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The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating immune responses to antigens. One aspect of the present invention relates to a particle-based antigen delivery system (vaccination node) that comprises a hydrogel particle capable of both antigen presentation and DC activation. The VN may further comprise a chemoattractant-loaded microsphere capable of attracting DCs to the site of administration. Another aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the VN to modulate antigen presenting cells activation for the prevention and / treatment of various diseases, such as infectious diseases, cancers and autoimmune diseases.

A self-assembling nanoparticle drug delivery system for the delivery of drugs including peptides, proteins, nucleic acids or synthetic chemical drugs is provided. The self-assembling nanoparticle drug delivery system described herein includes viral capsid proteins, such as Hepatitis B Virus core protein, encapsulating the drug, a lipid bi-layer envelope and targeting or facilitating molecules anchored in the lipid bilayer. A method for construction of the self-assembling nanocparticle drug delivery system is also provided.

A method is provided herein to increase an immune response to an antigen. The method includes administering an agent that inhibits extracellular adenosine or inhibits adenosine receptors. Also disclosed are methods to increase the efficacy of a vaccine and to increase an immune response to a tumor antigen or immune cell-mediated tumor destruction.

The invention provides ligands and fragments thereof to a receptor on the surface of activated CD4+ T-cells. An exemplary ligand is designated ACT-4-L-h-1. Preferred fragments include purified extracellular domains of ligands. The invention also provides humanized and human antibodies to the ligand. The invention further provides methods of using the ligand and the antibodies in treatment of diseases and conditions of the immune system. The invention also provides methods of monitoring activated CD4+ T-cells using the ligands or fragments thereof.

In certain embodiments methods are provided for the therapeutic or prophylactic amelioration of one or more symptoms or disorders associated with metabolic syndrome. In various embodiments the methods involve administering to a subject in need thereof, a GABA receptor agonist, in an amount sufficient to ameliorate said one or more symptoms. In certain embodiments methods are provided for the prophylaxis or treatment of type I diabetes and related pathologies that involve the use of GABA or GABA agonists in combination with certain other compounds (e.g., one more antigens (e.g., GAD) that have a therapeutic effect in type I diabetes and / or an anti-CD3 antibody, an anti-CD20 antibody, exendin-4, and / or or a pro-insulin therapeutic).

Embodiments provide devices, preparations and methods for delivering therapeutic agents (TAs) such as clotting factors (CFs, e.g., Factor 8) within the GI tract. Many embodiments provide a swallowable device e.g., a capsule for delivering TAs into the intestinal wall (IW). Embodiments also provide TA preparations configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the IW and / or surrounding tissue (ST) and degrade to release the TA into the bloodstream to produce a therapeutic effect (e.g., improved clotting). The preparation can be operably coupled to delivery means having a first configuration where the preparation is contained in the capsule and a second configuration where the preparation is advanced out of the capsule into the IW or ST (e.g., the peritoneal cavity). Embodiments are particularly useful for delivery of CFs for treatment of clotting disorders (e.g., hemophilia) where such CFs are poorly absorbed and / or degraded within the GI tract.

A self-assembling nanoparticle drug delivery system for the delivery of drugs including peptides, proteins, nucleic acids or synthetic chemical drugs is provided. The self-assembling nanoparticle drug delivery system described herein includes viral capsid proteins, such as Hepatitis B Virus core protein, encapsulating the drug, a lipid bi-layer envelope and targeting or facilitating molecules anchored in the lipid bilayer. A method for construction of the self-assembling nanocparticle drug delivery system is also provided.

The invention is directed to a method of treating a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease in animals, including humans, by the oral administration of autoantigens, fragments of autoantigens, or analogs structurally related to those autoantigens, which are specific for the particular autoimmune disease. The method of the invention includes both prophylactic and therapeutic measures.

Methods of treatment to suppress an immune response are provided. The method comprises administering to a subject in need of treatment a naked blocking antibody that binds selectively iNKT cells in an amount effective to suppress the subject's iNKT cell function. Compositions comprising, an isolated, humanized antibody that binds selectively iNKT cells are also provided.

This invention provides methods for producing antibodies, wherein the methods comprise the step of administering an immunogen comprising both a target antigen and a background antigen to transgenic animals, into which a gene coding for the background antigen has been introduced. Since immunotolerance to the background antigens have thus been induced in the transgenic animals, the animals efficiently produce antibodies to target antigens.

The inventors discovered that the adhesion molecule CAR, known to be localized in intracellular adhesion sites, functioned as an adhesion molecule for activated lymphocytes. Further, the inventors identified CARL, a novel CAR ligand expressed in lymphocytes, and clarified that the ligand was expressed selectively in Th1 cells. In addition, they found that anti-CAR antibodies could inhibit the adhesion of activated lymphocytes to CAR molecules. Thus, the present invention provides methods for detecting Th1 cells using CAR or anti-CARL antibodies, and methods of screening for inhibitors suppressing the adhesion of Th1 cells using the binding between CAR and CARL as an index. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods of screening for inhibitors of the binding between CAR and CARL, antibodies that inhibit the binding between CAR and CARL, and therapeutic compositions comprising these antibodies. These are expected to be useful in diagnosing diseases, such as inflammation, in which infiltration of Th1 cells is involved, and in providing pharmaceutical agents for alleviating such diseases.

A unique method and coatings are provided to promote / allow early stage tissue encapsulation / endothelization of medical devices while effectively controlling excessive tissue buildup by eluting antiproliferative therapeutic agent within a body of a patient. The method involves using a therapeutic agent that suppresses excessive extracellular matrix proliferation and allows / promotes thin tissue healing / encapsulation / endothelization of the device. Optimized timing of onset of elution to match onset of excessive extracellular matrix proliferation for maximum effectiveness is achieved by delay barrier with biochemical switch.

The present invention relates generally to the use of recombinant human CC10 (rhCC10), also known as recombinant human uteroglobin, for use as a therapeutic in the treatment of Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS), Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), chronic lung disease and / or pulmonary fibrosis, Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). More particularly, the invention provides methods, including broadly the critical dosage ranges of rhCC10, which may be administered to safely and effectively treat the aforementioned conditions. The invention further provides a composition useful in administering rhCC10 to humans.

The invention discloses an identification and preparation method and application CD106-positive mesenchymal stem cells. The method comprises the following steps: identifying and isolating CD106-positive cells from mononuclear cells isolated from bone marrow, placenta or other tissues through an immunological method, carrying out adherent culture, and collecting adherent CD106-positive cells; or carrying out adherent culture of mononuclear cells isolated from bone marrow, placenta or other tissues, collecting adherent mesenchymal cells, and isolating the CD106-positive mesenchymal stem cells when the count of the obtained cells is large enough. The CD106-positive cells are mesenchymal stem cells with adherent growth, express mesenchymal stem cell-related immunological phenotype, and have osteogenesis, adipogenesis and other differentiation potencies. Compared with CD106-negative mesenchymal stem cells, the CD106-positive cells have higher immunosuppression capacity, can better inhibit proliferation of IFN-gamma (interferon-gamma) secretion of lymphocytes, and can be used for treating graft versus host disease (GVHD) and autoimmune diseases.

Inhibitors of MIF are provided which have utility in the treatment of a variety of disorders, including the treatment of pathological conditions associated with MIF activity. The inhibitors of MIF have the following structures: including stereoisomers, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein n, R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y and Z are as defined herein. Compositions containing an inhibitor of MIF in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier are also provided, as well as methods for use of the same.

Inhibitors of MIF are provided which have utility in the treatment of a variety of disorders, including the treatment of pathological conditions associated with MIF activity. The inhibitors of MIF have the following structures: including stereoisomers, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein n, R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y and Z are as defined herein. Compositions containing an inhibitor of MIF in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier are also provided, as well as methods for use of the same.

The invention discloses a use of a recombinant mesenchymal stem cell in preparation of an immunosuppressant. The invention relates to the recombinant mesenchymal stem cell capable of expressing a chemokine receptor CCR7 on a cytomembrane. After infusion, the recombinant mesenchymal stem cells can be specifically transferred to a secondary lymphatic organ, and a large amount of the recombinant mesenchymal stem cells are gathered in a T cell enrichment region in the secondary lymphatic organ and can efficiently inhibit T cell immunoreaction. Through use of the recombinant mesenchymal stem cell in treatment on graft-versus-host disease after bone marrow transplantation, immunological rejection after organ transplantation and autoimmune diseases, a cost is reduced, a cell use amount is reduced and side-effects are relieved. In treatment, the recombinant mesenchymal stem cell retains tumor cell killing effects and provides a high efficiency and beneficial novel approach for clinical treatment on graft-versus-host disease after bone marrow transplantation, immunological rejection after organ transplantation and autoimmune diseases of tumor high-risk groups.

The Chinese medicine ointment for treating acute and chronic osteoarthropathy is prepared with Sichuan aconite root, wild aconite, cassia twig, achranthes root, dahurian angelica root and other over 30 kinds of Chinese medicinal materials and through soaking in bean oil, decoction, mixing, spreading to cotton cloth, folding to seal and other steps. It has the functions of warming meridian, expelling cold and wetness, promoting blood circulation to disperse blood clots, dredging merdian, etc. and has obvious curative effect on acute and chronic rheumatoid arthritis.

This invention provides methods for producing antibodies, wherein the methods comprise the step of administering an immunogen comprising both a target antigen and a background antigen to transgenic animals, into which a gene coding for the background antigen has been introduced. Since immunotolerance to the background antigens have thus been induced in the transgenic animals, the animals efficiently produce antibodies to target antigens.

The present invention is directed to antibodies which bind human gp39, are antagonistic of the CD40 / CD40L interaction, but are non-agonistic of T-cell activation. The present invention is further directed to the use of these antibodies as therapeutic agents. These antibodies are especially useful for treatment of autoimmune diseases; and an immunosuppressant during transplantation of heterologous cells, tissues or organs, cell therapy, and gene therapy.

The invention provides novel nucleic acids and polypeptides, referred to herein as stresscopin 1 and stresscopin 2, which preferentially activate the CRH-R2 receptor over the R1 receptor. Stresscopins, analogs and mimetics, and related CRH-R2 agonists suppress food intake and heat-induced edema; but do not induce substantial release of ACTH. Stresscopin also finds use in the recovery phase of stress responses, as an anti-inflammatory agent, as a hypotensive agent, as a cardioprotective agent, and in the treatment of psychiatric and anxiolytic disorders. Stresscopin nucleic acid compositions find use in identifying homologous or related proteins and the DNA sequences encoding such proteins; in producing compositions that modulate the expression or function of the protein; and in studying associated physiological pathways.

The invention relates to mesenchymal stem cell membrane-coated bionic nanoparticles with overexpressed PD-L1 molecules on the surface as well as preparation and application of the mesenchymal stem cell membrane-coated bionic nanoparticles. The mesenchymal stem cell membrane-coated bionic nanoparticle with the overexpressed PD-L1 molecules on the surface comprises a nano-core and a mesenchymal stemcell membrane wrapping the nano-core, the nano core comprises a polymer with biocompatibility, and PD-L1 molecules are overexpressed on the membrane surface of the mesenchymal stem cell membrane. Theinvention also discloses an application of the mesenchymal stem cell membrane-coated bionic nano-particle with over-expressed PD-L1 molecules on the surface in preparation of an inflammation treatment preparation. The bionic nanoparticle has a remarkable immunosuppression effect, is high in biocompatibility and simple and mature in preparation process, can be used for preparing an inflammation treatment preparation, can be effectively enriched in an inflammation part, and shows an excellent curative effect in inflammation treatment by inhibiting excessively activated immune response and cytokine storm of the inflammation part.

The present invention relates to the field of traditional Chinese medicine techniques, which concretely relates to a Chinese medicine used for treating Rheumatism and hyperosteogeny. The present invention provides the Chinese medicine used for treating Rheumatism and hyperosteogeny, in order to overcome the problems in existing technology such as long period of treatment and imperfect results. The present invention comprises the nux vomica plant, the ground beetle insect, the earthworm, the dried whole scorpion, the seahorse, the Sichuan Niu Xi, the pangolin, the zaocys dhumnades, the centipede, the salvia miltiorrhiza, the musk, the Spanish red, the blood of dragon, the saffron crocus, the ledeboruiella root, the earth insect, the medicine, the frankincense 10-20g, crab bone, herb of garden balsam, the Chinese flowering quince, the root of herbaceous peony and so on. The present invention has accurately curative and remarkable effect on each kind of rheumatism, ossein proliferation illness, with non-toxic negative impact. The treatment effects are not only on general type rheumatism, ossein proliferation illness but also on various difficulties uniquely.

The methods and compositions of the invention and the compounds used in the invention involve a novel immunosuppression mechanism, accelerated lymphocyte homing immunosuppression (ALH-immunosuppression). For example, the compound FTY720 specifically directs lymphocytes to the peripheral lymph nodes, mesenteric lymph nodes, and Peyer's patches. By reversibly sequestering lymphocytes in these tissues, the compounds can inhibit an immune response in a mammal. Understanding these mechanisms provides a novel immunosuppression therapy that can synergistically interact with other immunosuppressive compounds. Screening methods for identifying similar ALH-immunosuppression compounds are also described. The invention allows better treatments and therapies wherever an immunosuppression regimen is desired.