The invention includes compositions and methods related to multimodal therapies, e.g., for treating immune conditions. A multimodal therapy described herein provides and/or administers a plurality of agents that function in a coordinated manner to provide a therapeutic benefit to a subject in need thereof, e.g., a subject having an autoimmune disease or inflammatory disease.

Provided herein are methods for ex vivo expansion of a specialized subset of natural killer (NK) cells, and compositions containing such NK cells. Also provided are methods for identifying or detecting a specialized subset of NK cells. Also provided are methods for treating diseases and conditions such as cancer using provided compositions, including in combination with an antibody capable of binding to disease-associated tissues or cells, such as tumor cells or infected cells.

The present invention relates to chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) specific to ICAM-1 comprising I domain of the (XL subunit of human lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1). The invention particularly relates to CARs comprising human I domains having different affinities (1 mM to 1 nM Kd) to ICAM-1. CAR T cells comprising human I domain having a low affinity (1 to 200 μM Kd) to ICAM-1 can avoid targeting healthy tissues with basal ICAM-1 expression while simultaneously exhibiting increased potency and long-term efficacy against tumor tissues with high ICAM-1 expression. The present invention also relates to an adoptive cell therapy method for treating cancer by administering the CAR-T cells comprising human I domain to a subject suffering from cancer, whereby the CAR T cells bind to the cancer cells overexpressing ICAM-1 and kill the cancer cells.

What is described is a method of treatment of a patient with a tumor, comprising administering a cell responsive to a peptide comprising a tumor epitope, wherein the tumor epitope comprises an amino acid substitution in a tumor antigen. The tumor antigen is preferably selected from the group consisting of NYESO-I.sub.157-165, NYESO-II.sub.157-170, or MART-1.sub.26-35, preferably SEQ ID NOS: 1-351, 361-376, and 392-401.

The invention relates to a method for treating cancers. Many cancers harbour sternness signature to de-differentiate into immature progenitors confer to tumor clones the re-expression of genes from fetal development. Inventors have obtained mice per group which received two boosts of vaccine 7 and 14 days with 2×106 irradiated hESCs cells that were mixed with 3 different adjuvants: 500 μg of TLR3, 50 μg of TLR9 agonist or 50 μg/ml of Quil Saponin vaccine adjuvant. After 14 days 5×104 4T1 cells were injected into the mammary fat pad of the mice and Valproic acid added in the drinking water at the dose of 4 mg/ml. They have shown that in contrast to the non-vaccinated mice, the mice vaccinated with hESC combined with a TLR3 agonist have generated the highest reduction of breast tumor volume (p<0.001) compared to the use of a TLR9 agonist or to Quil-A® Saponin vaccine adjuvant. Accordingly, the invention relates to a method for treating a subject suffering from a cancer with i) an agent that induces MHC-I presentation of antigens, ii) a vaccine composition containing an immunogenic element and iii) an adjuvant.

Methods and compositions are provided for combined transplantation of a solid organ and hematopoietic cells to a recipient, where tolerance to the graft is established through development of a persistent mixed chimerism. An individual with persistent mixed chimerism, usually for a period of at least six months, is able to withdraw from the use of immunosuppressive drugs after a period of time sufficient to establish tolerance.

Provided are cytoplasts (enucleated cells), methods for making cytoplasts, compositions comprising cytoplasts, and methods for using cytoplasts.

The invention provides anti-14-3-3 eta antibodies that specifically bind to the human 14-3-3 eta protein isoform in its natural configuration while exhibiting selectivity over human 14-3-3 alpha, beta, delta, epsilon, gamma, tau, and zeta protein isoforms. Methods, kits and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said specific anti-14-3-3 eta antibodies are further provided for the diagnosis and treatment of arthritis.

In some embodiments, described herein is a method of tumor treatment or tumor vaccination. The method generally comprises applying to a human being in need thereof a tumor therapeutic composition or tumor vaccine defined herein. The tumor therapeutic composition or tumor vaccine can be produced by protein transfer of glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored immunostimulatory or costimulatory molecules

In some embodiments, described herein is a method of tumor treatment or tumor vaccination. The method generally comprises applying to a human being in need thereof a tumor therapeutic composition or tumor vaccine defined herein. The tumor therapeutic composition or tumor vaccine can be produced by protein transfer of glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored immunostimulatory or costimulatory molecules.