Industrial Technology Research Institute

Min-Yuan Chou

Chuan-Chuan Huang

Hsiu-Chuan Li

Ya-Ping Lai

Wei-Chun Chiu

Ming-Hua Yang

Chia-Yu Fan

Mei-Wei Lin

Hsiang-Ching Wang

Li-Tsen Lin

Jiun-Lin Guo

Yen-Ju Lin

Ling-Mei Wang

Jyuan-Jyuan Syu

Charng-Yih Leu

Chung-Yuan Sun

Ssu-Yuan Wu

Chin-Pen Lai

Kuang-Chi Cheng

A method for screening host cells expressing a target protein is provided. The method includes the following steps: providing an expression vector, the expression vector including a promoter, a gene encoding a target protein and an FTH1 gene; transfecting the host cells with the expression vector; culturing the host cells in a medium; and adding iron ions to the medium, and screening the surviving host cells to obtain the host cells expressing the target protein. An expression vector and a method for establishing a cell line stably expressing an exogenous recombinant gene are also provided.

Methods for screening host cells expressing target proteins

A GAPDH nucleic acid detection kit includes a primer set for detecting GAPDH nucleic acid. The primer set for detecting GAPDH nucleic acid includes a forward inner primer for GAPDH nucleic acids, a forward outer primer for GAPDH nucleic acids, a backward inner primer for GAPDH nucleic acids and a backward outer primer for GAPDH nucleic acids. The primer set for detecting GAPDH nucleic acid is used in a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP).

Nucleic acid detection kit and nucleic acid detection method

Antibodies and antigen-binding fragments that bind to TIGIT are disclosed. The disclosure further relates to methods and compositions for use in treating an immune-related disease (e.g., a cancer or an infection or infectious disease) by administering a composition disclosed herein.

Anti-TIGIT antibodies and methods of use

A humanized monoclonal antibody against the CD34 surface antigen is provided in the present disclosure. The humanized monoclonal antibody includes a light chain variable region and a heavy chain variable region. In which, a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence for the light chain variable region comprises a nucleotide sequence which encodes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 9 or an amino acid sequence with at least 80% sequence identity to the sequence of SEQ ID No. 9, and a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence for the heavy chain variable region comprises a nucleotide sequence which encodes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 10 or an amino acid sequence with at least 80% sequence identity to the sequence of SEQ ID No. 10.

Humanized monoclonal antibody and uses thereof

The present invention relates to a method for producing multivalent Fab fragments. In particular, the invention relates to a method for the generation of trimeric Fab fragments by co-expression of a gene construct comprising a heavy chain portion of a Fab fragment and an in-frame fused collagen-like peptide, and a gene construct consisting of a light chain portion of an IgG in mammalian cells. Uses of molecules generated using the method of the invention are also described.

Method for producing a multivalent fab fragment with collagen-like peptide

A collagen scaffold domain, including a collagenous or collagen-like domain, which directs self-trimerization is provided. The collagen scaffold domain can be fused to one or more heterologous domains, such as an antibody domain. Methods for generating and using the scaffold domains and fusion proteins are also provided.

Trimeric collagen scaffold antibodies

A novel humanized antibody against the CD34 surface antigen on the human stem cells is provided. The humanized antibody contains a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino sequence as set forth in SEQ ID No. 1 and a light chain variable region comprising an amino sequence as set forth in SEQ ID No. 2. The disclosure also provides the applications of the disclosed humanized antibody.

Humanized anti-human CD34 monoclonal antibody and uses thereof

An anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antibody including an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID No. 3 is provided. The antibody binding to a labeling agent and used for labeling cells is also provided. A novel method for screening an anti-EGFR antibody is further provided.

Anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor antibody and uses thereof

An amino acid sequence of a humanized monoclonal antibody includes an amino acid sequence of a light chain variable region, which includes SEQ ID. NO.: 1; and an amino acid sequence of a heavy chain variable region, which comprises SEQ ID. NO.: 2, wherein SEQ ID. NO.: 1 and SEQ ID. NO.: 2 have at least one amino acid substitution which is selected from a group consisting of isoleucine at position 10 of SEQ ID. NO.: 1, being substituted with threonine, lysine at position 18 of SEQ ID. NO.: 1, being substituted with arginine, lysine at position 2 of SEQ ID. NO.: 2, being substituted with glutamine, tryptophan at position 10 of SEQ ID. NO.: 2, being substituted with leucine, lysine at position 18 of SEQ ID. NO.: 2, being substituted with arginine and glutamic acid at position 41 of SEQ ID. NO.: 2, being substituted with glycine.

Humanized anti-human tumor necrosis factor alpha monoclonal antibody and sequence thereof

The embodiments of the invention relate to compositions, methods, and kits comprising a fusion protein. The fusion proteins of the embodiments include monomer polypeptides which in one embodiment have at least a binding domain, an optional hinge region, a collagen-like domain and the Fc domain of a human IgG.

TNF receptor Fc fusion proteins and in vivo methods of use

One embodiment of the disclosure provides an amino sequence of an anti-human transferrin receptor antibody, including: an amino sequence of a heavy chain variable region which is represented by SEQ ID NO.: 1 or SEQ ID NO.: 2, wherein the anti-human transferrin receptor antibody is capable of specifically binding to a human transferrin receptor.

Anti-human transferrin receptor antibody and uses thereof

A DNA molecule consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, which encodes a collagenous (COL1) domain and a C-terminal noncollagenous (NC1) domain of type XXI collagen. Expression systems and methods for the expression of the DNA molecule are also provided.

Expression system for producing collagen

The invention discloses a nucleic acid encoding a human &#x3b1;1 chain collagen, the recombinant vector comprising the same, and the uses therefor. The invention also features a method for producing the protein recombinantly.

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Min-Yuan Chou