The present disclosure provides a polypeptide including an anti-fibrin antibody and a serine protease moiety of human tissue plasminogen activator. Methods for treating thrombosis in a subject in need of such treatment using such polypeptide are also disclosed.

The present invention relates to a novel process of isolating and purifying tissue plasminogen activator and its variants more specifically TNK-tPA from CHO cells and describes an industrially applicable, simple, cost effective, robust and highly efficient process of TNK-tPA purification.

The present invention is directed to methods of treatment of airway obstruction associated with fibrin-containing cast formation by administering a fibrinolytic agent.

Described herein are rats with a hepatic deficiency comprising decreased function, activity, or expression of an enzyme in the tyrosine catabolic pathway (such as fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase), and methods of using the same for in vivo engraftment and expansion of heterologous hepatocytes, such as human hepatocytes, analysis of human liver disease, and analysis of xenobiotics. Also disclosed is the use of immunodeficient rats for the engraftment and expansion of heterologous hepatocytes.

Described herein are rats with a hepatic deficiency comprising decreased function, activity, or expression of an enzyme in the tyrosine catabolic pathway (such as fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase), and methods of using the same for in vivo engraftment and expansion of heterologous hepatocytes, such as human hepatocytes, analysis of human liver disease, and analysis of xenobiotics. Also disclosed is the use of immunodeficient rats for the engraftment and expansion of heterologous hepatocytes.

The present invention provides a mouse with liver damage, having a high degree of damage against the mouse's original hepatocytes while having a uPA gene in a heterozygous form, and a method for efficiently preparing the mouse. Specifically, the method for preparing a mouse with liver damage having the uPA gene in a heterozygous form comprises the following steps of: (i) transforming mouse ES cells with a DNA fragment containing a liver-specific promoter/enhancer and cDNA that encodes a urokinase-type plasminogen activator operably linked under the control thereof; (ii) injecting the transformed mouse ES cells obtained in step (i) into a host embryo; (iii) transplanting the host embryo obtained in step (ii) via the injection of the ES cells into the uterus of a surrogate mother mouse, so as to obtain a chimeric mouse; and (iv) crossing the chimeric mice obtained in step (iii), so as to obtain a transgenic mouse in which the DNA fragment is introduced in a heterozygous form.

Provided herein are engineered proteases of the S1A family that are specific for, and capable of, cleaving Factor B. Also provided herein are methods of making and using such engineered proteases. The engineered proteases provided herein may be useful for treating a disease or condition associated with dysregulation of the complement system by reducing complement activation through cleavage and inactivation of Factor B.

The invention relates to molecular biology, biotechnology, medicine, veterinary science. A group of inventions is proposed: a fusion protein comprising a ligand to MATN1 protein, and a growth factor of EGF, TGF, FGF, IGF, the construct components are connected via a flexible link, characterized by the amino acid sequence of FIG. 1; such fusion protein further comprising the Fc-fragment of an antibody or a polypeptide binding with FcRn and/or transferrin or a fragment thereof, the construct components connected via a flexible link, characterized by the amino acid sequence of FIG. 1; encoding polynucleotide, codon-optimized for expression in the producer cells or a target organism, a genetic construct for the synthesis of the fusion protein in producer cells, or cells of a target organism, the fusion protein producer, a producer of a genetic construct based on a bacterial cell, a preparation for the regeneration of cartilage containing at least 1 fusion protein or genetic construct as the active agent, in an effective amount, and a physiologically acceptable carrier or buffer solution, for parenteral or, in the case of the preparation based on at least 1 fusion protein containing the transport domain, oral administration, in the latter case the preparation is enclosed in an enteric coating, all variants

The present invention provides a fusion protein suitable for dissolving a fibrin clot and a pharmaceutical composition containing the fusion protein. According to the present invention, there is provided a fusion protein of an antibody that binds to insoluble fibrin or an antigen-binding fragment thereof and a prourokinase mutant, in which amino acid sequence of a plasmin in a kringle domain is modified so as to be less cleavable with a plasmin, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the fusion protein.

The present disclosure provides various molecular constructs having a targeting element and an effector element. Methods for treating various diseases using such molecular constructs are also disclosed.