zeigen schon sehr eindrücklich, wieviel Wissen, Engagement und Aufwand (==Anlegergeld) in die Entwicklung geflossen sind. Aber sie zeigen auch, wie modern und attraktiv die Technologie ist (siehe die Freeline Therapeutics Neugründung um Miterfinder Dr. Hörer oder die Technologie des Adaptimmune Partners Universal Cells). Viel zu schade jedenfalls, um ungenutzt bei Medigene zu verrotten und in den Finanzberichten verschwiegen zu werden.
Mein Appell als Investor an Medigene: Wenn ihr schon die KnowHow-Träger herausgetrieben habt und lieber eigene Interessen verfolgt, dann gebt den Entwicklungspartnern, Erfindern oder deren neuen Arbeitgebern die Möglichkeit mehr daraus zu machen! Eine 2-stellige Gewinnbeteiligung ist sicher drin - oder fürchtet ihr die Konkurrenz?
Als Beispiel schaue man sich nur die Tabellen 5 bis 7 mit den möglichen Antigenen und Indikationen an: ..... Treatment in the context of the present invention refers to both therapeutic treatment and prophylactic or preventative measures, wherein the object is to prevent or slow down (lessen) the targeted pathologic condition or disorder. Those in need of treatment include those already with the disorder as well as those prone to have the disorder or those in whom the disorder is to be prevented.
Examples for autoimmune disease that are especially suitable for this invention are listed in Table 5.
TABLE 5 Autoimmune diseases and suitable antibody targets/antigens
Disease§antibody target/antigen Myasthenia gravis Acetylcholine receptors Graves's disease Thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor
Thyroiditis Thyroid§ Insulin-resistant diabetes Insulin receptor
Asthma§Beta-2 adrenergic receptors Juvenile insulin-dependent diabetes Pancreatic islet cells Pernicious anemia Gastric parietal cells Addison's disease Adrenal cells Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism Parathyroid cells Spontaneous infertility Sperm Premature ovarian failure Interstitial cells, corpus luteum cells
Pemphigus§Intercellular substance of skin Primary biliary cirrhosis Mitochondria Autoimmune hemolytic anemia Erythrocytes Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura Platelets Idiopathic neutropenia Neutrophils
VitiligoMelanocytes§ Osteosclerosis and Meniere's disease Type-II collagen Chronic active hepatitis Nuclei of hepatocytes Goodpasture's syndrome Basement membranes Rheumatoid arthritis Gamma globulin, virus-related antigens, IL-6, IL-17, TNF-α Sjogren's syndrome Nuclei and centromeres Systemic lupus erythematosus Nuclei, DNA, RNA, erythrocytes, etc.
Scleroderma§Nuclei and centromeres
Polymyositis§Nuclei, RNA Preferred autoimmune diseases are asthma, Juvenile insulin-dependent diabetes (diabetes type 1) and rheumatoid arthritis. Therefore, preferred antigens are the corresponding antigens of Beta-2 adrenergic receptors, Pancreatic islet cells, Gamma globulin E, virus-related antigens IL-6, IL-17, and TNF-α.
Examples for tumor diseases that are especially suitable for this invention are listed in Table 6.
TABLE 6 Tumor diseases and suitable antibody targets/antigens
Disease§antibody target/antigen
Melanoma§HMW MAA (=high molecular weight melanoma associated antigen), BAGE, GAGE, MAGE-3, Melan A, MART-1, NY ESO, gp 100, tyrosinase Colon cancer CA125, EGFR Gliobastome multiforme CA125, IL13R (GBM) Breast cancer Her2/NEU Ovarian cancer L1 cell adhesion molecule various cancers (e.g. for VEGF colon cancer, small lung cell carcinoma) B-cell lymphoma, e.g. Non- CD20 Hodgkin Lymphoma Examples for allergic diseases are asthma, especially atopic asthma, and all types of allergies. The preferred target antigens for vaccination against allergic diseases are IgE, IL9, and IL13, especially IgE.
An example for a metabolic disease is a disorder in the cholesterol metabolism (e.g. atherosclerosis), a preferred target antigen is CETP.
Examples for inflammatory diseases that are especially suitable for this invention are listed in Table 7.
TABLE 7 (Chronic) Inflammatory diseases Disease COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) OA (osteoarthritis) Rheumatoid arthritis Polymyalgia rheumatica Gouty arthritis, Gout, Pseudogout Atherosclerosis Crohn's disease (inflammatory bowel disease) Shoulder tendinitis, Bursitis Colitis Multiple Sclerosis Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Psoriasis Juvenile diabetes Type I diabetes mellitus (insulin-resistant diabetes) Hypothyroidism Chronic fatigue syndrome Kawasaki's disease Cardiavascular disease Pericarditis Lymph adenopathy Raynaud's phenomenon Sarcoidosis Sjogren's syndrome Spondyloarthropathies Vasculitides Scleroderma Goodpasture's syndrome Wegener's granulomatosis temporal = Giant cell arteritis Celiac disease Addison's disease Autoimmune hepatitis Grave's disease Graft-vs-host disease Preferred target antigens are IL-6, IL-17, TNF-α and CD20.
Examples for diseases in ophthalmology are age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy, a preferred target in these indications is VEGF.
Other preferred diseases are Alzheimer disease with the target antigen β-amyloid.
The parvovirus mutated structural protein comprising at least one B-cell epitope heterologous to the parvovirus can be especially useful for manufacture of a medicament for breaking immune tolerance. ....
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