Provided herein are compositions and methods for regulating expression of effector molecules using regulatable transcription factors and/or activation inducible promoters.

The present invention relates to peptides, and amino acid and peptide conjugates, methods for making amino acid and peptide conjugates, conjugates produced by the methods, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the peptides and conjugates, methods of eliciting immune responses in a subject and methods of vaccinating a subject, uses of the peptides and conjugates for the same, and uses of the peptides and conjugates in the manufacture of medicaments for the same.

Methods for generating/expanding populations of immune cells comprising immune cells specific for an Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) lytic antigen are disclosed, the methods comprising stimulating immune cells specific for an EBV lytic antigen by contacting peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) with: (i) one or more peptides corresponding to all or part of one or more EBV lytic antigens; or (ii) antigen presenting cells (APCs) presenting one or more peptides corresponding to all or part of one or more EBV lytic antigens. Also disclosed are populations of immune cells comprising immune cells specific for an EBV lytic antigen expanded according to such methods, and uses thereof.

In an embodiment, the invention provides a method and reagents for detection of γ-herpesvirus circRNA. In another embodiment, the invention provides a method and reagents for detection of EBV circRNA. In still another embodiment, the invention provides a method and reagents for detection of KSHV circRNA. The method can be expanded to other herpesviruses and even non-herpesviruses that generate circRNA upon cellular infection.

The present disclosure relates to a method of modulating one or more genetically modified cells, e.g., chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-expressing cells, ex vivo and/or in vivo.

Disclosed herein are antibodies or immunogenic fragments thereof that specifically bind to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) glycoprotein 350 (gp350) or 220 or one or more epitopes of EBV gp350 and neutralize EBV infection. Also disclosed are immunogenic peptides comprising one or more gp350 epitopes, EBV antibody-small molecule conjugates and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibody or an immunogenic fragment thereof, one or more epitopes of EBV gp350, one or more immunogenic peptides, or the EBV antibody-small molecule conjugate. The antibodies, epitopes, immunogenic peptides, conjugates, and pharmaceutical compositions can be used to treat or prevent EBV infections and EBV-associated conditions and diseases.

The present disclosure provides methods of inducing EBV early lytic cycle genes with high specificity. These methods slow or stop cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo.

This disclosure relates to antigenic EBV polypeptides and their use in eliciting antibodies against EBV. Also disclosed are antigenic polypeptides comprising an EBV polypeptide and a ferritin protein.

The present disclosure is directed to peptide immunogen constructs targeting portions of Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP), compositions containing the constructs, antibodies elicited by the constructs, and methods for making and using the constructs and compositions thereof. The disclosed peptide immunogen constructs have more than about 20 amino acids and contain (a) a B cell epitope having about more than about 9 contiguous amino acid residues from the PACAP receptor binding or activation regions of the full-length PACAP protein; (b) a heterologous Th epitope; and (c) an optional heterologous spacer. The disclosed PACAP peptide immunogen constructs stimulate the generation of highly specific antibodies directed PACAP for the prevention and/or treatment of migraine.

In an embodiment, the invention provides a method and reagents for detection of γ-herpesvirus circRNA. In another embodiment, the invention provides a method and reagents for detection of EBV circRNA. In still another embodiment, the invention provides a method and reagents for detection of KSHV circRNA. The method can be expanded to other herpesviruses and even non-herpesviruses that generate circRNA upon cellular infection.