a vaccine composition which comprises a cellular immunity induction promoter universally usable against various antigens in cellular immunity induction by mucosal administration of the antigen and exerts a high cellular immunity inducing effect by mucosal administration. The present invention provides a vaccine composition for mucosal administration to induce cellular immunity, comprising: (i) an antigen; and (ii) one or more cellular immunity induction promoters selected from the group consisting of a TLR ligand, a cyclic dinucleotide, a helper peptide and an immunomodulatory small molecule drug. | 08-21-2014 |
20140242118 | Tumor Vaccination in Combination with Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Cancer Therapy - In one aspect, the present invention provides a method for treating cancer comprising tumor cell vaccination in combination with hematopoietic and immune cell transplantation. In some embodiments, the method involves autologous tumor cell vaccination prior to autologous hematopoietic and immune cell transplantation. In another aspect, the present invention provides a method of purifying tumor cells from a subject in preparation for vaccination. | 08-28-2014 |
20140248315 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE, BLOCKING MONOCYTE MIGRATION, AMPLIFYING VACCINE IMMUNITY AND INHIBITING TUMOR GROWTH AND METASTASIS - Provided are methods of enhancing an immune response and methods for reducing the recruitment of monocytes to a lymph node by administering to an individual an angiotensin II receptor blocker or a compound of Formula (I) in conjunction with an antigen. The invention also provides relate methods for amplifying vaccine immunity by administering to an individual an angiotensin II receptor blocker or a compound of Formula (I) in conjunction with an vaccine. The invention also provides related methods of inhibiting tumor growth and metastasis by administering to an individual with cancer an angiotensin II receptor blocker or a compound of Formula (I) in conjunction with an anti-tumor preparation. In addition, related compositions comprising an ARB or a compound of Formula (I) and an antigen, vaccine, or anti-tumor preparation are provided. | 09-04-2014 |
20140248316 | HYBRID CELLS FOR TREATING CANCER PATIENTS - The present invention relates to cancer treatment compositions and methods for treating a specific cancer patient population. In particular, the application describes methods of treating a patient with cancer, such as a neuroblastoma, with a hybrid cell preparation. | 09-04-2014 |
20140271723 | ADJUVANT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THEREOF - The present invention relates to adjuvant compositions, vaccine compositions, and methods of enhancing an immune response to an antigen. | 09-18-2014 |
20140271724 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING CANCER - A immunogenic composition is provided for use in methods for treating or preventing the development of a cancer, comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a cancer antigen and a nucleic acid sequence encoding fibroblast activation protein (FAP). In one embodiment, the composition comprises a vector comprising a first expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding an antigen of a, operatively linked to an expression control sequence that directs the expression of the antigen in a mammalian host cell. The composition further contains a vector comprising a second expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding fibroblast activation protein (FAP) operatively linked to an expression control sequence directing the expression of FAP in a mammalian host cell. In one embodiment, the cancer is one in which tumor progression depends on the fibroblasts expressing fibroblast activation protein (FAP). | 09-18-2014 |
20140271725 | Small Molecule Enhancer for Dendritic Cell Cancer Vaccines - Disclosed is a method of treating cancer, comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound that inhibits a plurality of mammalian dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP) IV activity and/or structural homologues thereof (DASH) serine proteases. Also disclosed is a method of (a) increasing antitumor immunity, (b) stimulating or enhancing an immune response, (c) treating a condition characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, (d) increasing cytokine and/or chemokine production, or (e) stimulating or enhancing production of T-cells, in a mammal, comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound that inhibits a plurality of mammalian DASH serine proteases. For example, the compound that inhibits a plurality of mammalian DASH serine proteases may be t-butylGly-boroPro. | 09-18-2014 |
20140294896 | CANCER ANTIGEN - Cancer cells when treated with cisplatin, paclitaxel, gemcitabine, | 10-02-2014 |
20140302096 | COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF MATURE DENDRITIC CELLS - The invention relates to a method for in vitro maturation of at least one immate dendritic cell, comprising stimulating said immature dendritic cell with TNFα, IL-1β, IFNγ, a TLR7/8 agonist and prostaglandin E2(PG). Furthermore, the invention elates to a composition comprising these factors as well as to mature dendritic cells produced by a method of the invention. | 10-09-2014 |
20140302097 | USE OF TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR LIGANDS AS ADJUVANTS TO VACCINATION THERAPY FOR BRAIN TUMORS - Compositions comprising dendritic cells pulsed with tumor lysate and at least one toll-like receptor (TLR) ligand which may be used for eliciting a specific immune response in a mammal in need thereof for treating diseases including a tumor are disclosed. Also disclose are methods of activating dendritic cells, comprising providing at least one toll-like receptor (TLR) ligand; and pulsing a dendritic cell with the at least one TLR ligand. A method further comprises pulsing the dendritic cell with a tumor lysate. | 10-09-2014 |
20140302098 | YEAST-BASED VACCINES AS IMMUNOTHERAPY - Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing a variety of diseases and conditions that are amenable to immunotherapy and, in one particular embodiment, compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing cancer in an animal are described. Specifically improvements related to the use of a yeast-based vaccine comprising a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is selected to elicit an antigen-specific cellular and humoral immune response in an animal, for use in prophylactic and/or therapeutic vaccination and the prevention and/or treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions are disclosed. | 10-09-2014 |
20140308315 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CREATING IMMUNOLOGICALLY ENHANCED SPACES IN-VIVO - The present invention creates an immunologically protected/enhanced space in vivo in a mammal by removing the impact of soluble inhibitors of the mammal's immune system in a defined space within the body. Placing an antigen source within the defined protected space along with a monocyte-containing blood sample from the mammal being treated and a dendritic cell-inducing factor allows a dendritic-antigen presentation process to proceed to completion. The protected/enhanced space is created by surrounding the protected space with ligands which absorb and/or bind to one or more soluble inhibitors. The implant can be loaded with a patient's cancer cells to treat cancer. | 10-16-2014 |
20140308316 | ANTIGEN PRESENTING CANCER VACCINE WITH GAMMA INTERFERON - The disclosure provides reagents, methods, and kits, for treating melanoma. The reagent encompasses interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) responsive melanoma cells, where the cells are autophagic and non-apoptotic melanoma cells, and where the cells express MHC. Class II. In another aspect, the reagent encompassed dendritic cells loaded with the IFN-gamma responsive, non-apoptotic, MHC Class II-expressing melanoma cells. | 10-16-2014 |
20140314814 | ANTIGEN PRESENTING CANCER VACCINE - The disclosure provides reagents, methods, and kits, for treating melanoma. The reagent encompasses interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) responsive melanoma cells, where the cells are autophagic and non-apoptotic melanoma cells, and where the cells express MHC Class if. In another aspect, the reagent encompassed dendritic cells loaded with the IFN-gamma responsive, non-apoptotic, MHC Class II-expressing melanoma cells. | 10-23-2014 |
20140322275 | TREATMENT OF CANCER USING HUMANIZED ANTI-EGFRvIII CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR - The invention provides compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with expression of EGFRvIII. The invention also relates to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) specific to EGFRvIII, vectors encoding the same, and recombinant T cells comprising the anti-EGFRvIII CAR. The invention also includes methods of administering a genetically modified T cell expressing a CAR that comprises an anti-EGFRvIII binding domain. | 10-30-2014 |
20140356398 | ADOPTIVE TRANSFER OF CD8+ T CELL CLONES DERIVED FROM CENTRAL MEMORY CELLS - The present invention provides a method of carrying out adoptive immunotherapy in a primate subject in need thereof by administering the subject a cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) preparation in a treatment-effective amount. The method comprises administering as the CTL preparation a preparation consisting essentially of an in vitro expanded primate CTL population, the CTL population enriched prior to expansion for central memory T lymphocytes, and depleted prior to expansion of effector memory T lymphocytes. In some embodiments, the method may further comprise concurrently administering Interleukin-15 to the subject in an amount effective to increase the proliferation of the central memory T cells in the subject. Pharmaceutical formulations produced by the method, and methods of using the same, are also described. | 12-04-2014 |
20140370059 | USE OF mTOR INHIBITORS TO ENHANCE T CELL IMMUNE RESPONSES - It is disclosed herein that treatment of a subject with an mTOR inhibitor enhances antigen-specific T cell immune responses. Thus, provided herein is a method of enhancing an antigen-specific T cell response in a subject by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an mTOR inhibitor. The antigen can be any antigen, such as an antigen from a pathogen or a vaccine, or a tumor antigen. In some embodiments, the method further comprises administering to the subject a vaccine, such as a virus vaccine or a cancer vaccine. The mTOR inhibitor can be administered either before or after vaccination to enhance the quantity and quality of the T cell immune response and immunological memory. In some examples, the mTOR inhibitor is rapamycin or a rapamycin analog. | 12-18-2014 |
20150024008 | Methods and Compositions Involving Induced Senescent Cells for Cancer Treatment - Disclosed are cancer vaccines comprising senescent cells and methods of using and preparing the vaccines. | 01-22-2015 |
20150030633 | APPLICATION OF MRNA FOR USE AS A THERAPEUTIC AGAINST TUMOUR DISEASES - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one mRNA comprising at least one coding region for at least one antigen from a tumour, in combination with an aqueous solvent and preferably a cytokine, e.g. GM-CSF, and a process for the preparation of the pharmaceutical composition. The pharmaceutical composition according to the invention is used in particular for therapy and/or prophylaxis against cancer. | 01-29-2015 |
20150030634 | PROLIFERATING AGENT FOR MONOCYTE, CULTURE MEDIUM FOR PROLIFERATING MONOCYTE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING MONOCYTE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING DENDRITIC CELL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DENDRITIC CELL VACCINE - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a means for proliferating a monocyte with high efficiency and in a simple manner. The present invention provides a proliferating agent for a monocyte, which consists of at least one component selected from Flt-3L, IL-3 and IFN-γ and can be used before a treatment for differentiation of a monocyte into a dendritic cell. The present invention also provides a culture medium for use in the proliferation of a monocyte, which contains at least one component selected from Flt-3L, IL-3 and IFN-γ and can be used before a treatment for differentiation of a monocyte into a dendritic cell. The culture medium for use in the proliferation of a monocyte according to the present invention may contain GM-CSF. | 01-29-2015 |
20150030635 | Activated Immunostimulatory Cell Composition and Uses Thereof - Methods of making activated immunostimulatory cell compositions, activated immunostimulatory cell compositions, and methods of using those compositions to stimulate therapeutic immune responses to tumors are described. | 01-29-2015 |
20150030636 | IDENTIFICATION AND ENRICHMENT OF CELL SUBPOPULATIONS - Markers useful for the identification, characterization and, optionally, the enrichment or isolation of tumorigenic cells or cell subpopulations are disclosed. | 01-29-2015 |
20150037374 | ANTI-TUMOR COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides a composition for raising an immune response against a tumor. The composition comprises at least one tumor antigen, a saponin-based adjuvant, a TLR ligand and a Flt3 ligand. | 02-05-2015 |
20150056252 | Composition and Method for Diagnosis and Immunotherapy of Lung Cancer - The present invention includes compositions and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer with a recombinant tumor-associated antigen loaded antigen presenting cell that generates a cytotoxic T lymphocyte specific immune response to at least one of SP17, AKAP-4, or PTTG1 expressed by one or more lung cancer cells. | 02-26-2015 |
20150064217 | PLURIPOTENT GERM LAYER ORIGIN ANTIGEN PRESENTING CANCER VACCINE - The disclosure provides reagents, methods, and kits, for treating or preventing cancers derived from each of the germ layers (endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm, neural crest). The reagent encompasses interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) responsive cancer cells, where the cells are autophagic and non-apoptotic cancer cells, and where the cells express MHC Class II. | 03-05-2015 |
20150064218 | METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TREATING CANCER - This document provides methods and materials for treating cancer. For example, methods and materials for identifying antigens and combinations of antigens that can be used to treat cancer as well as combinations of antigens having the ability to reduce established tumors within a mammal (e.g., a human) are provided. | 03-05-2015 |
20150064219 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY USING FLAGELLIN-TUMOR ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN FUSION PROTEIN EXPRESSING TUMOR CELLS - Provided are methods for inducing an anti-tumor immune response by immunizing a mammal with a composition comprising a tumor cell which expresses a NLR ligand and/or TLR ligand-TAA fusion protein or with an activated DC which has internalized a tumor cell which expresses an NLR- and/or TLR ligand-TAA fusion protein. | 03-05-2015 |
20150093415 | ANTIGEN COMPOSITION, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF, AND TUMOR VACCINE - The present invention provides a preparation method of an antigen composition. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) obtaining a tumor antigen protein; (2) making the tumor antigen protein into contact with an immature dendritic cell; (3) inducing the immature dendritic cell in contact with the tumor antigen into a mature dendritic cell; and (4) separating a cell vesicle of the mature dendritic cell. The present invention further provides an antigen composition obtained through the preparation method and the application thereof in preparing a tumor vaccine. | 04-02-2015 |
20150093416 | AUTOLOGOUS TUMOR VACCINES AND METHODS - Autologous anti-cancer vaccines and methods of manufacture and treatment are provided, including expansion of individual patient-derived tumor cells in an immune-compromised animal(s) to attain, quantitatively and qualitatively, sufficient material for efficacious vaccine production and utilization, to elicit an immune response against micrometastases and/or recurrence in the individual patient following tumor excision. | 04-02-2015 |
20150118265 | MODIFIED ERYTHROCYTE PRECURSOR CELLS AND USES THEREOF - Provided herein are modified erythrocyte precursor cells, erythrocytes generated from modified erythrocyte precursor cells, and uses thereof. | 04-30-2015 |
20150140041 | PERSONALIZED CANCER VACCINES AND ADOPTIVE IMMUNE CELL THERAPIES - Cancer antigens containing mutations in an expressed gene of cancer cells from a cancer patient are identified. Sequences from cancer cells obtained using a parallel sequencing platform are selected by comparing to the patient's normal genes or to normal genes from an HLA-matched individual. Sequences are further selected by identifying an HLA supertype of the cancer patient and selecting for that HLA supertype, sequences that have a particular amino acid at the mutant position and/or corresponding wild-type position in the effected gene. Peptides containing cancer antigens (i.e., mutations—once a mutation is defined, what makes it an immunogen is its ability to induce an immune response) are optionally tested for binding to HLA antigens of the cancer patient. Peptides containing the cancer antigens are evaluated for activating T cells (e.g., helper T lymphocytes and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL)) cell lines from the cancer patient or from an HLA-matched donor. The cancer antigen(s) identified for a cancer patient are used to prepare a cancer vaccine and to treat the cancer patient. | 05-21-2015 |
20150297698 | THERAPEUTIC CANCER VACCINES DERIVED FROM A NOVEL DENDRITIC CELL LINE - The invention is in the field of medical sciences. It provides means and methods for the treatment of cancer. More in particular, it provides cells and cell lines that can be developed into fully functional dendritic cells. These cells endogenously express cancer-specific antigens, which makes them particularly suited for the treatment of different kinds of cancer. More in particular, the invention relates to a precursor cell line for dendritic cells called DC-One as deposited at the DSMZ under accession number DSMZ ACC3189 on Nov. 15, 2012. | 10-22-2015 |
20150306142 | USE OF COMMON GAMMA CHAIN CYTOKINES FOR THE VISUALIZATION, ISOLATION AND GENETIC MODIFICATION OF MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTES - It is described in vitro methods for expanding, detecting or isolating rare populations of antigen specific memory T cells. It is also described an in vitro method for obtaining a genetically modified memory T cell population. Uses of cells so obtained are also disclosed. | 10-29-2015 |
20150320800 | Immune Effector Cells Pre-Infected with Oncolytic Virus - Compositions and methods are provided for the treatment of cancer. An immune effector cell population is pre-infected with an oncolytic virus. The combined therapeutic is safe and highly effective, producing an enhanced anti-tumor effect compared to either therapy alone. The methods of the invention thus provide for a synergistic effect based on the combined biotherapeutics. | 11-12-2015 |
20150328299 | VACCINES WITH HIGHER CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN DENSITY AND NOVEL SAPONIN ADJUVANT - The present invention provides vaccines comprising carbohydrate antigen conjugated to a diphtheria toxin (DT) as a carrier protein, wherein the ratio of the number of carbohydrate antigen molecule to the carrier protein molecule is higher than 5:1. Also disclosed herein is a novel saponin adjuvant and methods to inhibit cancer cells, by administering an effective amount of the vaccine disclose herein. | 11-19-2015 |
20150343040 | Vaccines for the treatment of cancer and compositions for enhancing vaccine efficacy - The present invention relates to the treatment and prevention of cancer. The present invention relates to vaccines comprising solubilized components of cancer cells or cancer-associated cells. Moreover, the present invention also relates to methods of producing vaccines from biological samples comprising cancer cells or cancer-associated cells and using said vaccines for the treatment or prevention of cancer in subjects. The present invention also relates to methods of producing vaccines, in particular, autologous vaccines. The present invention also relates to therapeutic uses of mesenchymal stem cells and to methods of treatment and or prevention that comprise administering mesenchymal stem cells to a subject. The present invention also relates to methods of enhancing the efficacy of vaccines and methods for the treatment and prevention of cancer, and to compositions and kits suitable for use in the methods. | 12-03-2015 |
20150352200 | METHOD FOR PREPARING AN IMMUNOGENIC LYSATE, THE LYSATE OBTAINED, DENDRITIC CELLS LOADED WITH SUCH LYSATE AND A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE LYSATE OR THE DENDRITIC CELLS - The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of an immunogenic lysate from mesothelioma tumor cells, to such a lysate and to dendritic cells loaded with the lysate, the present invention further relates a pharmaceutical composition comprising such lysate or dendritic cells, to the use of the lysate, and to said loaded dendritic cells or said pharmaceutical composition for use in the prevention or treatment of mesothelioma. | 12-10-2015 |
20150359864 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING PEPTIDES - This invention provides a method for preparing a formulation comprising one or more types of peptides with the use of the same solvent in a simple manner without the need for selecting an adequate solvent for each peptide in accordance with its solubility. The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more types of peptides as active ingredients, a basic amino acid, and/or a base, and a method for producing such composition. | 12-17-2015 |
20150359866 | TREATMENT OF CERVICAL AND RELATED NEOPLASIAS WITH TOPICAL IMMUNOMODULATORS - The present invention provides methods for treating cervical and related HPV-associated neoplasias in subjects who are HPV16 negative comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of an immunomodulator, such as a Toll-like receptor agonist to the site of the lesions two or more times over a period of weeks to achieve regression of the neoplasia in the patient. Methods comprising the use of the immunomodulator with additional biological agents are also provided. | 12-17-2015 |
20160008446 | Autologous Tumor Lysate-loaded Dendritic Cell Vaccine for Treatment of Liver Cancer | 01-14-2016 |
20160022789 | INDIVIDUALIZED HIGH PURITY COLON CARCINOMA STEM CELLS, METHODS AND USE OF THE SAME - The disclosure provides cancer stem cells, for use in stimulating immune response against a cancer, such as colon carcinoma (CC). Methods for preparing and purifying the cancer stem cells are provided. | 01-28-2016 |
20160024048 | 4'-O-SUBSTITUTED ISOINDOLINE DERIVATIVES AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - Provided are 4′-O substituted isoindoline compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, stereoisomers, and prodrugs thereof. Methods of use, and pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds are disclosed. | 01-28-2016 |
20160030538 | AUGMENTING THE IMMUNE RESPONSE BY PROMOTING CELL DEATH OF IMMUNE CELLS - Methods and products for producing an antigen specific immune response are provided. The methods involve administration of a caspase inhibitor to a subject. | 02-04-2016 |
20160038421 | IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITION - A process of producing an immunogenic particle includes mixing an aqueous solvent A wherein an antigen(s) is/are dissolved and a water-immiscible organic solvent B wherein an amphiphilic polymer(s) whose hydrophobic segment(s) is/are poly(hydroxy acid) is/are dissolved, to form a reversed-phase emulsion; and removing the solvent from the reversed-phase emulsion to obtain an antigen-adjuvant microparticle complex, wherein the aqueous solvent A and/or the water-immiscible organic solvent B contains a surfactant. | 02-11-2016 |
20160040128 | METHOD - The present invention provides an in vitro method of expressing an antigenic molecule or a part thereof on the surface of a dendritic cell using a PCI method with TPCS | 02-11-2016 |
20160051654 | NOVEL IMMUNOGENIC EPITOPES FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY - The present invention relates to peptides, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumour-associated T-helper cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumour-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions which stimulate anti-tumour immune responses. The present invention relates to novel peptide sequences and their variants derived from HLA class I and class II molecules of human tumour cells which can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumour immune responses. | 02-25-2016 |
20160058793 | Tumor Targeted Sickle Erythroid Precursors, Progenitors and Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Microparticles and Liposomes for Treatment of Cancer - The present invention contemplates a method of treating cancer comprising CD47 deficient sickle cell erythroid precursors/progenitors or hematopoietic stem cells transduced with viral altered genomic DNA from normal or tumor bearing hosts and used to polarize macrophages and/or activate a cytotoxic T cell tumoricidal response. | 03-03-2016 |
20160058853 | INDIVIDUALIZED VACCINES FOR CANCER - The present invention relates to a patient-specific tumor treatment targeting individual expression patterns of tumor antigens, in particular shared tumor antigens, and individual tumor mutations. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a method for preventing or treating cancer in a patient comprising the steps of: (i) inducing a first immune response against one or more tumor antigens in the patient, and (ii) inducing a second immune response against one or more tumor antigens in the patient wherein the second immune response is specific for cancer specific somatic mutations present in cancer cells of the patient. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060599 | DENDRITIC CELL TUMOR VACCINE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - A method of preparing the dendritic cell tumor vaccine includes steps as follows. A tumor specimen is primarily isolated and cultured to obtain a plurality of tumor cells. Cancer stem cells having a specific cell surface marker are sorted from the tumor cells. The cancer stem cells are irradiated with a radiation. A plurality of dendritic cells are provided. The dendritic cells and the cancer stem cells irradiated with the radiation are co-cultured for activating the dendritic cells into cancer-stem-cell-antigen-presenting dendritic cells to obtain the dendritic cell tumor vaccine. The dendritic cell tumor vaccine is a mixture of the cancer-stem-cell-antigen-presenting dendritic cells and the cancer stem cells. | 03-03-2016 |
20160061842 | METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING CANCER METASTASIS - The invention provides methods for isolating large oncosomes and determining cancer metastasis based on the presence of large oncosomes and contents of the large oncosomes in a subject in need thereof. Also provided herein are methods for treating cancer metastasis by specifically targeting contents of the large oncosomes. | 03-03-2016 |
20160082112 | SYNTHETIC ANTIBODY MIMETIC COMPOUNDS (SYAMS) TARGETING CANCER, ESPECIALLY PROSTATE CANCER - The present invention relates to compounds which function as antibody mimetic compounds. These compounds are bifunctional/multifunctional compounds which contain at least one cancer cell binding moiety which selectively binds to prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) and a FC receptor binding moiety which modulates an FC immune receptor, preferably a FcγRI receptor. Compounds according to the present invention bind selectively to cancer cells which upregulate PSMA and through that interaction, place the Fc receptor binding moiety of the compound in proximity to a Fc receptor, preferably a FcγRI receptor, which can modulate (preferably, upregulate) a humoral response in a patient to cancer cells. Through this biological action of the compounds according to the present invention, cancer cells, including metastatic cancer cells, especially prostate cancer cells can be immune regulated, resulting in the favorable therapy of cancer in a patient. Methods of using these compounds to treat cancer and/or reduce the likelihood of metastatis of cancer are additional aspects of the present invention. | 03-24-2016 |
20160089398 | Engineered Cells Expressing Multiple Immunomodulators and Uses Thereof - This invention relates to the field of therapeutics. Most specifically invention provides methods of generating in vitro engineered immune cells conditionally expressing interleukin-12 (IL-12) and one or more immunomodulators under the control of a gene expression modulation system in the presence of activating ligand and uses for therapeutic purposes in animals. | 03-31-2016 |
20160101170 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZED NEOPLASIA VACCINES - The invention provides a method of making a personalized neoplasia vaccine for a subject diagnosed as having a neoplasia, which includes identifying a plurality of mutations in the neoplasia, analyzing the plurality of mutations to identify a subset of at least five neo-antigenic mutations predicted to encode neo-antigenic peptides, the neo-antigenic mutations selected from the group consisting of missense mutations, neoORF mutations, and any combination thereof, and producing, based on the identified subset, a personalized neoplasia vaccine. | 04-14-2016 |
20160125129 | PREDICTING IMMUNOGENICITY OF T CELL EPITOPES - The present invention relates to methods for predicting T cell epitopes. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for predicting whether modifications in peptides or polypeptides such as tumor-associated neoantigens are immunogenic or not. The methods of the invention are useful, in particular, for the provision of vaccines which are specific for a patient's tumor and, thus, in the context of personalized cancer vaccines. | 05-05-2016 |
20160136267 | SPHINGOGLYCOLIPID ANALOGUES - The invention relates to sphingoglycolipid analogues which are useful in treating or preventing diseases and conditions such as those relating to infection, atopic disorders, autoimmune diseases or cancer. | 05-19-2016 |
20160136270 | Ablative immunotherapy - The invention disclosed herein relates generally to immunotherapy and, more specifically, to the use of immunotherapy for treating tumors and pathogen infected tissues by first priming patients with allogeneic cells designed to be rejected by a Th1 mediated mechanism, then inducing necrosis or apoptosis in a tumor or pathogen infected lesion by methods such as cryotherapy, irreversible electroporation, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, ultrasound therapy, ethanol chemoablation, microwave thermal ablation, radiofrequency energy or a combination thereof applied against at least a portion of the tumor or pathogen infected tissue, and then delivering one or more doses of allogeneic cells (e.g., Th1 cells) within or proximate to the tumor or pathogen-infected tissue in the primed patient. The present invention provides an immunotherapeutic strategy to develop de-novo systemic (adaptive) immunity to a tumor or pathogen. | 05-19-2016 |
20160144009 | Use of Anti-CD47 Agents to Enhance Immunization - Methods are provided for enhancing immunization strategies by manipulation, e.g. in vitro manipulation, of phagocytic antigen presenting cells. In the methods of the invention, phagocytic antigen presenting cells (phAPC) are incubated with a particulate antigen in the presence of an anti-CD47 agent in a dose and for a period of time sufficient to allow the phAPC to phagocytose the particulate antigen, which process generates a “loaded” phAPC. The loaded phAPC is contacted with a population of T cells matched for at least one major histocompatibility locus with the phAPC, where the T cells are stimulated after contacting to generate an effector response against an epitope or epitopes present on the particulate antigen. | 05-26-2016 |
20160144010 | Ablative immunotherapy - The invention disclosed herein relates generally to immunotherapy and, more specifically, to the use of immunotherapy for treating tumors and pathogen infected tissues by first priming patients with allogeneic cells designed to be rejected by a Th1 mediated mechanism, then inducing necrosis or apoptosis in a tumor or pathogen infected lesion by methods such as cryotherapy, irreversible electroporation, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, ultrasound therapy, ethanol chemoablation, microwave thermal ablation, radiofrequency energy or a combination thereof applied against at least a portion of the tumor or pathogen infected tissue, and then delivering one or more doses of allogeneic cells (e.g., Th1 cells) within or proximate to the tumor or pathogen-infected tissue in the primed patient. The present invention provides an immunotherapeutic strategy to develop de-novo systemic (adaptive) immunity to a tumor or pathogen. | 05-26-2016 |
20160166665 | CELLULAR IMMUNITY INDUCING VACCINE | 06-16-2016 |
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20160175416 | ALLOGENEIC TUMOR CELL VACCINATION | 06-23-2016 |
20160193311 | ANTIFUGETACTIC AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SKIN CANCERS | 07-07-2016 |
20160193312 | ANTIFUGETACTIC AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF LIVER CANCERS | 07-07-2016 |
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