The present invention relates to a kit of in vitro quantifying large surface protein of hepatitis B virus (LHBS). The kit includes monoclonal antibodies having respective binding specificity for specific regions of LHBS, thereby increasing sensitivity and dynamic breadth of detecting LHBS in a biological sample. Moreover, the invention also provides a biomarker set corresponding to the specific regions of LHBS, and the biomarker set can be specifically recognized by the monoclonal antibodies, for non-invasively analyzing phases of HBV infection and hepatoma prognosis in a biological sample. Furthermore, the invention also provides a set of monoclonal antibodies for predicting, diagnosing or treating a chronic liver disease via those biomarkers in a subject in need thereof.

There is provided a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising a CD19-binding domain which comprises a) a heavy chain variable region (VH) having complementarity determining regions (CDRs) with the following sequences: CDR1—GY-AFSSS (SEQ ID No. 1); CDR2—YPGDED (SEQ ID No. 2) CDR3—SLLYGDYLDY (SEQ ID No. 3); and b) a light chain variable region (VL) having CDRs with the following sequences: CDR1—SASSSVSYMH (SEQ ID No. 4); CDR2—DTSKLAS (SEQ ID No. 5) CDR3—QQWNINPLT (SEQ ID No. 6). There is also provided a cell comprising such a CAR, and the use of such a cell in the treatment of cancer, in particular a B cell malignancy.

The present invention provides, in certain aspects, a natural killer (NK) cell that expresses all or a functional portion of interleukin-15 (IL-15), and methods for producing such cells. The invention further provides methods of using a natural killer (NK) cell that expresses all or a functional portion of interleukin-15 (IL-15) to treat cancer in a subject or to enhance expansion and/or survival of NK cells.

The present disclosure provides methods and compositions related to the modification of immune effector cells to increase therapeutic efficacy. In some embodiments, immune effector cells modified to reduce expression of one or more endogenous target genes, or to reduce one or more functions of an endogenous protein to enhance effector functions of the immune cells are provided. In some embodiments, immune effector cells further modified by introduction of transgenes conferring antigen specificity, such as exogenous T cell receptors (TCRs) or chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) are provided. Methods of treating a cell proliferative disorder, such as a cancer, using the modified immune effector cells described herein are also provided.

Treatment and prevention of cancer using virus-specific immune cells, comprising a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) or nucleic acid encoding a CAR, wherein the CAR comprises: (i) an antigen-binding domain which binds specifically to CD30, (ii) a transmembrane domain, and (iii) a signalling domain, wherein the signalling domain comprises: (a) an amino acid sequence derived from the intracellular domain of CD28, and (b) an amino acid sequence comprising an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM), is disclosed.

The present disclosure relates to a chimeric antigen receptor, a nucleic acid, a chimeric antigen receptor expression plasmid, a chimeric antigen receptor expressing cell, a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer, and use of the chimeric antigen receptor expressing cell. The chimeric antigen receptor is specific to human leukocyte antigen G. The nucleic acid encodes the chimeric antigen receptor. The chimeric antigen receptor expression plasmid expresses the chimeric antigen receptor. The chimeric antigen receptor expressing cell is obtained by transducing the chimeric antigen receptor into an immune cell. The pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer includes the chimeric antigen receptor expressing cell and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Provided are a recombinant antigen comprising a cell membrane permeation domain comprising a polypeptide of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 22 derived from human LRRC24 and a SARS-CoV-2 antigen or a fragment thereof, a vaccine composition comprising the recombinant antigen, a gene construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding the recombinant antigen, a recombinant vector comprising the gene construct, a method for producing the SARS-CoV-2 recombinant antigen, and a kit for preventing or treating SARS-CoV-2 infection comprising the vaccine composition and users' instruction thereof, wherein the antigen exhibited higher immunogenicity against SARS-CoV-2 the neutralizing antibody was better formed in actual animal experiments, excellent protective immunity was induced, and toxicity did not appear in the toxicity test.

A method of creating antigen-specific, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells capable of secreting regenerative growth factors upon activation of said CAR. In one embodiment said regenerative CAR-T cells possess a CAR capable of selectively recognizing damaged tissue. In one embodiment said CAR recognizes damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) such as ATP, HMGB-1, matricryptins, cold-inducible RNA-binding protein, histones and mitochondrial DNA. Upon activation of said CAR said regenerative CAR-T cell is induced to produce one or more regenerative growth factors. In some embodiments the invention provides a suicide gene in said regenerative CAR-T cells in order to remove said cells after their therapeutic purpose is completed.

This invention provides a tetrahedral antibody comprising a first, second, third, and fourth domain, wherein each of the first and second domains are selected from the group consisting of a Fab domain and an Fc domain, wherein each of the first and second domains comprise a first polypeptide chain comprising a first N-terminus and a first C-terminus of the domain, and a second polypeptide chain comprising a second N-terminus and a second C-terminus of the domain, and wherein the first domain and the second domain are joined to each other by a non-peptidyl linkage between the first N-terminus of the first domain and the first N-terminus of the second domain, between first C-terminus of the first domain and the first C-terminus of the second domain, between the first N-terminus of the first domain and the first C-terminus of the second domain, or between the first C-terminus of the first domain and the first N-terminus of the second domain.

A method of modifying a glycosylation pattern of a polypeptide-of-interest in a plant or plant cell is provided. The method comprising expressing in a plant or plant cell transformed to express at least one glycosidase in a subcellular compartment, a nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide-of-interest, such that the at least one glycosidase and the polypeptide-of-interest are co-localized to the subcellular compartment of the plant or plant cell, thereby modifying the glycosylation pattern of the polypeptide-of-interest in the plant or plant cell.