Human interleukin-2 (IL-2) muteins or variants thereof are provided. In particular, provided are IL-2 muteins that have an increased binding capacity for IL-2R receptor as compared to wild-type IL-2 for use in combination therapies with anti-PD-1 antibodies for the treatment of cancer. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions that include such anti-PD-1 antibodies and the disclosed IL-2 muteins.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing viral vector-based compositions wherein the viral vector-based particles present in the composition have a particle size distribution with a polydispersity index (PDI) of less than 0.5, the method comprising the steps: (a) providing replication-deficient viral vectors; (b) providing a solution comprising at least one sugar and at least three different excipients selected from hydrophilic and amphiphilic excipients, wherein the excipients are characterized by polar, aliphatic, aromatic, negatively charged, and/or positively charged functional groups, and wherein the solution is further characterized by an excipient-sugar ratio of at least 1:2 (w/w); and (c) mixing the replication deficient viral vectors of step (a) with the solution of step (b). The present invention further relates to a viral vector-based composition obtainable by the method of the invention as well as to the viral vector-based composition of the invention for use as a prime-boost vaccine.

Methods for generating immune responses using adenovirus vectors that allow multiple vaccinations with the same adenovirus vector and vaccinations in individuals with preexisting immunity to adenovirus are provided.

Disclosed herein are chimpanzee adenoviral vectors that include neoantigen-encoding nucleic acid sequences derived from a tumor of a subject. Also disclosed are nucleotides, cells, and methods associated with the vectors including their use as vaccines.

Compositions comprising a modified adenovirus AD5.F35 which includes coding sequence of soluble GUCY2C extracellular domain sequences are disclosed. Compositions comprising a Listeria monocytogenes vector which includes coding sequence of soluble GUCY2C extracellular domain sequences are disclosed. Methods of treating individuals diagnosed with cancer/tumors expressing GUCY2C methods of preventing micro-metastasis are disclosed.

The present disclosure provides an immunogenic composition comprising: a) a hepatitis C virus (HCV) heterodimeric polypeptide that includes HCV E1 and E2 polypeptides; b) a T-cell epitope polypeptide comprising a T-cell epitope present in an HCV protein other than E1 and E2; and c) a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The present disclosure provides a method of inducing an immune response, in an individual, to an HCV polypeptide. The present disclosure provides an immunogenic composition comprising: a) a polypeptide that comprises one or more T-cell epitopes present in an HCV protein other than E1 and E2; and b) a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

Provided herein is an adenoviral vector-based vaccine for inducing immune responses against viruses, such as coronaviruses. The adenoviral vector comprises a hybrid promoter, a nucleic acid sequence encoding a viral antigen operatively linked to the hybrid promoter; a posttranscriptional regulatory element; and a modified fiber protein. Also provided is a method of inducing an immune response against a coronavirus using a composition containing the adenoviral vector.

Provided herein are methods for inducing an immune response against an antigen in a subject. In some embodiments, the methods comprise administering a therapeutically effective amount of a vaccine and an interleukin 10 (IL-10) inhibitor to the subject. In some embodiments, the vaccine is an IL-10-deficient vaccine.

An in vitro expansion process for rapid expansion of antigen specific T cells, such as allogeneic antigen specific T cells comprising the steps culturing in a gas permeable vessel a population of PBMCs (such as allogeneic PBMCs) in the presence of antigen, for example a peptide or peptide mix relevant to a target antigen(s), in the presence of an exogenous cytokine characterized in that the expansion to provide the desired population of T cells is 14 days or less, or example 9, 10, 11 or 12 days, such as 10 days. The disclosure also extends to T cell populations generated by and obtained from the method and the use of same in therapy.

Provided are a pharmaceutical composition for resisting infection with SARS-COV-2 or a mutant thereof, and a combined drug thereof. To solve the problem of the lack of effective prevention and treatment drugs for infection with SARS-COV-2 or a mutant virus thereof, provided are a recombinant protein vaccine and/or an adenovirus vaccine for preventing and/or treating an infection with SARS-COV-2 or a mutant thereof, and in particular, provided are a nasal spray administration compound formulation containing active ingredients of two vaccines, i.e., a recombinant protein vaccine and an adenovirus vaccine, and a combination of the two vaccines for nasal spray administration, which can induce generation of strong antibody and cellular immune responses in vivo and block the binding of a protein S of SARS-COV-2 to an ACE2 receptor of a host cell, thus enabling a host to resist coronavirus infection. Particularly, the present invention has good prevention and treatment effects on various mutant viruses.