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7378277 Methods and compositions for transforming dendritic cells and activating T cells  
Recombinant dendritic cells are made by transforming a stem cell and differentiating the stem cell into a dendritic cell. The resulting dendritic cell is an antigen presenting cell which activates...
7378089 Gene therapy for the prevention of autoimmune disease  
Autoimmune disease is treated by the delivery of a suppressive agent to the site of disease. Delivery is accomplished by introducing an expression vector encoding the suppressive agent into cells...
7351409 Tumor antigens and CTL clones isolated by a novel procedure  
The present invention relates to isolation of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) clones. In particular, the present invention relates to isolated CTL clones that are specific for proteins of the MAGE...
7294331 Methods of using flt3-ligand in hematopoietic cell transplantation  
Ligands for flt3 receptors capable of transducing self-renewal signals to regulate the growth, proliferation or differentiation of progenitor cells and stem cells are disclosed. The invention is...
7291450 Preparation of a cell concentrate from a physiological solution  
The present invention is directed to methods and compositions regarding the preparation of an cell concentrate, such as, for example, an osteogenic cell concentrate, from a physiological solution,...
7288254 Use of immunotoxins to induce immune tolerance to pancreatic islet transplantation  
The invention provides a method of treating diabetes in a subject, comprising administering to the diabetic subject an immunotoxin, thereby reducing the subject's T-cell population, and...
RE39788 Gene therapy  
Primary human cells which are genetically engineered with DNA (RNA) encoding a marker or therapeutic which is expressed to be expressed in vivo. Such engineered cells may be used in gene therapy.
7232566 Methods for treating HIV infected subjects  
Methods for inducing a population of T cells to proliferate by activating the population of T cells and stimulating an accessory molecule on the surface of the T cells with a ligand which binds the...
7195758 Methods of inducing a T cell mediated immune response by administering antigen presenting B cells  
We teach a strategy to obtain large quantities of desired APCs, activated B cells, which are superior in their capacity to present tumor protein antigen in a multiadministration protocol. Human B...
7175843 Methods for selectively stimulating proliferation of T cells  
Methods for inducing a population of T cells to proliferate by activating the population of T cells and stimulating an accessory molecule on the surface of the T cells with a ligand which binds the...
7166423 Direct selection of cells by secretion product  
Cells can be labeled with products which they secrete and release in an efficient manner by coupling the cells at their surface to a specific binding partner for the product and allowing the...
7160723 Cell separation compositions and methods  
The invention provides compositions and methods for cell separation. These reagents and techniques specifically agglutinate cells via surface antigen recognition and can be used to recover even...
7144575 Methods for selectively stimulating proliferation of T cells  
Methods for inducing a population of T cells to proliferate by activating the population of T cells and stimulating an accessory molecule on the surface of the T cells with a ligand which binds the...
7122182 Oncolytic virus therapy  
A method of treating a human subject with cancer is disclosed. A pharmaceutical composition is administered to the subject, the pharmaceutical composition comprising human leukocytes and a...
7118924 Method for producing human antibodies in SCID mice which uses dendritic cells pulsed with antigen-antibody complexes and antigen-antibody complexes as immunizing agents  
An improved method for producing human antibodies in SCID mice is provided. The improvement includes the use of dendritic cells pulsed with antigen-antibody complexes and antigen-antibody complexes...
7115259 Use of cytokines and mitogens to inhibit pathological immune responses  
The invention is generally related to methods of treating autoimmune diseases, including both antibody-mediated and cell-mediated disorders.
7109183 Phosphohalohydrins, process for the production thereof and use thereof  
The invention provides compounds comprising at least one phosphohalohydrin group of the formula: where X is a halogen selected from among I, Br, Cl, R1 is selected from among —CH 3 ...
7078034 In vitro activated γ δ lymphocytes  
Patients who develop increased numbers of γδ+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes 2–6 months after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation are less likely to relapse than those who do not. The γδ+ T cells...
7070771 Methods of expressing chimeric mouse and human CD40 ligand in human CD40+ cells  
This invention relates to genes which encode accessory molecule ligands, such as the CD40 ligand and their use for immunomodulation, vaccination and treatments of various human diseases, including...
7029671 Method for activating human antigen-presenting cells, activated human antigen-presenting cells, and use thereof  
The invention relates to a method for activating human-derived antigen-presenting cells by in vitro cultivation with at least one of the glycoside compounds represented by formula (A) or salts...
6984383 Method of transplanting cells by contacting donor cells with B7-1-and B7-2-specific immunoglobulins  
The invention relates to a humanized anti-B7-2 antibody that comprises a variable region of nonhuman origin and at least a portion of an immunoglobulin of human origin. The invention also pertains...
6984382 Bifunctional protein, preparation and use  
A bifunctional protein comprising: 1) a single-chain antibody directed against a suitable antigen on a tumour cell, 2) a hinge region comprising from about 40 to about 200 amino acids joined to the...
6962695 Modification of interferon alpha production  
A process for the production of α-interferon comprising the steps: i) inducing of human leukocytes by means of a virus; ii) treating the leukocytes with an enhancing agent selected from: a)...
6953573 Compounds for eliciting or enhancing immune reactivity to HER-2/neu protein for prevention or treatment of malignancies in which the HER-2/neu oncogene is associated  
Compounds and compositions for eliciting or enhancing immune reactivity to HER-2/neu protein are disclosed. The compounds include polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding such peptides. The...
6929792 Modified dendritic cells and use therefor  
The invention provides isolated dendritic cells genetically modified to express a selectin polypeptide, optionally treated with activated platelets or membrane microparticles thereof. The invention...
6926893 Multi-stage cascade boosting vaccine  
Humoral and cellular immune responses against tumor cells and infectious agents are induced in a mammal using a vaccine comprising antibodies and anti-idiotype antibodies that mimic an epitope of...
6892140 Immunogenic cancer peptides and uses thereof  
This invention relates to novel general methods and compositions that provide cancer-specific or highly cancer-associated antigens useful for diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
6838081 Methods for enhancing antigen-presenting cells and anti-tumor responses in a human patient  
The present invention provides methods for enhancing the development of APC from precursor cells by administering a combination of GM-CSF and IL-4. The precursor cells include: cells contained in...
6821516 Macrophages, process for preparing the same and their use as active substances of pharmaceutical compositions  
The invention relates to macrophages which have at least one of the following properties: their cytotoxic activity without IFN-γ is increased by about 20 to 30% with respect to standard...
6821513 Method for enhancing hematopoiesis  
A method is provided for enhancing hematopoiesis. The method includes transplanting at least a therapeutically effective portion of an isolated vascular tissue into a subject, wherein the vascular...
6805861 Immunotherapy using cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL)  
A method of treating a patient with a disease wherein the patient contains diseased cells which cells contain, or are associated with, an abnormal molecule or an abnormally elevated amount of a...
6803036 Use of cytokines, cells and mitogens to inhibit graft versus host disease  
The field of the invention is generally related to pharmaceutical agents useful in treating graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in patients that have received allogenic bone marrow transplants.
6759035 Method to prevent graft rejection using TGF-beta to induce T suppressor cells  
The invention relates to compositions and methods useful for preventing graft rejection in a recipient following organ transplantation.
6747010 NKT cell-activating agents containing α-glycosylceramides  
An objective of the present invention is to provide NKT cell-activating agents, therapeutic agents for autoimmune diseases (for example, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, ulcerative...
6716425 Method of preventing cancer recurrence  
Methods for treating cancer in a mammalian patient having cancer and a functional immune system, and for preventing recurrences of cancer following completion of cancer therapy, are described. The...
6716422 Vaccine adjuvants for immunotherapy of melanoma  
The invention provides methods of inducing the production of cytolytic T lymphocytes directed against malignancy or infectious agent by a mammal and treating such disease such that deleterious side...
6713056 Combined preparation for the treatment of neoplasic diseases or of infectious diseases  
The present invention relates to combined preparation containing as active substance the following individual components, in the form of a kit-of-parts: monocyte derived cells, particularly...
6692958 Cord blood-derived activated lymphocytes, preparations containing said lymphocytes as main ingredient and method and kit for producing said preparations  
Activated lymphocytes derived from cord blood are excellently effective for preventing and treating various types of tumors and various types of infection. With interleukin 2 and/or anti-CD3...
6685936 Suppressor cells induced by culture with mesenchymal stem cells for treatment of immune responses in transplantation  
A method of reducing an immune response to a transplant in a recipient by treating said recipient with an amount of suppressor T cells effective to reduce or inhibit host rejection of the...
6682731 Isolated peptides derived from mage tumor rejection antigen precursors which complex with HLA-A2 molecules  
Complexes of SEQ ID NO: 12 and HLA-A2 can be used to generate CTLs. They can be supplemented with IL-6 and IL-12.
6669965 Method of treating atherosclerosis  
A method of treating or preventing atherosclerosis in a mammalian subject comprises: (a) extracting the aliquot of blood from the subject; (b) treating the aliquot of blood ex vivo with at least...
6663859 Compositions for enhancing the immune response  
D-Ribose and methods for using D-Ribose are provided for enhancing the immune response in mammals. Those with a less than optimal immune response will benefit from oral or parenteral administration...
6660723 Phosphalohydrins and methods for medicinal administration  
The invention provides compounds comprising at least one phosphohalohydrin group of the formula: where X is a halogen selected from among I, Br, Cl, R1 is selected from among —CH 3 and —CH...
6638512 Method for treating subjects by using BAGE tumor rejection antigen precursors or tumor rejection antigens  
A family of tumor rejection antigen precursors, and the nucleic acid molecules which code for them, are disclosed. These tumor rejection antigen precursors are referred to as BAGE tumor rejection...
6613320 Defective CD4&plus T-cells that express active CD40-L  
CD4 + cells obtained from individuals with defective CD40L gene and transfected with a vector containing CD40-L are described.
6602510 HLA class I A2 tumor associated antigen peptides and vaccine compositions  
A composition or vaccine composition comprising eight isolated epitopes consisting of YLSGANLNV (SEQ. ID. NO: 1), IMIGVLVGV (SEQ. ID. NO: 2), KLBPVQLWV (SEQ. ID. NO: 3), SMPPPGTRV (SEQ. ID. NO: 4),...
6596275 Monocyte derived cells with immunosuppressive properties, process for their preparation and their uses in pharmaceutical compositions  
Monocyte derived cells with immunosuppressive properties including an increase in at least one of the following PGE-2, IL-10 and IL-4. Monocyte derived cells with a decreased level of expression...
6589526 Enrichment of dendritic cells from blood  
A method for the enrichment of dendritic cells from the peripheral blood of a mammal is described. Peripheral blood having mononuclear cells from a mammal is provided. The mononuclear cells are...
6576466 Tumoricidal T lymphocytes  
The present invention concerns a mammalian cell line which when co-cultured with lymphocytes during which allogenic stimulation is avoided activates lymphocytes fo form tumoricidal cells, a process...
6562334 Canine interleukin 12 administration as an immune disease treatment  
Canine interleukin 12 and a method for producing it by genetic engineering are disclosed. The canine interleukin 12 includes a protein having an amino acid sequence substantially the same as SEQ ID...
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