by | Apr 13, 2022 | Colonna, Marco, Secca da Silva, Cristiane
— Disease indication – Autoimmune diseases (plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, Crohn’s disease)
Drug format – Monoclonal antibody
Drug class – First-in-class
Research stage and preliminary data – Researchers have stimulated human ILC3s with IL-23 in vitro, with and…
by | May 19, 2021 | Colonna, Marco
— Disease indication – In combination with anti-PD-1 therapy for cancer. Anti-PD-1 therapy is currently approved for:
Drug format – Monoclonal antibody
Drug class – First-in-class
Target – TREM2
Research stage and preliminary data – The inventors performed initia…
by | May 7, 2021 | Barrow, Alexander, Colonna, Marco
— Technology Description
Researchers in Prof. Marco Colonna’s laboratory have identified a receptor-ligand interaction that could be harnessed to activate the innate immune system to treat cancer or enhance the response to vaccines for infectious disease. Specifically, platelet-derived growth f…
by | Jan 12, 2021 | Colonna, Marco
— Mouse strain deficient in IL-34 production with defective Langerhans cells and microglia. These mice can be used to assess the role of the cytokine IL-34 in the development and maintenance of peripheral macrophage populations.
Publication: Wang, Y., Szretter, K. J., Vermi, W., Gilfillan, S., Rossin…
by | Jan 12, 2021 | Colonna, Marco, Gilfillan, Susan
— This is a mouse knockout strain for CD26, also known as DNAM-1 (DNAX accessory molecule 1). DNAM-1 is an adhesion molecule belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily. This mouse model was used to study the role of DNAM-1 on CD8 T cell and NK cell function in vitro and in vivo.
Publication: Gilfill…
by | Sep 22, 2020 | Cella, Marina, Colonna, Marco
— This panel of antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein has potential applications for research or diagnostics (e.g., sandwich ELISA to quantify or detect spikes in biological fluid).