Phosphatidylserine is a global immunosuppressive signal in efferocytosis, infectious disease, and cancer Open
R B Birge1,10, S Boeltz2,10, S Kumar1,10, J Carlson3,10, J Wanderley4,10, D Calianese1,10, M Barcinski5,10, R A Brekken6,7,10, X Huang6,7,10, J T Hutchins3,10, B Freimark3,10, C Empig3,10, J Mercer8,10, A J Schroit9,10, G Schett2,10 and M Herrmann2,10
1Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Cancer Center, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 205 South Orange Ave, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
2Department of Internal Medicine 3—Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), University Hospital Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
3Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, 14282 Franklin Avenue, Tustin, CA 92780, USA
4Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
5Laboratório de Biologia Celular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, Dallas, TX 75390-8593, USA
7Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8593, USA
8Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
9Simmons Cancer Center and the Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 USA
10These authors contributed equally to this work.
The large amount of evidence obtained with AnxA5 and PS-targeting antibodies supports the notion that PS is a fundamental immune checkpoint akin to or upstream of the CTLA4 and PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoints. Late-stage clinical trials evaluating the PS-targeting antibody, bavituximab, are in progress in multiple oncology indications, while agents targeting PS receptors are in various stages of pre-clinical and clinical development.
Some should start paying attention and if one wonders why everything is so hush hush, maybe there is a very good reason and I have started collecting a few names with private profiles... tied to PS Targeting.... and I guess we will start here
This can be listed under, another type of intangible piece of the puzzle that continues to point towards big things up and coming for PS Targeting. This little list below wouldn't make much sense to one that never searches and sifts through puzzle pieces, but when we have Martin Herrmann all of a sudden in the SPOTLIGHT with PS Targeting folks...
all one can do is wonder who is behind the private profiles
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Reinhard E Voll (92) University Medical Center Freiburg
Phosphatidylserine is a global immunosuppressive signal in efferocytosis, infectious disease, and cancer Open
R B Birge1,10, S Boeltz2,10, S Kumar1,10, J Carlson3,10, J Wanderley4,10, D Calianese1,10, M Barcinski5,10, R A Brekken6,7,10, X Huang6,7,10, J T Hutchins3,10, B Freimark3,10, C Empig3,10, J Mercer8,10, A J Schroit9,10, G Schett2,10 and M Herrmann2,10
1Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Cancer Center, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 205 South Orange Ave, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
2Department of Internal Medicine 3—Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), University Hospital Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
3Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, 14282 Franklin Avenue, Tustin, CA 92780, USA
4Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
5Laboratório de Biologia Celular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, Dallas, TX 75390-8593, USA
7Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8593, USA
8Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
9Simmons Cancer Center and the Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 USA
10These authors contributed equally to this work.
The large amount of evidence obtained with AnxA5 and PS-targeting antibodies supports the notion that PS is a fundamental immune checkpoint akin to or upstream of the CTLA4 and PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoints. Late-stage clinical trials evaluating the PS-targeting antibody, bavituximab, are in progress in multiple oncology indications, while agents targeting PS receptors are in various stages of pre-clinical and clinical development.
.. .. Conflict of interest
JC, JTH, BF, and CE are paid employees of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals. RAB receives funding from and is a consultant for Peregrine Pharmaceuticals. MH wants to disclose the involvement in Patent Application EP1356818 A3 filed at the European Patent Office in 1995 and entitled ‘Drug, in particular for modulating the immunological response for the control of viruses, tumors, bacteria, and parasites’. This patent application has already expired. Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is the owner or exclusive licensee of hundreds of unexpired worldwide patents broadly covering compositions that target PS and various methods of use, including to treat cancer and viral infections. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interests.
We can all agree that all the fuss is all about PS Targeting and one point I want to continue to make would be ANY and ALL patents that are filed based on new knowledge of collaborations with PS Targeting must have rights back to Peregrine Pharmaceuticals
There is a very interesting fight going on re: CRISPR Gene editing and remember Troy Luster on patents with Steve King and the late Dr Phil Thorpe and Troy was at Dana Farber with collaborations going on with Evotec
....just to place this in perspective, one should read this re: CRISPR Gene editing and remember it all with any and all patents that originated and any PS Targeting collaborations
April 16, 2017
A PATENT DECISION ON CRISPR GENE EDITING FAVORS MIT
I say Ronin Hedge Group is here due to Merck missions and there is obviously much more going on behind the scenes as dozens of collaborations are squeezing out validations of PS Targeting, most noticeable with the lab of Dr Jedd Wolchok so what will the short list of partners come down to with Peregrine??
Some number.....down to 4 which I say would likely include Roche, Merck, Novartis and some wild card likes for the 4th position like the Gilead's Celgenes Astra Zeneca..etc
Eventually will come down to Roche vs Novartis (as Merck is playing it's hand out with Ronin Hedge Group)
....Any Given Sunday a surprise can come and why oh why did Troy Luster leave Dana Farber for Intellia though CART is there with Novartis and PS Targeting required http://www.intelliatx.com/pipeline/