Synthetic agonists of Toll-like receptors 7, 8 and 9

S Agrawal, ER Kandimalla - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2007 - portlandpress.com
TLRs (Toll-like receptors) are a family of innate immune receptors that induce protective
immune responses against infections. Single-stranded viral RNA and bacterial DNA …

Nucleic acids as therapeutic agents

LM Alvarez-Salas - Current topics in medicinal chemistry, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
Therapeutic nucleic acids (TNAs) and its precursors are applied to treat several pathologies
and infections. TNA-based therapy has different rationales and mechanisms and can be …

Immunomodulatory oligonucleotides containing a cytosine-phosphate-2′-deoxy-7-deazaguanosine motif as potent toll-like receptor 9 agonists

ER Kandimalla, L Bhagat, Y Li, D Yu… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
Bacterial DNA and synthetic oligomers containing CpG dinucleotides activate the immune
system through Toll-like receptor (TLR) 9. Here, we compare the immunostimulatory activity …

Modulation of the tumor microenvironment by intratumoral administration of IMO-2125, a novel TLR9 agonist, for cancer immunotherapy

D Wang, W Jiang, F Zhu, X Mao… - … journal of oncology, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
The objective of cancer immunotherapy is to prime the host's immune system to recognize
and attack malignant tumor cells. IMO‑2125, a Toll‑like receptor 9 (TLR9) agonist, exhibited …

Multiple cytosolic DNA sensors bind plasmid DNA after transfection

N Semenova, M Bosnjak, B Markelc… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Mammalian cells express a variety of nucleic acid sensors as one of the first lines of defense
against infection. Despite extensive progress in the study of sensor signaling pathways …

Chimeric immunomodulatory compounds and methods of using the same—III

KL Fearon, D Dina, SF Tuck - US Patent 7,785,610, 2010 - Google Patents
WEIKWRHPSBSLNX-UHFFFAOYSA-N [5-(2-amino-6-oxo-3H-purin-9-yl)-3-hydroxyoxolan-2-
yl] methyl [5-(4-amino-2-oxopyrimidin-1-yl)-2-(phosphonooxymethyl) oxolan-3-yl] hydrogen …

Divergent synthetic nucleotide motif recognition pattern: design and development of potent immunomodulatory oligodeoxyribonucleotide agents with distinct cytokine …

ER Kandimalla, L Bhagat, D Wang, D Yu… - Nucleic Acids …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Unmethylated CpG dinucleotides present within certain specific sequence contexts in
bacterial and synthetic DNA stimulate innate immune responses and induce cytokine …

Modifications incorporated in CpG motifs of oligodeoxynucleotides lead to antagonist activity of toll-like receptors 7 and 9

D Yu, D Wang, FG Zhu, L Bhagat, M Dai… - Journal of medicinal …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) containing unmethylated CpG dinucleotides act as agonists
of TLR9 and induce Th1-type immune responses. In the present study, we synthesized CpG …

A dinucleotide motif in oligonucleotides shows potent immunomodulatory activity and overrides species-specific recognition observed with CpG motif

ER Kandimalla, L Bhagat, FG Zhu… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
Bacterial and synthetic DNAs containing CpG dinucleotides in specific sequence contexts
activate the vertebrate immune system through Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9). In the present …

Immune regulatory oligonucleotide (IRO) compounds to modulate toll-like receptor based immune response

ER Kandimalla, D Wang, I Nowak, S Agrawal - US Patent 8,486,908, 2013 - Google Patents
The invention provides novel immune regulatory oligonucleotides (IRO) as antagonist of
TLRs and methods of use thereof. These IROs have unique sequences that inhibit or …