The present disclosure is directed, in some embodiments, to methods and compositions of comprising a cell having a non-internalizing receptor, and a nanoparticle surface-modified with a ligand that binds to the non-internalizing receptor.

The present invention provides an engineered immune cell targeting BCMA and use thereof. In particular, the present invention provides a CAR specifically targeting BCMA, the CAR comprising an antigen-binding domain which is an S-derived scFv, an antibody heavy chain variable region as shown in SEQ ID NO: 9 and an antibody light chain variable region as shown in SEQ ID NO: 10. The present invention also provides a CAR-T cell comprising the CAR, a double CAR- and CAR-T cell comprising the S-derived scFv, and related use thereof. Compared to CAR-T cells constructed using other scFvs, the constructed CAR-T cell of the present invention has a better killing effect and tumor elimination capability.

A chimeric antigen receptor that specifically binds to a CD300c antigen or a receptor thereof, immune cells expressing the same, and uses thereof are disclosed. The chimeric antigen receptor that specifically binds to a CD300c antigen or a receptor thereof is able to specifically recognize cancer cells expressing the CD300c antigen or the CD300c receptor so that growth, metastasis, development, and the like of cancer can be suppressed in a direct and effective manner. Thus, it is expected that the chimeric antigen receptor can be effectively used as an immunotherapeutic agent for various cancers.

The present invention provides a medicinal composition containing a T cell population that exhibits an excellent antigen specificity and has genetic diversity, and a method for preventing or treating cancer using the medicinal composition.

Provided herein is the use of bryostatin agents to selectively enhance expression, translocation and/or cell surface presentation of an antigen in target cells of interest to modulate immunogenicity of the target cells. Aspects of the methods include, administering an effective amount of a bryostatin agent to a subject to modulate immunogenicity of target cells. The subject methods include a method of treating cancer, including administering to a subject an effective amount of a bryostatin agent to enhance cell surface antigen or neoantigen presentation on target cells of the subject, and administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a therapeutic agent that specifically binds the cell surface antigen to treat the subject for cancer. Aspects of the subject methods also include use of the bryostatin agents to sensitize the target cells to clearance by the subject's immune system.

Compositions and methods are provided for treating diseases associated with CD100, including certain autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, and cancers. In particular, anti-CD100 monoclonal antibodies have been developed to neutralize CD100.

The present disclosure is directed, in some embodiments, to methods and compositions of comprising a cell having a non-internalizing receptor, and a nanoparticle surface-modified with a ligand that binds to the non-internalizing receptor.

The present invention relates to the field of cancer biology and immunology. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of genetically modified immune cells in combination with certain chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer, wherein the genetically modified immune cells are resistant to said chemotherapeutic agents.

The present invention relates to a fusion protein and the use thereof. The fusion protein includes, from N to C terminals, a first moiety, an Fc segment, a linking moiety comprising a moiety selected from a linker and a protein or polypeptide selected from IL2 or scFv, and a substrate moiety of transpeptidase A; the linker includes a sequence selected from the group consisting of (1) (GGGGS)n, wherein when the linking moiety includes the protein or polypeptide and the linker, n≥1; when the linking moiety only includes the linker, n≥3; and (2) (EAAAK)n, n≥1; the substrate moiety includes LPXTG. The fusion protein can be directly connected to cells to enable the cells to have a targeting property, is more simple than an existing method for preparing targeting cells by means of cell transfection, and can also reduce the risk possibly generated by an effector cell genome operation.

The present invention discloses T-cell receptor of HLA-A11-restricted hepatitis B virus HBc 141-151 epitope peptide and applications thereof. The T cell receptor comprises an α chain and β chain; the α chain comprises three complementarity determining regions with amino acid sequences shown in positions 48 to 53, positions 71 to 77 and positions 112 to 121 of SEQ ID NO. 2, respectively; the β chain comprises three complementarity determining regions with amino acid sequences shown in positions 46 to 50, positions 68 to 73 and positions 111 to 122 of SEQ ID NO. 4, respectively. Experiments demonstrated that the T cell receptor exhibits both HBV polypeptide epitope-dependent activation and proliferation ability and also exhibits an ability to kill target cells both in vivo and in vitro.