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 present invention relates to improved strategies, compositions, and methods for producing shared neoplasia vaccines, including “off the shelf” pre-furnished shared neo-epitope warehouses, which can be used to enable the rapid production of bladder cancer neoantigen-based vaccines. The present invention relates to identified and designed shared neo-epitopes based on non-synonymous mutations that are present in at least 1% of subjects having bladder cancer. The strategies, compositions, and methods include the identification of neo-epitopes that are known or determined (e.g. predicted) to engage regulatory T cells and/or other detrimental T cells (including T cells with potential host cross-reactivity and/or anergic T cells) and exclusion of such identified neo-epitopes that are known or determined (e.g. predicted) to engage regulatory T cells and/or other detrimental T cells (including T cells with potential host cross-reactivity and/or anergic T cells) from the shared neo-epitopes that are to be used in the shared neoantigen-based vaccines.

The present disclosure is drawn to the combination therapy of a C—C Chemokine Receptor 4 (CCR4) antagonist and one or more immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of cancer.

Provided herein are, inter alia, compositions including recombinant oncolytic herpes simplex viruses that express SARS-CoV spike (S) protein and viral vectors including nucleic acid sequences encoding SARS-CoV S protein. The compositions are useful for eliciting antibodies to SARS-CoV. The compositions are contemplated to be particularly useful for methods of treating and preventing SARS coronavirus infections in cancer patients.

Provided herein are compositions and methods for the induction and/or proliferation of CD8+ T-cells. The disclosure also provides methods of treatment of diseases that can be treated by the induction and/or proliferation of CD8+ T-cells.

The invention refers to new immuno-modulated replication-efficient Vaccinia virus strain (IOVA) and its derivatives for the use in medicine.

The present invention provides various ADAM17 binding molecules (including antibodies and fragments thereof), compositions comprising such ADAM17 binding molecules, and methods of using such ADAM17 binding molecules and compositions, for example in inhibiting binding of ADAM17 to ADAM17 substrates (such as ErbB ligands), in inhibiting the proliferation of cancer cells, and in treating cancer.

Described herein is an immunogenic composition comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding two or more amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 19 to 50. Also described herein is an immunogenic composition comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding two or more amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 141 to 272. Also described herein is an immunogenic composition comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding two or more amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 273 to 322. Also described herein is an immunogenic composition comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding two or more amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 354 to 458.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a detection agent for specifically detecting a cancer stem cell; a tumor antigen peptide specifically presented by cancer stem cells; a medicinal composition useful in preventing and/or treating cancer, said medicinal composition comprising the aforementioned tumor antigen peptide as an active ingredient; a method for screening the tumor antigen peptide; etc. To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, provided are: peptides represented by Y.sub.O-X.sub.O-Z.sub.O; a polyepitope peptide consisting of a plurality of epitope peptides connected together, said polyepitope peptide containing at least one of the above-mentioned peptides as one of the epitope peptides; a polynucleotide encoding the aforementioned peptides and/or polyepitope peptide; a medicinal composition comprising the same as an active ingredient; a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for cancer characterized by inducing CTL; etc.

The present invention provides a method for educating and expanding tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) into a therapeutic population of TILs for adoptive cell immunotherapy. Also provided are methods of treating cancer patients with the therapeutic population of TILs.