Methods and compositions for the treatment of persistent infections and cancer by inhibiting the programmed cell death 1 (pd-1) pathway
AssigneesEmory University, President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
InventorsGordon Freeman, Arlene Sharpe, David M. Dorfman, Rafi Ahmed, Daniel Barber, E. John Wherry
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment, prevention, or reduction of persistent infections, such as chronic infections, latent infections, and slow infections and cancer. The methods and compositions of the invention are also useful for the alleviation of one or more symptoms associated with such infections and cancer.
Claims20
A method of increasing cytotoxic activity of anergic T cells a subject having a lymproliferative cancer, comprising
- administering to the subject having the lymphoproliferative cancer an effective amount of an agent that reduces the activity or expression of a Programmed Cell Death (PD)-1 polypeptide, wherein the agent is an anti-PD-1 antibody, an anti-Programmed Cell Death Ligand (PD-L)1 antibody, an anti-PD-L2 antibody, an anti-PD-1 RNAi, an anti-PD-L1 RNAi, an anti-PD-L2 RNAi, an anti-PD-1 antisense RNA, an anti-PD-L1 antisense RNA, an anti-PD-L2 antisense RNA, a dominant negative PD-1 protein, a dominant negative PD-L1 protein, or a dominant negative PD-L2 protein
- thereby increasing the cytotoxic activity of anergic T cells in the subject with the lymphoproliferative cancer.
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