The present invention is directed to triple combination therapies with anti-TIGIT antibodies, anti-PVRIG antibodies, and checkpoint inhibitors, including anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 antibodies.

The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.

The present invention provides an anti-ox40 antibody, an antigen-binding fragment thereof, and the pharmaceutical use. Further, the present application provides a chimeric antibody and a humanized antibody, the chimeric antibody and the humanized antibody comprising a CDR region from the anti-OX40 antibody and the antigen-binding fragment thereof, and also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the anti-OX40 antibody and the antigen-binding fragment thereof, and the use thereof as a drug for treating cancers.

Methods for diagnosing cancer, its subtypes, molecular features, and likelihood of response to therapy, as well as other diseases, based on microbial presence or abundance in tissues, including blood-derived tissues, of the host subject. Methods of treatment of the identified cancer in subjects are also provided.

The present invention relates in part to the discovery of genes that are deregulated in cancer stem cells (e.g., melanoma stem cells). In some aspects, methods for treating individuals having melanoma are provided; the methods involve modulating (e.g., inducing, inhibiting, etc.) the activity of the cancer stem cell associated genes. In other aspects, cell surface genes that are upregulated in melanoma stem cells are targeted for the selective isolation, detection, and killing of cancer stem cells in melanoma. Other aspects of the invention relate to reagents, arrays, compositions, and kits that are useful for diagnosing and treating melanoma.

It is disclosed herein that that certain alkylphosphocholine analogs are preferentially taken up by malignant pediatric tumor cells. The alkylphophocholine analogs are compounds having the formula:

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or salts thereof, wherein n is an integer from 12 to 24; and R.sub.2 is —N.sup.+(CH.sub.3).sub.3. The compounds can be used to treat pediatric solid tumors or to detect pediatric solid tumors. In therapeutic treatment, R.sub.1 includes a radioactive iodine isotope that locally delivers therapeutic dosages of radiation to the malignant pediatric tumor cells that preferentially take up the compound. In detection/imaging applications, R.sub.1 includes a detection moiety, such as a fluorophore or a radioactive iodine isotope.

Isolated or recombinant anti-HER3 monoclonal antibodies are provided. In some cases, antibodies of the embodiments can be used for the detection, diagnosis and/or therapeutic treatment of human diseases, such as cancer.

The present invention is directed to anti-PVRIG antibodies and methods of using same.

A lung cancer biomarker panel comprising an microRNA (miRNA) lung cancer biomarker and at least one additional lung cancer biomarker selected from a tumor protein (TP) lung cancer biomarker and/or a autoantibody (AAB) lung cancer biomarker is provided herein and methods for screening patients for lung cancer. The present lung cancer biomarker panel provides an improvement in sensitivity and diagnostic accuracy for lung cancer as compared to a lung cancer biomarker panel without the miRNA biomarkers.

The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.