The present invention relates to treatment and prevention of cancer with glycosidase(s). In various aspects the invention relates to the treatment and management of cancer to prevent metastasis or recurrence, or to improve outcome and rate of successful treatment with conventional therapeutic regimens.

The present disclosure relates to glycoproteins, particularly monoclonal antibodies, comprising a glycoengineered Fc region, wherein said Fc region comprises an optimized N-glycan having the structure of Sia.sub.2(2-6)Gal.sub.2GlcNAc.sub.2Man.sub.3GlcNAc.sub.2. The glycoengineered Fc region binds FcRIIA or FcRIIIA with a greater affinity, relative to comparable monoclonal antibodies comprising the wild-type Fc region. The monoclonal antibodies of the invention are particularly useful in preventing, treating, or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated with a disease, disorder, or infection where an enhanced efficacy of effector cell function (e.g., ADCC) mediated by FcR is desired, e.g., cancer, autoimmune, infectious disease, and in enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of therapeutic antibodies the effect of which is mediated by ADCC.

Provided herein is an -fucosidase that can cleave a conjugate comprising an N-glycan and a label where the label is added by amine reactive chemistry. The -fucosidase also has an accelerated reaction time using Schiff base labeled N-glycans compared with bovine kidney fucosidase. A reaction mix, enzyme mix and kit comprising the -fucosidase are provided, as well as a method for analyzing glycoproteins. The -fucosidase finds particular use in analyzing the N-glycans of therapeutic glycoproteins.

Modified Fc regions of antibodies and antibody fragments, both human and humanized, and having enhanced stability and efficacy, are provided. Fc regions with core fucose residues removed, and attached to oligosaccharides comprising terminal sialyl residues, are provided. Antibodies comprising homogeneous glycosylation of Fc regions with specific oligosaccharides are provided. Fc regions conjugated with homogeneous glycoforms of monosaccharides and trisaccharides, are provided. Methods of preparing human antibodies with modified Fc using glycan engineering, are provided.

Provided is a novel therapeutic agent for inflammatory diseases such as autoimmune diseases. According to the present invention, an included IgG antibody comprises a human serum IgG antibody in which the sugar chain shown below is bonded to asparagine 297 (Asn297) in an Fe portion.

Disclosed are methods and compositions using glycoside hydrolases, such as an alpha-L-fucosidases, to prevent and/or treat a pathogenic infection and/or diarrhea in an animal wherein the pathogenic infection is caused by a pathogen capable of binding to an animal intestinal cell wherein said binding of the pathogen is dependent on the presence of a pathogen binding site having at least one glycan structure substituted with at least one alpha-1,2-L-fucose moiety comprising administering to the animal an effective amount of a glycoside hydrolase capable of removing the at least one alpha-1,2-L-fucose moiety from the pathogen binding site.

The present disclosure relates to a novel class of anti-HER2 monoclonal antibodies comprising a homogeneous population of anti-HER2 IgG molecules having the same N-glycan on each of Fc. The antibodies of the invention can be produced from anti-HER2 monoclonal antibodies by Fc glycoengineering. Importantly, the antibodies of the invention have improved therapeutic values with increased ADCC activity and increased Fc receptor binding affinity compared to the corresponding monoclonal antibodies that have not been glycoengineered.

Provided herein are methods of obtaining a recombinant glycosylated protein having increased levels of afucosylated glycoforms. In exemplary embodiments, the methods comprise incubating purified recombinant glycosylated protein with a human broad specificity fucosidase and separating the recombinant glycosylated protein from the fucosidase.

The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods of use comprising antibodies or binding fragments thereof further comprising universal Fc glycoforms.

Modified Fc regions of antibodies and antibody fragments, both human and humanized, and having enhanced stability and efficacy, are provided. Fc regions with core fucose residues removed, and attached to oligosaccharides comprising terminal sialyl residues, are provided. Antibodies comprising homogeneous glycosylation of Fc regions with specific oligosaccharides are provided. Fc regions conjugated with homogeneous glycoforms of monosaccharides and trisaccharides, are provided. Methods of preparing human antibodies with modified Fc using glycan engineering, are provided.