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7074410 Modified HCV peptide vaccines  
Provided are an isolated peptide having the amino acid sequence DLMGYIPAV (SEQ ID NO: 1), an isolated HCV core polypeptide comprising an L→A substitution at amino acid position 139, an isolated...
7074900 Alleviation of the allergenic potential of airborne and contact allergens by thioredoxin  
Thioredoxin, a small dithiol protein, is a specific reductant for allergenic proteins and particularly allergenic proteins present in pollen and animal and plant sources. All targeted proteins...
7070779 POLYPEPTIDES CONTAINING POLYMORPHISMS OF THE REPEATED REGIONS OF PERTACTIN IN BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS, BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS, AND BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA, THEIR USE IN DIAGNOSTICS, AND IN IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS  
Pertactin (PRN) is an outer membrane protein expressed by Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis, and Bordetella bronchiseptica, which induces protective immunity to Bordetella ...
7070780 Treatment of demyelinating autoimmune disease with ordered peptides  
Compositions and methods are provided for the treatment of demyelinating autoimmune disease. Therapeutic doses are administered of an ordered peptide comprising a repeated motif {SEQ ID NO: 1} [ 1...
7070782 Prostate-specific membrane antigen  
The invention provides a purified prostate-specific membrane antigen.
7071322 HIV envelope polynucleotides and immunogenic composition  
Oligonucleotide sequences encoding gp120 polypeptides from breakthrough isolates of vaccine trials using MN-rgp120 and the encoded gp120 polypeptides are provided. Use of the gp120 polypeptides...
7071303 Androgen regulated prostate specific nucleic acids  
The present invention provides novel androgen regulated nucleic acid molecules. Related polypeptides and diagnostic methods also are provided.
7070774 Antibodies that bind testis-specific insulin homolog polypeptides  
The present invention provides testis-specific insulin homolog polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, as well as related compositions and methods are disclosed. The...
7070784 Method for down-regulating GDF-8 activity using immunogenic GDF-8 analogues  
Disclosed are novel methods for increasing muscle mass by means of immunization against Growth Differentiation Factor 8 (GDF-8, myostatin). Immunization is preferably effected by administration of...
7070793 Antigen protein and nucleic acid coding for said protein  
To provide a novel antigenic protein and a nucleic acid encoding the antigenic protein, which are useful for prophylaxis, treatment and diagnosis of diseases caused by fungi including Candida...
7070783 Small molecular weight TNF receptor multimeric molecule  
The present invention relates to a receptor molecule which binds to TNF comprising all or a functional portion of the extracellular domain (ECD) of two or more TNF-Rs linked via one or more...
7070785 Heat shock proteins for use in enhancing cellular factor production  
The present invention relates to the use of heat shock proteins to enhance production of one or more chemokines by a cell. The present invention also relates to the use of a heat shock protein in...
7067133 Methods and compositions for diseases associated with amyloidosis  
The present invention generally relates to the detection, treatment or prevention of disease states. Specifically, the present invention relates to the detection, treatment or prevention of...
7067247 Hepatitis B virus surface protein  
We isolated and characterized a new surface mutant of the hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg). The mutant was isolated from a symptomatic patient with Down's syndrome who was found to be...
7067138 Pharmaceutical compositions and methods to vaccinate against disseminated candidiasis  
A Candida albicans bloodstream infections cause significant morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Filament formation and adherence to host cells are critical virulence factors of C....
7067135 Methods and compositions for the treatment and prevention of Staphylococcus aureus infections  
The invention features methods and compositions for treatment or prevention of infection by, or disease caused by infection with, Staphylococcus spp., particularly S. aureus.
7067136 Method of screening anti-mycobacterial molecules  
This invention relates to a novel mycobacterial protein named DES, which appears to share significant amino acid sequence homology with soluble stearoyl-ACP desaturases. The results of allelic...
7063853 DNA immunization against Chlamydia infection  
Nucleic acid, including DNA, for immunization to generate a protective immune response in a host, including humans, to a major outer membrane protein of a strain of Chlamydia , preferably contains...
7063846 Outer membrane protein of Ehrlichia canis and Ehrlichia chaffeensis  
Diagnostic tools for for serodiagnosing ehrlichiosis in mammals, particularly in members of the Canidae family and in humans are provided. The diagnostic tools are a group of outer membrane...
7063854 Composition and methods for WTI specific immunotherapy  
Compositions and methods for the therapy of malignant diseases, such as leukemia and cancer, are disclosed. The compositions comprise one or more of a WT1 polynucleotide, a WT1 polypeptide, an...
7063841 Mammalian cell surface antigens; related reagents  
Purified genes encoding a T cell surface antigen from a mammal, reagents related thereto including purified proteins, specific antibodies, and nucleic acids encoding this antigen are provided....
7060281 Groups of barrelia burgdorferi and borrelia afzelii that cause lyme disease in humans  
The present invention is drawn to an immunogenic composition comprising OspC polypeptides from Lyme Disease causing Borrelia . In one embodiment, the immunogenic composition of the present...
7060277 Broad spectrum antagonists and vaccines directed against pyrogenic exotoxins  
The invention relates to peptides comprising an amino acid sequence homologous to the amino sequence of a fragment of a pyrogenic exotoxin, and functional derivatives of said peptides, capable of...
7060279 Compositions and methods for dendritic cell-based immunotherapy  
Disclosed are immunostimulatory fusion proteins and methods for generating protective DC-induced, T cell-mediated immune responses in vitro and in vivo. The immunostimulatory fusion proteins...
7060284 Polypeptides and polynucleotides for enhancing immune reactivity to HER-2 protein  
Compositions for stimulating the immune system and for treating malignancies associated with overexpression of the HER-2 protein are provided. Such compositions include immunogenic epitopes of the...
7060800 Antibodies binding the TNF related protein, TNF-X  
Nucleic acids encoding mammalian, e.g., primate or rodent, genes, purified proteins and fragments thereof. Antibodies, both polyclonal and monoclonal, are also provided. Methods of using the...
7056512 Method for down-regulating GDF-8 activity  
Disclosed are novel methods for increasing muscle mass by means of immunization against Growth Differentiation Factor 8 (GDF-8, myostatin). Immunization is preferably effected by administration of...
7056517 Glucosyltransferase immunogens  
Vaccine compositions and immunogenic compositions are described which are glucosyltransferase subunit vaccines for dental caries and which contain at least one peptide which corresponds to a...
7056516 I-FLICE, a novel inhibitor of tumor necrosis factor receptor-1 and CD-95 induced apoptosis  
The present invention relates to a novel I-FLICE-1 or I-FLICE-2 protein which is a novel inhibitor of TNFR-1 and CD-95 induced apoptosis. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided...
7056513 Telomerase  
The present invention is directed to novel telomerase nucleic acids and amino acids. In particular, the present invention is directed to nucleic acid and amino acid sequences encoding various...
7056514 Partial peptide mimetics and methods  
Partial peptide mimetics and methods of making and using, wherein the partial peptide mimetics have a first amino acid sequence comprising ANIKLSVQMKL (SEQ ID NO:8), a homolog thereof, or a segment...
7056515 Antigens for immunocontraception  
The present invention provides immunocontraceptive vaccines comprising a zona pellucida (ZP) polypeptide, and/or a variant thereof, from a carnivorous mammal such as cat, dog, ferret or mink. Such...
7053041 Methods and compositions useful for inhibition of αvβ5mediated angiogenesis  
The present invention describes methods for inhibiting angiogenesis in tissues using vitronectin α v β 5 antagonists. The α v β 5 -mediated angiogenesis is correlated with exposure to...
7052698 Surface proteins of Leptospira  
The invention relates to Leptospiral surface proteins, and the nucleic acid molecules which encode them. Various uses are described, including immunoprophylactic, diagnostic and therapeutic methods.
7052699 Immunogenic composition  
The present invention relates, in general, to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and, in particular, to an HLA-based HIV vaccine.
7052696 Antigenic epitopes and mosaic polypeptides of hepatitis C virus proteins  
Antigenic epitopes of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and mosaic HCV polypeptides useful as reagents in assays for the diagnosis or monitoring of HCV in a biological sample. The antigenic epitopes and...
7053177 Random peptides that bind to gastro-intestinal tract (GIT) transport receptors and related methods  
This invention relates to proteins (e.g., peptides) that are capable of facilitating transport of an active agent through a human or animal gastrointestinal tissue, and derivatives (e.g.,...
7052703 T-cell receptorγ alternate reading frame protein, (TARP) and uses thereof  
This invention provides nucleic acids containing sequences from a TCRγ transcript from prostate epithelial cells and many breast cancer cells and a T-cell receptor gamma Alternate Reading frame...
7048928 Anti-allergic pharmaceutical composition containing at least one allergen and at least one antihistamine compound  
The present invention relates to an anti-allergic pharmaceutical composition containing at least two active agents chosen from among: (i) one allergen, (ii) one antihistamine compound, and (iii)...
7048931 Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of prostate cancer  
Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, such as prostate cancer, are disclosed. Compositions may comprise one or more prostate-specific proteins, immunogenic portions...
7049094 Methods for identifying modulators of N-type ion channel inactivation  
Methods and compositions for identifying compounds which disrupt the functional interaction of an intracellular receptor region of an α-subunit of a voltage-gated ion channel and an amino-terminal...
7045596 Family of genes encoding apoptosis-related peptides, peptides encoded thereby and methods of use thereof  
An isolated polynucleotide at least 60% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5 or 18 encoding a SARP polypeptide; vectors comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding at least 11 consecutive amino acids...
7045302 Expressed ligand-vascular intercellular signaling molecule  
The present invention provides for a modified TIE-2 ligand 2 which has been altered by addition, deletion or substitution of one or more amino acids, or by way of tagging, with for example, the Fc...
7045597 Mast cell surface antigen, DNA thereof, and antibody against the antigen  
A mast cell surface antigen, DNA thereof and an antibody against the antigen are provided. The amino acid sequence of this mast cell surface antigen is the translation of the coding region of its...
7045133 VEGF-D/VEGF-C/VEGF peptidomimetic inhibitor  
Monomeric monocyclic peptide inhibitors and dimeric bicyclic peptide inhibitors based on exposed loop fragments of a growth factor protein, such as loop 1, 2 or 3 of VEGF-D, and methods of making...
7045134 Borellia burgdorferi epitope peptides  
Immunologically invisible carrier molecules connect a plurality of copies of an immunologically active molecule in an immunologic assay.
7045552 Pharmaceutical composition for improved administration of HIV gp41-derived peptides, and its use in therapy  
Provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a solution comprised of synthetic peptide in a final concentration of not less than 70 mg/ml in admixture with a polyol; wherein the synthetic...
7041297 Tumor antigen peptides originating in cyclophilin B  
Tumor antigen peptides derived from cyclophilins or derivatives thereof having the functionally equivalent properties; medicaments, prophylactics, or diagnostics for tumors comprising as an active...
7041646 Methods of treating type 2 diabetes with peptides acting as both GLP-1 receptor agonists and glucagon receptor antagonists  
The invention provides polypeptides that act both as an agonist of the GLP-1 receptor and an antagonist of the glucagon receptor. Such polypeptides are useful for treating individuals with type 2...
7037502 Peptide with the amino acid sequence of KVLDGQDP having anti-inflammatory properties  
The present invention provides novel anti-inflammatory peptides having the amino acid of the SEQ ID NO:1(KVLDPVKG); SEQ ID NO:2(KVLDGQDP) or SEQ ID No:3(DPVKG) containing inhibitory effects of...