66 results about "Human b cell" patented technology

Methods for preventing or treating an IgE-mediated allergic disease in a patient are presented, the methods comprising administration of a monoclonal antibody capable of binding to a human CD40 antigen located on the surface of a human B cell, wherein binding of the antibody to the CD40 antigen prevents the growth or differentiation of the B cell. Monoclonal antibodies useful in these methods, and epitopes immunoreactive with such monoclonal antibodies are also presented.

The present invention provides humanized, chimeric and human anti-CD20 antibodies and CD 20 antibody fusion proteins that bind to a human B cell marker, referred to as CD20, which is useful for the treatment and diagnosis of B-cell disorders, such as B-cell malignancies and autoimmune diseases, and methods of treatment and diagnosis.

The present invention provides humanized, chimeric and human anti-CD19 antibodies, anti-CD19 antibody fusion proteins, and fragments thereof that bind to a human B cell marker. Such antibodies, fusion proteins and fragments thereof are useful for the treatment and diagnosis of various B-cell disorders, including B-cell malignancies and autoimmune diseases. In more particular embodiments, the humanized anti-CD19 antibodies may comprise one or more framework region amino acid substitutions designed to improve protein stability, antibody binding and/or expression levels. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the substitutions comprise a Ser91Phe substitution in the hA19 VH sequence.

Methods of therapy for B-cell malignancies are provided. The methods comprise administering a therapeutically effective amount of an antagonist anti-CD40 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof to a patient in need thereof. The antagonist anti-CD40 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof is free of significant agonist activity when the antibody binds a CD40 antigen on a normal human B cell, exhibits antagonist activity when the antibody binds a CD40 antigen on a malignant human B cell, and can exhibit antagonist activity when the antibody binds a CD40 antigen on a normal human B cell. Antagonist activity of the anti-CD40 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof beneficially inhibits proliferation and/or differentiation of malignant human B cells.

The invention relates to a method of accelerating the induction of somatic mutations in vitro. The inventive method comprises the expression of at least one cDNA expressing a modified version of the AID gene in the cells to be mutated, in culture conditions and a medium that are suited thereto, said modified version resulting from an AID gene in which the three hydrophobic amino acids, leu189, phe193 and leu196, have been replaced by means of alanine mutations in each case. The invention can be used to induce mutations in Burkitt's lymphoma BL2. The invention can also be used to induce mutations in the immunoglobulin genes of immortalised antibody-producing cells, such as mouse hybridoma cells, human hybridoma cells or human B-cell lines immortalised by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).

The invention discloses a preparation method of human cytokine-induced killer cells, comprising the following steps: coating a cell culture flask with a coating buffer containing effective amount of fusion protein and human CD3 monoclonal antibody before culturing precursor cells of human CIK cells, and adding the human CD3 monoclonal antibody in the whole process of inducing and culturing the human CIK cells, wherein the fusion protein is human intercellular adhesion molecule-1 functional domain and human fibronectin functional domain fusion protein, and the concentration of the human CD3 monoclonal antibody in the cell culture solution is lower than the concentration of the human CD3 monoclonal antibody in the coating buffer. According to the invention, ex-vivo expansion efficiency of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and the proportion of CD3/CD56 double positive cells in the CIK cells are significantly raised, the cytotoxicity activity of the CIK cells is enhanced, thus the effect of cellular immunity treatment is raised.

The invention is directed to purified and isolated novel ULBP polypeptides, the nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides, processes for production of recombinant forms of such polypeptides, antibodies generated against these polypeptides, fragmented peptides derived from these polypeptides, and the uses of the above. ULBP polypeptide can be found on the surface of human B cell lymphomas. Mammalian forms of ULBP polypeptide in isolated or purified forms are provided. In addition, isolated nucleic acids encoding ULBP polypeptides and expression vectors comprising a cDNA encoding ULBP polypeptides are provided. The ULBP polypeptides can be isolated or synthesized and used to prepare antibodies, and in particular monoclonal antibodies, against the polypeptides. The antibodies, in turn, are useful for detecting the presence of ULBP polypeptides in human cell samples, which can be correlated with the existence of a malignant condition in a patient. ULBP polypeptides stimulate IFN-γ production, NK cell proliferation, and CTL activity.

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 cells can be obtained from peripheral blood in large numbers. These cells can be activated in vitro by coculture with CD40L (CD40-B cells) and an immunosuppressive agent such as cyclosporin A. They can expanded up to 1x103 to 1x104 fold in 2 weeks or 1x105 to 1x106 fold in 2 months. We demonstrate these cells are most efficient APCs comparable to DCs in stimulating allogeneic CD4+ CD45RA+, CD4+ CD45RO+, and CD8+ T cells. In contrast to DCs, CD40-B cells are fully functional even in the presence of immunosuppressive cytokines such as IL-10 and TGFbeta.

The present Invention provides novel methods for immortalizing cells that secrete antibodies of one or more specific isotypes. Polyclonal, oligoclonal, and monoclonal populations of cells obtained using the methods of the Invention can be screened on the basis of the functional and/or binding activities of the antibodies they secrete, for example directed to antigens of human or viral origin having medical interest, in cell culture conditions. Using these methods, human B cells that secrete antibodies binding human Cytomegalovirus, Herpes Simplex Virus, or HSP60 protein have been efficiently immortalized with Epstein-Barr virus.

The invention discloses an antibody for resisting human CD79a extracellular terminal protein, a coding gene and application. The antibody is characterized in that a human B cell lymphoma Raji cell line is used as an immunogen for immunizing mice; splenocyte is obtained and then is fused with a mouse myeloma cell to obtain a hybridoma cell; a monoclonal antibody for specifically aiming at the human CD79a extracellular terminal protein is obtained via screening; an amino acid sequence of the monoclonal antibody is obtained by sequence analysis; variable region sequence with a heavy chain and a light chain and CDR (Complementarity-Determining Region) sequences with light chains and heavy chains are obtained via analyzing; an chimeric antibody expressed via cloning can be used for effectively and specifically recognizing the human CD79a extracellular terminal protein; in addition, when the antibody acts on human B lymphocyte, the internalization rate is high; the antibody has a good prospect for preparing a targeted drug of targeted B lymphocyte and can be used for treating diseases associated with the B lymphocyte.

A process is disclosed which enables the establishing of comprehensive immunoglobulin-specific reaction profiles of subjects with disorders of the immune function by the individual V gene repertoire of Ig-expressing B cells. The process comprises the isolation of B cells from body fluids, the isolation of individual B cells and their genetic material, the amplification of nucleic acids coding the variable regions of an antibody expressed by a B cell, the recombinant preparation of antibodies by expressing the amplificates, and the determination of the binding

The invention provides an anti-malignant lymphoma fusion protein. The anti-malignant lymphoma fusion protein comprises an inhibitor SARI (Suppressor of AP-1 Regulated by Interferon) of a human activator protein-1 and a mutant protein msBAFF of human B cell activating factor BAFF, wherein the msBAFF is a mutant which is formed after amino acids at the 217-224 loci of the human BAFF are replaced by two glycines. The invention further provides a preparation method of the fusion protein. After the recombinant fusion protein of the invention is obtained through a genetic engineering strategy, vitro anti-tumor effect detection is performed and shows that the tumor growth can be effectively inhibited in cells and animals.

Antibodies to human Cytomegalovirus (CMV) gB protein have been isolated from human B cells. The affinities of these antibodies are higher than the best previously reported antibodies. Since high affinity is critical to prevention of virus transfer across the placenta, the invention antibodies are useful as therapeutic and prophylactic agents to prevent or ameliorate effects on the fetus of CMV infection during pregnancy.

A recombinant plasmid vector containing human B lymphocyte stimulating factor (hBlyS) gene, the construction and expression of said expression vector, the process for preparing its monoclonal antibody and the application of said monoclonal antibody in preparing the medicines to treat B lymphocyte cancer and self-immunopathy and the test reagent for the BlyS concentration in human plasma are disclosed.

The invention relates to a bispecific antibody specifically binding to human B cell maturation antigen (BCMA) and to human CD3ϵ (CD3) together with an immunotherapeutic drug for combined use in treating multiple myeloma.