1027 results about "Virus-like particle" patented technology

A method of disassembly / reassembly of papillomavirus VLPs is provided. The resultant VLPs have enhanced homogeneity, present conformational, neutralizing PV epitopes, and therefore are useful prophylactic and diagnostic agents. Further, these VLPs can be used to encapsulate desired moieties, e.g., therapeutic or diagnostic agents, or "marker" DNAs, and the resultant VLPs used as in vivo delivery vehicles or as pseudovirions for evaluating vaccine efficacy.

Chimeric virus-like particles that exhibit conformational antigenic epitopes capable of eliciting neutralizing antibodies are disclosed herein. The chimeric virus-like particles of the invention comprise a recombinant viral capsid protein that encapsulates a recombinant viral protein during self-assembly into a chimeric virus-like particle, wherein the chimeric virus-like particle exhibits confirmational antigenic epitopes capable of eliciting neutralizing antibodies. Pharmaceutical compositions, vaccines, and diagnostic test kits containing the chimeric virus-particles are also provided.

The present invention is related to the fields of molecular biology, virology, immunology and medicine. The invention provides a modified virus-like particle (VLP) comprising a VLP which can be loaded with immunostimulatory substances, in particular with DNA oligonucleotides containing non-methylated C and G (CpGs), and particular peptides derived from MelanA linked thereto. Such CpGVLPs are dramatically more immunogenic than their CpG-free counterparts and induce enhanced B and T cell responses. The immune response against MelanA peptide analogues optionally coupled, fused or attached otherwise to the VLPs is similarly enhanced as the immune response against the VLP itself. In addition, the T cell responses against the MelanA peptide analogues are especially directed to the Thl type. Antigens attached to CpG-loaded VLPs may therefore be ideal vaccines for prophylactic or therapeutic vaccination against allergies, tumors and other self-molecules and chronic viral diseases.

Codon optimized polynucleotides for optimal expression of recombinant proteins in eukaryotic cells are provided. The codon optimized polynucleotides encode a viral capsid protein that self assembles into a virus-like particle. The virus-like particle is expressed extracellularly and exhibits conformational antigenic epitopes capable of raising neutralizing antibodies. Pharmaceutical compositions, vaccines, and diagnostic test kits containing the gene products of the codon-optimized polynucleotides are also provided.

Influenza virus-like particles (VLPs) comprising the structural proteins HA, NA, M1 and M2 are described. VLPs are also generated containing M1 alone, as are VLPs with M1 and any one or two of HA, NA and M2. VLPs with HA from one influenza subtype and NA from a different influenza subtype are also described, as are VLPs in which a portion or all of HA or NA is replaced by a heterologous moiety not produced by influenza virus, so as to comprise chimeric VLPs.

The present invention discloses and claims virus like particles (VLPs) that express and / or contains seasonal influenza virus proteins, avian influenza virus proteins and / or influenza virus proteins from viruses with pandemic potential. The invention includes vector constructs comprising said proteins, cells comprising said constructs, formulations and vaccines comprising VLPs of the inventions. The invention also includes methods of making and administrating VLPs to vertebrates, including methods of inducing substantial immunity to either seasonal and avian influenza, or at least one symptom thereof.

The present invention provides conjugates of peptide derivatives of the mammalian peptide hormones angiotensinogen, angiotensin I and angiotensin II, presented in a repetitive scaffold by coupling the peptide derivatives to a carrier, particularly a virus-like particle (VLP). The invention also provides methods of producing such conjugates, and immunotherapeutic uses of the resulting immunogen conjugates for the therapy and prophylaxis of conditions associated with the renin-activated angiotensin system.

The invention provides EV71virus-like particles as well as preparation method and application of the EV71virus-like particles. The method comprises the following steps of: connecting a P1 protein gene and 3CD protease gene of an EV71 virus with predicated mean vote (PMV) plasmid to build PMV-P1-3CD recombinant expression plasmid; turning into hansenula polymorpha AU-0501 expression bacterial strain to obtain an AU-PMV-P1-3CD recombinant expression bacterial strain; fermenting and culturing the recombinant expression bacteria strain and performing inducible expression on EV71 virus-like particle proteins by using methanol; centrifugally gathering thallus to perform homogenate crushing at high pressure; and purifying the supernate through ion-exchange column chromatography, hydrophobic chromatography and sieve chromatography to obtain the EV71virus-like particles. EV71virus-like particle vaccines provided by the invention has high immunogenicity, security, immunological characteristics and biological activity; and the EV71virus-like particles can be prepared in a large scale and purified and used for preparing vaccines for preventing EV71 infection, and has good economic value and application prospect.