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6395874 Retinal pigment epithelial protein which suppresses neutrophil macrophage superoxide generation  
This invention presents a novel protein consisting essentially of purified retinal pigment epithelial protective protein (RPP) or purified biologically active variants thereof, or immunogenic...
6391305 Conjugates useful in the treatment of prostate cancer  
Chemical conjugates which comprise oligopeptides, having amino acid sequences that are selectively proteolytically cleaved by free prostate specific antigen (PSA), hydrophilic oligopeptide blocking...
6392014 Cloning of gene encoding the GP28.5 protein of Toxoplasma gondii; peptide fragments of said protein and their applications  
The invention relates to cloning of the gene for the toxoplasma GP28.5 antigen. It also encompasses purified GP28.5 antigen preparations and antigenic polypeptides derived from said antigen, and...
6391855 Compounds and methods for modulating junctional adhesion molecule-mediated functions  
Methods for using modulating agents to enhance or inhibit junctional adhesion molecule (JAM)-mediated cell adhesion in a variety of in vivo and in vitro contexts are provided. The modulating agents...
6387700 Cationic peptides, Cys-Trp-(Lys)n, for gene delivery  
Compositions and methods are described for nucleic acid formulation for gene delivery. A new class of low molecular weight condensing agents, namely aromatic amino acid—containing peptides, are...
6384188 Lipopolysaccharide-binding and neutralizing peptides  
Substance which bind with high affinity to endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide [LPS]), and which are useful for the prevention or treatment of, for example, Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial...
6380161 Compositions for treating chemotherapy-resistant tumor cells and targeted chemotherapy compositions  
The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating cancer and chemotherapy-resistant cancers comprising a chemotherapeutic agent conjugated to or coadministered with a peptide.
6368877 Self-assembling peptide surfaces for cell patterning and interactions  
This invention describes self assembled monolayers (SAMs) manufactured by imprinting reactive peptides onto solid supports. The invention further relates to methods of preparing and using these...
6369195 Prostate-specific gene for diagnosis, prognosis and management of prostate cancer  
Disclosed are nucleic acid and amino acid sequences encoded by a novel, prostate specific gene (UC41) and diagnostic techniques for the detection of human prostate cancer utilizing such nucleic...
6365570 Pharmaceutical and diagnostic use of Serum Amyloid P component  
The invention relates to the new use of Serum Amyloid P component (SAP) and/or endotoxin-binding fragments thereof for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for neutralizing...
6365124 Compositions for detecting and surgically removing lymphoid tissue involved in tumor progression  
Compositions are provided for detecting Tn antigen expressing-shed tumor antigen. The compositions include peptides having binding specificity for the Tn antigen; and a detector molecule comprising...
6358511 Inhibitors of HIV infection  
The present invention is directed to novel inhibitory compounds which are capable of reducing, eliminating, or preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. These compounds may be...
6359112 Peptides used as agonists and/or inhibitors of amyloid formation and cytotoxicity and also for use in alzheimer's disease, in type II diabetes mellitus and in spongiform encephalophathies  
Certain peptide molecules can be used as the basic structures (template molecules) for inhibiting and analysing amyloid formation and cytotoxicity in amyloid illnesses. These peptides have an...
6358928 Peptidyl sulfonyl imidazolides as selective inhibitors of serine proteases  
Novel α-amino and peptidyl sulfonyl imidazolides, a method for their synthesis, and a method for inhibiting serine proteases therewith are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions containing...
6355616 Derivative compounds derived from or based on bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein  
The present invention relates generally to derivatized antifungal compounds that are peptide-based constructs derived from or based on subsequences of Domain III (amino acids 142-169) of...
6355617 Peptide derivatives  
The invention concerns pharmaceutically useful peptide derivatives of the formula (I): P—R 1 —R 2 —R 3 —R 4 , in which P, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 have various meanings defined herein, and...
6355619 Peptide tumor cell growth inhibitors  
Disclosed are peptide-based compositions and methods for inhibiting and modulating the actions of CXC intercrine molecules. The antileukinate peptides described inhibit IL-8, GRO and MIP2β binding...
6350731 Platelet-derived growth factor analogues  
Novel peptide analogues of platelet-derived growth factor, for use in inhibiting or stimulating growth and/or chemotaxis of cells, for example, smooth muscle cells, are provided. Also provided are...
6348571 Corticotropin release inhibiting factor and methods of using same  
The invention includes a substantially pure preparation of a corticotropin release inhibiting factor (CRIF) peptide having from three to twenty one or to twenty five contiguous amino acids...
6348447 Pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of functional dyspepsia and/or irritable bowel syndrome and new use of substances therein  
The invention relates to the new use of gastrointestinal peptide hormones selected from the class consisting of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and derivatives thereof having anti-secretory effects...
6346375 NANBV diagnostics and vaccines  
We have discovered epitopes of the HCV viral proteins which are immunoreactive with immune serum. The epitopes are useful in immunodiagnostic assays and as immunogens.
6346379 Thermostable DNA polymerases incorporating nucleoside triphosphates labeled with fluorescein family dyes  
Modified thermostable DNA polymerases having enhanced efficiency for incorporating unconventional nucleotides such as those labeled with fluorescein family dyes are advantageous in many in vitro...
6344442 Zona pellucida proteins for contraception  
The present invention relates to the use of peptides which are derived from zona pellucida proteins and are used for contraception, and pharmaceutical formulations which contain the peptides...
6344443 Peptide antagonists of tumor necrosis factor alpha  
There is provided a method of inhibiting TNF-α from binding to TNF receptors by administering an effective amount of an inhibitory peptide. Also provided is a method of inhibiting TNF-α functions...
6342218 Method for treatment of SLE  
Treatments have been developed for lupus patients using either anti-ID antibodies to dsDNA to block anti-dsDNA antibodies and/or kill the B cells producing the anti-dsDNA antibodies or ribosomal...
6337316 Pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of using same  
The present invention relates to peptidomimetics capable of inhibiting CD28 and/or CTLA-4 interaction with CD80 (B7-1) and CD86 (B7-2) and having a core amino acid sequence,...
6337180 Peptide reagent enabling a primary Epstein-Barr virus infection to be detected by testing for the corresponding antibodies, and method for using this reagent  
The use of a peptide reagent for detecting the presence or absence of a primary Epstein-Barr virus infection in a patient by testing for IgM antibodies, recognizing said reagent, in a biological...
6337070 Polypeptides for use in generating anti-human influenza virus antibodies  
The invention provides an anti-human influenza virus antibody which recognizes the stem regions of haemagglutinin molecules of the H1N1 and H2N2 subtypes and has a neutralization activity but does...
6337315 Anti-inflammatory compositions comprising peptide derivatives of α-MSH/algal extracts  
Anti-inflammatory compositions, well suited for a wide variety of therapeutic/cosmetic applications, comprise combinatory immixture of (1) an effective anti-inflammatory amount of at least one...
6335320 Method of treating fibrotic conditions  
The present invention is related to a peptidic product comprising the tetrapeptide Acetyl-glutamyl-glutamyl-glutamyl-aspartyl (SEQ ID No:5) associated with a chemical entity that is able to...
6333189 Method of making an electrotransport device  
Method of making an electrotransport device containing an analog of a parent polypeptide having one or more amino acid residues substituted relative to the parent polypeptide with an amino acid...
6329499 Methods for treatment of multiple sclerosis using peptide analogues of human myelin basic protein  
The present invention is directed toward peptide analogues of human myelin basic protein. The peptide analogue is at least seven amino acids long and derived from residues 86 to 99 of human myelin...
6329501 Methods and compositions for targeting compounds to muscle  
Compositions for use in targeting therapies to muscle cells are provided. The compositions comprise peptides which are capable of binding muscle cells in vivo.
6326465 Immunomodulatory polypeptides derived from the invariant chain of MHC class II  
Polypeptides derived from a proteolytically cleaved portion of the invariant chain of MHC class II, termed CLIP, have been found to have immune modulatory properties. Depending on the portions of...
6322964 Synthetic HIV-2 gag and env oligopeptides reactive with HIV-2 specific antibodies  
Peptide sequences are disclosed which immunologically mimic proteins encoded by the env and gag regions of LAV-2, a retrovirus associated with AIDS. The peptide can be used in various specific...
6323324 Test kits for detecting the presence of C-terminal hGPIIb fragments  
Diagnostic systems, methods, polypeptides and antibodies for detecting the presence of C-terminal hGPIIb fragment of the platelet receptor GPIIb-IIIa in a body fluid sample are disclosed.
6320022 Adrenomedullin peptides  
The methods of the present invention demonstrate that adrenomedullin (AM) is expressed in human cancer cell lines of diverse origin and functions as a universal autocrine growth factor driving...
6319897 Peptides which inhibit complement activation  
Peptides capable of inhibiting complement activation are provided. Methods of inhibiting complement activation and complement-mediated tissue injury using these peptides are also provided. In...
6319890 Inhibition of binding of complement Factor H  
Pathogen-specific peptide chains are provided which prevent pathogens from escaping complement-mediated lysis. The peptide chains bind to known binding sites on pathogens to which complement...
6316412 Polypeptides for promoting cell attachment  
Novel polypeptides derived from human fibronectin are described which bind to integrin receptors expressed by cells. The receptor binding site of human fibronectin begins at amino acid residue 1394...
6316593 Synthesis of VIP analog  
This invention relates to a novel process for the synthesis of vasoactive intestinal peptide analog Ac(1-31)-NH2 from four protected peptide fragments.
6316405 Cyclosporin a conjugates and uses therefor  
Disclosed are conjugates of Aβ-binding peptides and CsA analogs and conjugates of Aβ-binding peptides and FK506 Binding Peptide inhibitors. These conjugates chemically induce dimerization of...
6313092 Method for increasing the electrotransport flux of polypeptides  
Methods for modifying polypeptide agents to enhance their transdermal electrotransport flux are provided. The polypeptide is modified by reducing the potential of the polypeptide for forming...
6310180 Method for synthesis of proteins  
A method for peptide synthesis is disclosed that requires neither protecting groups nor activation of the C-α carboxyl groups. The method comprises ligating a first molecule to a second molecule...
6309643 IBD-associated microbial antigens and methods of using same  
The present invention provides nucleic acid and amino acid sequence of the novel I-1 and I-2 polypeptides, which are associated with human inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Methods of diagnosing...
6306822 Phosphopeptides and methods of treating bone diseases  
Phosphopeptides which significantly reduce bone loss or weakening are provided by the invention. Also provided is a method for treating or preventing any condition associated with bone loss or...
6303574 Scr SH3 binding peptides and methods of isolating and using same  
Peptides having general and specific binding affinities for the Src homology region 3 (SH3) domains of proteins are disclosed in the present invention. In particular, SH3 binding peptides have been...
6303573 Heart homing peptides and methods of using same  
The present invention provides a heart homing peptide that contains the amino acid sequence GGGVFWQ (SEQ ID NO: 2); HGRVRPH (SEQ ID NO: 3); VVLVTSS (SEQ ID NO: 4); CLHRGNSC (SEQ ID NO: 9); or...
6303123 Methods for the treatment of hormone-dependent tumors with immunogens against gonadotropin releasing hormone  
Immunogenic compositions capable of generating an immune response in mammals against GnRH are disclosed. The immunogenic compositions are effective in methods of treating gonadotropin and gonadal...
6300083 Assaying D-amino acids in body fluids  
The rate of degradation in vivo of a body protein is determined by measuring the amount of a D-amino acid containing fragment of the protein in a body fluid using an antibody capable of...