The technology described herein is directed to structural analysis, particularly of small proteins via cryo-EM.

The present invention relates to recombinant laminin adeno-associated viral vector (AAV) constructs and related methods for restoring laminin expression in deficient mammals, or in mammals with basement membrane instability.

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.

The disclosure relates to immune cells comprising a dual receptor system responsive to loss of heterozygosity in a target cell, and methods of making and using same. The first receptor comprises activator receptor specific to a HER2 antigen, and the second receptor comprises an inhibitory receptor specific to an antigen lost in cancer but not wild type cells, that inhibits activation of the immune cells by the first receptor.

Provided is a bispecific recombinant protein, comprising a high affinity tumor-targeting arm and a low affinity fusion protein blocking the interaction of CD47 with SIRPα. The antibody corresponding to the high affinity tumor-targeting arm does not bind to CD47, and its binding affinity to the target antigen on the tumor cell is at least 6 times as great as the binding affinity of monomer fusion protein homodimer, corresponding to the low affinity fusion protein blocking the interaction of CD47 with SIRPα, to a CD47 on the tumor cell, wherein the low affinity fusion protein blocking the interaction of CD47 with SIRPα comprises a SIRPα extracellular truncation. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding recombinant proteins and the use of the recombinant proteins and nucleic acid molecules in the manufacture of a medicament for treating tumors.

The present disclosure provides a heterodimeric, conditionally active chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), and a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the CAR. The present disclosure provides cells genetically modified to produce the CAR. A CAR of the present disclosure can be used in various methods, which are also provided.

The present invention provides a chimeric cytokine receptor (CCR) comprising: (i) an exodomain which binds to a ligand selected from a tumour secreted factor, a chemokine and a cell-surface antigen; and (ii) a cytokine receptor endodomain.

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.

This invention relates to fusion polypeptides comprising a DNAX-activating protein 10 (DAP10) polypeptide and a DNAX-activating protein 12 (DAP12) polypeptide. The disclosure also relates to cells comprising such fusion proteins and their use in treating cancer.

The present disclosure relates to compositions of fusion proteins, e.g., insulin-Fc fusion proteins, and their use to treat cancer cells and cancer tumors.