The present invention relates to an immunogenic conjugate comprising: a carrier protein and at least one polypeptide having at most 100 amino acids comprising a sequence of 5 to 50 amino acids of interleukin 6 (IL-6) or IL-6 receptor (IL-6R), or a variant sequence having at least 75% identity with the sequence of 5 to 50 amino acids of IL-6 or IL-6R, wherein the polypeptide is covalently linked to the carrier protein and the carrier protein is a non-toxic mutant diphtheria toxin.

New insecticidal proteins, nucleotides, peptides, their expression in plants, methods of producing the peptides, new processes, production techniques, new peptides, new formulations, and new organisms, a process which increases the insecticidal peptide production yield from yeast expression systems. The present invention is also related and discloses selected endotoxins we call cysteine rich insecticidal peptides (CRIPS) which are peptides derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and their genes and endotoxins in combination with toxic peptides known as Inhibitor Cystine Knot (ICK) genes and peptides as well as with other types of insecticidal peptides such as trypsin modulating oostatic factor (TMOF) peptide sequences used in various formulations and combinations; of both genes and peptides, useful for the control of insects.

TCR AND PEPTIDES A T-cell receptor (TCR), which binds to a Wilms tumour 1 protein (WT1) peptide when presented by a major histocompatibility complex (MHC).

This disclosure relates to nanoparticles coated with fusion proteins comprising a domain that binds a cancer marker and a domain comprising a toxic polypeptide. In certain embodiments, the targeted cancer marker is urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R), EGFR, HER2, and/or other member of the ErbB family of receptors. In certain embodiments, the molecule that binds a cancer marker is an amino terminal fragment of uPA or variant capable of binding uPAR and/or IGF1 or variant capable of binding IGF1R. In certain embodiments, the toxic polypeptide is a bacterial exotoxin.

Provided is a polypeptide combination, a targeting component thereof comprising a shielding peptide, a cleavable part, an antigen-binding part and a first intein fragment, the shielding peptide and the antigen-binding part being connected by means of the cleavable part, and the antigen-binding part being directly or indirectly connected to the first intein fragment; a toxin component thereof comprises a second intein fragment and a toxin, and the second intein fragment is directly or indirectly connected to the toxin; the targeting component and the toxin component form an immunoconjugate by means of the interactive action between the first intein fragment and the second intein fragment; in the immunoconjugate, the shielding peptide and the antigen-binding part are connected by means of the cleavable part, and the antigen-binding part is connected to the toxin. Also provided are a preparation method and a pharmaceutical use for the polypeptide combination.

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.

A method of treating a patient who has hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), colorectal carcinoma (CRC), glioblastoma (GB), gastric cancer (GC), esophageal cancer, NSCLC, pancreatic cancer (PC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC), benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer (PCA), ovarian cancer (OC), melanoma, breast cancer (BRCA), CLL, Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), SCLC, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), AML, gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma (GBC, CCC), urinary bladder cancer (UBC), and uterine cancer (UEC) includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has HCC, CRC, GB, GC, esophageal cancer, NSCLC, PC, RCC, BPH, PCA, OC, melanoma, BRCA, CLL, MCC, SCLC, NHL, AML, GBC, CCC, UBC, and/or UEC. A method of treating a patient who has HCC, CRC, GB, GC, esophageal cancer, NSCLC, PC, RCC, BPH, PCA, OC, melanoma, BRCA, CLL, MCC, SCLC, NHL, AML, GBC, CCC, UBC, and/or UEC includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the HCC, CRC, GB, GC, esophageal cancer, NSCLC, PC, RCC, BPH, PCA, OC, melanoma, BRCA, CLL, MCC, SCLC, NHL, AML, GBC, CCC, UBC, and/or UEC.

Provided are an anti-B7-H4 antibody-drug conjugate and medicinal use thereof. Specifically, provided is an anti-B7-H4 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, a humanized antibody comprising the CDR region of the anti-B7-H4 antibody, and antibody-drug conjugate thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvent compound thereof, and the aforesaid antibody-drug conjugate thereof or pharmaceutical composition of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvent compound thereof, and use thereof as an anti-cancer drug, particularly the use in the preparation of a drug for treating diseases or disorders having high expression of B7-H4.

The present invention relates to the treatment of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALLs) by means of immunotherapy with a monoclonal antibody which recognizes the pre-TCR receptor which, due to its presence in all phases of T-ALL pre-TCR+ development, can also be used as a leukemia-initiating cell (LIC) biomarker and as a therapeutic target useful for monitoring minimal residual disease and identifying compounds inhibiting the disease.

Disclosed are a non-integrative Listeria-based vaccine and a method for inducing antitumor immune response. In particular, the present disclosure provides a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant plasmid or a recombinant expression vector comprising the recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant protein, and a recombinant Listeria. Also disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition and a vaccine comprising the above component, a method for slowly and continuously killing cells using the same, and a method for inducing immune response in a subject using the same.