The current disclosure provides polypeptide, nucleic acid, compositions, and methods for treating or preventing CRS in patients in need thereof, particularly for those receiving an immunotherapy, such as a cancer immunotherapy, that may provoke a CRS response. Accordingly, aspects of the disclosure relate to a chimeric binding polypeptides comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 attached by a heterologous linker to a light chain variable region comprising CDR4, CDR5, and CDR6.

Provided herein are non-naturally occurring self-assembling polypeptides for transferring nucleic acids and/or proteins to a cell, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such polypeptides, and methods for treatment comprising use of such compositions. The methods for producing polypeptide compositions may include combining in a solution, unassembled recombinant GAG-like proteins, nucleic acids and/or proteins in low salt conditions; and increasing the ionic strength of the solution.

Provided herein are methods and compositions relating to modified proteins of Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) for regulating folliculogenesis in a woman, and in particular regulating follicle activation and maturation and immature (primordial) follicle depletion. In certain embodiments, regulating or inhibiting folliculogenesis in a woman treats ovarian senescence, pauses or slows down ovarian aging and/or delays the onset of menopause and/or the symptoms related to menopause, premature ovarian decline induced by gonadotoxic treatment, or diseases or conditions caused by genetic mutations in genes regulating folliculogenesis and ovarian biology.

The present invention addresses the issue of providing a norovirus component vaccine for subcutaneous, intradermal, percutaneous, or intramuscular administration which vaccine can readily immunize the target cells, an associated product of a molecular needle serving as an active ingredient of the vaccine, and a production method for the associated product. The invention provides a norovirus component vaccine containing, as an active ingredient, an associated product including a hexamer formed through bonding of two molecules of a trimer of a molecular needle represented by the following formula (1). W-L.sub.1-X.sub.n—Y (1) [wherein W represents an amino acid sequence of P domain of the capsid protein of norovirus as an immunogen; L.sub.1 represents a first linker sequence having 0 to 100 amino acids; X represents an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1; Y represents an amino acid sequence of a cell introduction domain; n is an integer of 1 to 3].

The invention refers to a single-chain circular permuted caspase-2 comprising the following structure from N- to C-terminus: i) a small subunit of a caspase-2, or a functionally active variant thereof; and ii) a large subunit of a caspase-2, or a functionally active variant thereof, wherein said cp caspase-2 comprises one or more amino acid substitutions increasing P1′ tolerance of said cp caspase-2 compared to a cp caspase-2 without said amino acid substitutions.

The present invention provides antibodies that neutralize MERS-CoV and methods of use thereof. The invented antibody is used to treat MERS-CoV infections and symptoms thereof.

The present disclosure provides T-cell modulatory multimeric polypeptides comprising two different immunomodulatory polypeptides, at least one of which is a variant immunomodulatory polypeptide. The present disclosure provides nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the T-cell modulatory multimeric polypeptides, and host cells comprising the nucleic acids. The present disclosure provides methods of modulating the activity of a T cell; the methods comprise contacting the T cell with a T-cell modulatory multimeric polypeptide of the present disclosure.

Provided herein are antibodies to DC-SIGN, conjugates of DC-SiGN antibodies, and DC-SiGN antibody fusion proteins and the use of such antibodies, conjugates, and fusion proteins for the treatment of diseases such as cancer.

Disclosed herein are methods of forming compounds and exemplary compounds in the nature of a conjugated compound demonstrating enhanced stability, which in some embodiments comprises a protein and virus particle mixed in a conjugation reaction to form a conjugate mixture, such that the conditions and steps of forming these products allow for unrefrigerated storage for longer time periods than previous approaches, thus making feasible access to such products over a global supply chain.

The present disclosure discloses a recombinant varicella-zoster virus (VZV) vaccine, including a fusion protein formed by an amino acid sequence of an extracellular domain of a recombinant glycoprotein gE of a live attenuated VZV strain (OKA strain) gene and an Fc fragment of human immunoglobulin. The present disclosure further provides preparation and use of the fusion protein, a corresponding recombinant gene, a eukaryotic expression vector, etc. The fusion protein of the present disclosure has prominent immunogenicity and can induce the high-level expression of neutralizing antibodies in serum.