Anti-trem2 chimeric antigen receptor
AssigneeQuell Therapeutics Limited
InventorsIain MCGILL, Luke HENRY
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Abstract
The present invention relates to chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), particularly CARs expressed in immune cells (e.g. Tregs) and their use in therapy. In particular, the invention provides a CAR comprising an antigen recognition domain that specifically binds to TREM2.
Claims38
A chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising an antigen recognition domain that specifically binds to TREM2.
The CAR according to any preceding claim, wherein the antigen recognition domain is an antibody, an antibody fragment, or derived from an antibody.
The CAR according to any preceding claim, wherein the antigen recognition domain is a single chain antibody (scFv).
The CAR according to any preceding claim wherein the antigen recognition domain comprises:
- (i) VH CDR1, 2 and 3 sequences as set forth in SEQ ID NOs:
- 1, 2 and 3 respectively and VL CDR1, 2 and 3 sequences as set forth in SEQ ID NOs:
- 4, 5 and 6 respectively,
- (ii) VH CDR1, 2 and 3 sequences as set forth in SEQ ID NOs:
- 7, 8 and 9 respectively and VL CDR1, 2 and 3 sequences as set forth in SEQ ID NOs:
- 10, 11 and 12 respectively,
- (iii) VH CDR1, 2 and 3 sequences as set forth in SEQ ID NOs:
- 13, 14 and 15 respectively and VL CDR1, 2 and 3 sequences as set forth in SEQ ID NOs:
- 16, 17 and 18 respectively, or
- (iv) VH CDR1, 2 and 3 sequences as set forth in SEQ ID NOs:
- 19, 20 and 21 respectively and VL CDR1, 2 and 3 sequences as set forth in SEQ ID NOs:
- 22, 23 and 24 respectively,
- wherein one or more of said CDR sequences of (i)-(iv) may optionally comprise 1 to 3 amino acid modifications relative to an aforementioned CDR sequence, particularly wherein one or more of said CDR sequences may optionally be modified by substitution, addition or deletion of 1 to 3 amino acids.
A nucleic acid molecule encoding the CAR of any preceding claim.
Use of a CAR-Treg for inducing an anti-inflammatory microglial phenotype.
Use of a CAR-Treg for increasing the number of microglial cells expressing the anti-inflammatory marker arginase-1 (ARG1).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.