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6849602 Compositions for alleviating neuropathic pain with prosaposin receptor agonists  
The invention provides a method of alleviating neuropathic pain in a subject by administering a neuropathic pain alleviating amount of prosaposin receptor agonist to the subject. The invention also...
6849593 Bifidogenic peptides  
Pepetides having bifidogenic properties are obtainable by the process of adding proteases to cow'milk or human milk, followed by incubation, centrifugation, acidification, purification by reverse...
6849596 Regulatory/unfolding peptides of ezrin  
This invention describes novel charged molecules which specifically bind to the Hepreceptor, a regulatory site which I have discovered in human ezrin. My invention is that when peptides or other...
6838433 IL-6 antagonist peptides  
The present invention relates to IL-6 antagonist peptides, isolatable from a peptide library through the two-hybrids system by their ability to bind to the intracellular domain of gp130 and...
6838441 Albumin for treating meconium aspiration syndrome  
The present invention provides a method of treating meconium aspiration syndrome, said method comprising administering to a subject in need of treatment a therapeutically effective amount of...
6838428 Surfactant protein D for the prevention and diagnosis of pulmonary emphysema  
Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is a 43-kDa member of the collectin family of collagenous lectin domain-containing proteins that is expressed in epithelial cells of the lung. The SP-D gene was targeted...
6838438 Motilin Homologs  
The present invention is directed to polynucleotides, polypeptides and peptide fragments thereof, and uses thereof for a novel cDNA sequence which has homology to motilin. Tissue distribution of...
6835382 Ii peptide therapeutics to enhance antigen presentation  
Disclosed is a class of compounds referred to herein as effector compounds. Effector compounds are useful in connection with the modulation of an immune response. Modulation refers to the ability...
6828304 Peptides for treatment of cancer  
This invention relates to novel antiproliferative and anti secrectory peptides that are inhibitory to vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor and are useful in the treatment of cancer. The invention...
6827937 HBV capsid-binding peptide immunogens  
This invention relates to hepatitis B virus (“HBV”) core antigen particles that are characterized by multiple immunogen specificities. More particularly, the invention relates to HBV core...
6825178 Methods and products for treating pseudomonas infection  
Methods and products for upregulating cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulators are provided, including methods and products for the treatment of P. aeruginosa infection. The products...
6821950 Cyclic agonists and antagonists of C5a receptors and G protein-coupled receptors  
The present invention relates to novel cyclic or constrained acyclic compounds which modulate the activity of G protein-coupled receptors and are useful in the treatment of conditions mediated by G...
6818217 Immunoreactive peptides  
The present invention relates generally to molecules such as peptides, polypeptides and proteins which interact immunologically with antibodies or T-cells in subjects having pre-clinical or...
6818617 EC-3, an inhibitor of α4β1 and α4β7 integrins  
This invention relates to the identification, purification, and characterization of a novel heterodimeric disintegrin, EC-3, from Echis carinatus viper venom. EC-3 inhibits α4 integrins in an...
6815421 Polypeptides for use in ameliorating effects of aging in mammals  
Method of ameliorating effects of aging in an animal, the method comprising administering to the animal an effective amount of a synthetic polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that has...
6806255 Compounds and methods for modulating adhesion molecule function  
Modulating agents and methods for enhancing or inhibiting cadherin-mediated functions are provided. The modulating agents comprise at least an HAV binding motif, an analogue or peptidomimetic...
6790447 Peptides for treatment of autoimmune diseases  
The invention refers to peptides consisting of 7 to 20 amino acid residues with the sequence A-Leu-B-Ser-C-Thr-Ala-Ala-D, in which B and C are each an amino acid or amino acids and A and D are...
6790833 Antifungal and antibacterial agents  
The present invention discloses peptides obtained from the MUCD1 domain of the saliva mucin glycoprotein MUC7. The peptides are between 8 and 20 amino acids in length and have a net positive...
6787141 Peptide having for fibrinogen fragment E activity, analogs, antibodies and uses thereof  
Fibrin degradation products stimulate cell proliferation and angiogenesis. The present invention provides peptides, analogs, and antibodies which are useful in the modulation of binding fibrin...
6787517 Agent and methods for treating pain  
Agents for treating pain, methods for producing the agents and methods for treating pain by administration to a patient of a therapeutically effective amount of the agent are disclosed. The agent...
6784155 Inhibitor and stimulator of stem cell proliferation and uses thereof  
Disclosed and claimed are methods for the isolation and use of stem cell modulating factors for regulating stem cell cycle and for accelerating the post-chemotherapy peripheral blood cell recovery....
6780843 Sequence and method for genetic engineering of proteins with cell membrane translocating activity  
The invention describes a membrane-translocating peptide sequence (MTS) which facilitates entry of polypeptides and proteins into cells. Also described is an isolated nucleotide sequence encoding...
6770626 Tissue remodeling  
The invention concerns a method for the modulation of tissue-remodeling processes, by contacting the tissue to be remodeled with a compound comprising a sequence derived from certain regions of...
6759234 Compositions and methods for administering to humans, peptides capable of down regulating an antigen specific immune response  
The present invention provides therapeutic compositions and methods for treating disease conditions in humans associated with an antigen specific immune response by the human to an antigen such as...
6753313 Multimeric Apoa-I agonist compounds  
The present invention provides peptides and peptide analogues that mimic the structural and pharmacological properties of human ApoA-I. The peptides and peptide analogues are useful to treat a...
6750197 Activators of endothelial nitric oxide synthase  
The regulatory peptides for constitutive nitric oxide synthase enzymes, and a peptide specific to inducible nitric oxide synthase, as well as derivatives of the peptides, homologous peptides,...
6750200 M2GlyR derived channel forming peptides  
The present invention provides a family of peptides based upon the M2GlyR sequence. These peptides are derivatives of the M2GlyR sequence and can be modified at their ends to include a plurality of...
6743769 Antimicrobial peptides and derived metapeptides  
The peptides and derivative metapeptides based upon natural antimicrobial peptides have potent and broad spectrum activity against pathogens exhibiting multiple antibiotic resistance. In addition,...
6740638 Methods for treatment of multiple sclerosis using peptide analogues at position 91 of human myelin basic protein  
Peptide analogues of human myelin basic protein containing residues 87-99 are provided. Residue 91 of the peptide analogues is altered from the L-lysine residue found in the native protein to any...
6737406 Cryptic peptides and method for their identification  
The present invention relates to immunologically cryptic peptides; methods for their identification in individuals and populations and their use in diagnosis and therapy of pathological conditions...
6734166 Method of reducing aluminum levels in the central nervous system  
A method of reducing aluminum concentrations in the central nervous system of a subject (e.g., a patient afflicted with Alzheimer's disease or at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease) comprises...
6730660 Peritoneal dialysis solutions with polypeptides  
The present invention provides an improved dialysis solution. The improved dialysis solution provides for the use of specific polypeptides as an osmotic agent with an additional osmotic agent such...
6716817 Method of treatment of female infertility  
A method of treating female infertility using a novel cetrorelix acetate lyophilizate is disclosed.
6716809 Mage-A3 peptides presented by HLA class molecules  
The invention describes HLA class II binding peptides encoded by the MAGE-A3 tumor associated gene, as well as nucleic acids encoding such peptides and antibodies relating thereto. The peptides...
6716811 Compounds having affinity for the granulocyte-colony stimulating factor receptor (G-CSFR) and associated uses  
Novel compounds are provided that bind to G-CSFR. The novel compounds have a peptide chain approximately 6 to 40 amino acids in length that binds to G-CSFR. The compounds are useful as probes for...
6716810 Composition and method for regulation of body weight and associated conditions  
Described are methods and compositions for regulating body weight and/or regulating the rate of weight gain or loss, and particularly, for treating or preventing obesity. Specifically, methods of...
6713449 E2F activity inhibitory compounds  
E2F-inhibiting compounds are represented by the formula: R 1 —A—R 2 wherein A represents a peptide sequence comprising a partial amino acid sequence having at least 12 continuous residues in...
6699838 Antiangiogenic peptides  
Mammalian kringle 5 fragments and kringle 5 fusion proteins are disclosed as a compounds for treating angiogenic diseases. Methods and compositions for inhibiting angiogenic diseases are also...
6699833 Pharmaceutical formulations for sustained drug delivery  
Sustained delivery formulations comprising a water-insoluble complex of a peptide and a carrier macromolecule are disclosed. The formulations of the invention allow for loading of high...
6696412 High purity lipopeptides, Lipopeptide micelles and processes for preparing same  
The invention discloses highly purified daptomycin and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising this compound. The invention discloses a method of purifying daptomycin comprising the sequential...
6696408 Contulakin-G, analogs thereof and uses therefor  
The present invention is directed to contulakin-G (which is the native glycosylated peptide), a des-glycosylated contulakin-G (termed Thr 10 -contulakin-G), and derivatives thereof, to a cDNA clone...
6696274 Ligand for enhancing oral and CNS delivery of biological agents  
Provided herein is a novel and useful Ligand comprising a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ. ID. NO.:6, an analog, a derivative, or a variant thereof, which increases the absorption...
6696061 Immunomodulatory peptides  
A purified preparation of a peptide consisting essentially of an amino acid sequence identical to that of a segment of a naturally-occurring human protein, said segment being of 10 to 30 residues...
6686333 Inhibition of HIV replication using soluble Tat peptide analogs  
Methods and compositions for inhibiting replication of HIV in a mammalian cell. The compositions can be a peptide, or a nucleic acids encoding a peptide, which inhibits transactivation of the HIV...
6685943 Fibronectin binding protein compositions and methods of use  
Disclosed are antibodies that block the binding of fibronectin protein to fibronectin. Also disclosed are site specifically-mutated and truncated peptide epitopes derived from the fnbA and fnbB...
6682740 Peptides derived fram complement peptide C3a sequence and antiallergic compositions comprising them  
Peptides corresponding partially or entirely to positions 50-77 of the sequence of the complement-derived peptide C3 a and analogs thereof are capable of inhibiting IgE-mediated triggering and/or...
6683048 Compounds and methods for stimulating gene expression and cellular differentiation  
Modulating agents for inhibiting an interaction between α-catenin and β-catenin are provided. The modulating agents comprise one or more of: (a) a β-catenin HAV motif; (b) a peptide analogue or...
6680058 Compositions and methods for contraception in or sterilization of mammals  
Amphipathic lytic peptides are ideally suited to use in a ligand/cytotoxin combination to induce sterility or long-term contraception in mammals. The peptides act directly on cell membranes, and...
6677116 Methods for treating cancer by modulating β-catenin mediated gene expression  
Modulating agents for inhibiting β-catenin mediated gene expression are provided. The modulating agents comprise one or more of: (1) the peptide sequence LXXLL (SEQ ID NO:1); or (2) a peptide...
6673769 Lanthionine bridged peptides  
Disclosed are lanthionine bridged peptides having the structure methods of their preparation and their use as pharmacologically active agents.