In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to conjugates comprising GM-CSF and IL-7 and uses related thereto, e.g., enhancing the adaptive immune system. Typically, the GM-CSF and IL-7 are connected by a polymer linker, e.g., polypeptide. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to nucleic acids encoding these polypeptide conjugates, vectors comprising nucleic acid encoding polypeptide conjugates, and protein expression systems comprising these vectors such as infectious viral particles and host cells comprising such nucleic acids.

Polypeptides comprising functional mutants of an isoform of the human vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) folded in a non-natural re-arrangement, where the second and fourth cysteine of the mutant's polypeptide chain is only forming intramolecular bridges, while the seventh and eight are only part of intermolecular bonds. The invention further comprises antigenic preparations containing at least one of these polypeptides, and the pharmaceutical compositions comprising such antigenic preparations and vaccine adjuvants. The antigenic preparations according to the invention are used in the manufacturing of a drug, for the treatment of diseases related to the increment of angiogenesis, inflammation, and immunosuppression, as well as for the restoration of the immune system.

Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating heart failure and cardiac damage that can lead to heart failure if left untreated comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a composition comprising an HSP60 derived peptide and an adjuvant.

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.

The present invention relates to chimeric receptors (e.g. CARs including both single chain and multichain CARs) that bind to TREM2 ligands and their use in therapy. In particular, the invention provides a chimeric receptor comprising: (a) an exodomain comprising the ligand binding domain of TREM2 or a functional variant thereof, optionally wherein said exodomain is resistant to cleavage by a sheddase; (b) a transmembrane domain; and (c) an endodomain comprising an intracellular signalling domain.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a supernatant of a peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) cell culture for use in the treatment or prevention of an allergy or an allergic reaction caused by the administration of at least one food and/or inhalation allergen or by the systemic administration of at least one drug to a human or mammal body.

Novel neoantigen-eliciting antibody drug conjugates are disclosed. These compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, isomers, or tautomers thereof are useful for the treatment of disorders, including but not limited to pancreatic cancer and other check point positive cancers. More particularly, these compounds may comprise biologically active polypeptides or hormones modified to include the attachment of therapeutic compounds using linkers. The compounds of the disclosure, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, isomers, or tautomers thereof, also comprise therapeutic compounds connected to linkers.

The instant invention provides various formulations comprising combinations of immunostimulating oligonucleotides, polycationic carriers, sterols, saponins, quaternary amines, TLR-3 agonists, glycolipids, and MPL-A or analogs thereof in oil emulsions, use thereof in preparations of immunogenic compositions and vaccines, and use thereof in the treatment of animals.

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.

Described herein are dry vaccine compositions and methods of freezing aluminum-containing vaccines such that when converted into a dried powder, the dry vaccine can be readily reconstituted to form a stable liquid vaccine without significant loss of activity.