The present invention comprises compositions, methods, and devices for enhancing an endogenous immune response against a cancer. Devices and methods provide therapeutic immunity to subjects against cancer.

An immunogenic fusion protein for use as a mucosal vaccine is provided, which includes: i) one or more FcyRI-binding domains; ii) one or more antigens from one or more infectious disease organisms; and iii) one or more FcRn-binding domains.

A set of target peptides are presented by HLA A*0101, A*0201, A*0301, B*4402, B*2705, B*1402, and B*0702 on the surface of disease cells. They are envisioned to among other things (a) stimulate an immune response to the proliferative disease, e.g., cancer, (b) to function as immunotherapeutics in adoptive T cell therapy or as a vaccine, (c) facilitate antibody recognition of tumor boundaries in surgical pathology samples, (d) act as biomarkers for early detection and/or diagnosis of the disease, and (e) act as targets in the generation antibody-like molecules which recognize the target-peptide/MHC complex.

Disclosed herein is a vaccine comprising an antigen and PD1 antibody and/or PDL1 antibody. Also disclosed herein is a method for enhancing an immune response in a subject. The method may comprise administering the vaccine to the subject in need thereof.

The present invention relates to a method for immunostimulation in a mammal which comprises a. administration of at least one mRNA containing a region which codes for at least one antigen of a pathogen or at least one tumour antigen, and b. administration of at least one cytokine, at least one cytokine mRNA, at least one CpG DNA or at least one adjuvant RNA. The invention likewise relates to a product and a kit comprising the mRNA and cytokine or cytokine mRNA or CpG DNA or adjuvant RNA of the invention.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a vaccine formulation with an optimized polypeptide comprising three epitopes and MONTANIDE as adjuvant, for use in anti-cancer immunotherapy for administration to a human subject.

A consensus sequence of the antigen telomerase (ConTRt) can be generated and used in preventive and therapeutic vaccination. The consensus sequence of telomerase was generated by the fusion of two sequences, one belonging to human telomerase (hTERT) and the other to dog telomerase (dTERT), with the aim of developing an effective vaccine for the treatment of tumors expressing both human and dog telomerase, hence in both the human and veterinary sectors.

A conjugate comprising at least one polypeptide comprising a sequence of a B-cell epitope and at least one polypeptide comprising a sequence of a CD4+ T-cell epitope is provided. The CD4+ T-cell epitope comprises a region of at least 12 amino acids of a universal tumour antigen or a sequence having at least 80% sequence identity to the region and the CD4+ T-cell epitope is immunogenic in at least 50% of the population. The at least one polypeptide comprising the sequence of the CD4+ T-cell epitope is equal to or less than 500 amino acids in length. The sequence of the B-cell epitope is different from the sequence of the CD4+ T-cell epitope and an antibody specific for the B-cell epitope binds to the conjugate.

The present invention relates to nanoparticles complexed with biomacromolecule agents configured for treating, preventing or ameliorating various types of disorders, and methods of synthesizing the same. In particular, the present invention is directed to compositions comprising nanoparticles (e.g., synthetic high density lipoprotein (sHDL)) carrying biomacromolecule agents (e.g., nucleic acid, peptides, glycolipids, etc.), methods for synthesizing such nanoparticles, as well as systems and methods utilizing such nanoparticles (e.g., in diagnostic and/or therapeutic settings).

The present invention provides immunoresponsive cells, including T cells, cytotoxic T cells, regulatory T cells, and Natural Killer (NK) cells, expressing at least one of an antigen recognizing receptor and one of a chimeric costimulatory receptor. Methods of using the immunoresponsive cell include those for the treatment of neoplasia and other pathologies where an increase in an antigen-specific immune response is desired.